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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Well, but what ARE the details , special focus, or other neat things in regards to the mentioned elementary schools?[/quote]

Go to the APS website and look at each individual school's website.  I know Ashlawn has a Global Citizen Project.  McKinley brings the arts into all of its subjects.  Jamestown is a tech-focus, I think?  They all have the same curriculum but have adopted a background theme, if you want to call it that, which weaves through all grades and all subjects.[/quote]

I don't know about "tech-focused" but Jamestown does have a lot of iPads and the like. My 2nd grader was writing books on an ipad this year.[/quote]

I'm the earlier poster and just went to the APS website myself.  Here's what it says about Jamestown's exemplary project:

Project Quest, our exemplary project, is a school-wide process to ensure continuous school improvement in teaching and learning. Teachers implement the Responsive Classroom Approach to address students’ social and emotional needs as they provide a demanding academic program differentiating instruction by addressing students’ multiple intelligences and integrating technology. Every classroom begins the day with a Responsive Classroom Morning Meeting. Grade level and vertical teams analyze student work and compile data that drives instructional programming.  
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