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Grove City Area School District ESSA Federal Report Card
PDE’s ESSA Report Card is designed to provide education leaders and all stakeholders with additional data on student learning conditions and outcomes, with particular focus on equity. The inaugural edition of the Report Card is based on information available for reporting in the previous school year
Special Education Services
The Special Education Department at the high school provides academic learning support for all students with an Individualized Education Plan. In addition, content area courses are taught in mathematics, science, reading, social studies, and English. A work-training program provides an opportunity for students to gain important pre-employment skills. The training opportunities include the school store, cafeteria, library, and other work sites within the school district. A life skills program is offered to teach adult living skills to eligible students. This program incorporates Community Based Instruction. The Special Education Department works closely with the guidance department, the Mercer County Career Center, and outside agencies to help special needs students transition from high school to adult life.
Statement of Philosophy
Grove City Area Senior High School is a comprehensive public secondary school serving people in and around the community of Grove City. The student population is diverse in social, cultural and economic backrounds as well in its expectations of the school program. To address these varying expectations Grove City Area High School offers a variety of quality educational programs to equip students for further education (including lifelong education) and for participation in society as responsible citizens.
Our educational programs are based upon the beliefs that:
- All students have equal status regardless of race, age, color, national origin, sex, religion or non-relevent handicaps.
- Students have varying interests and degrees of abilities that must be considered when developing the educational program.
- Students and their families should have the responsibility and opportuniy to select the program most approproate to the needs and interest of the individual student.
- Flexibility is needed to allow for alteration of the programs if necessary and in the best interest of the student.
- Students' personal and interpersonal needs must be addressed as well as their academic needs.
- Students are to be encouraged to develop as whole persons by participating in co-curricular as well as curricular activities.
In order to successfully offer our program, it is necessary to provide an orderly atmosphere in which learning can take place. Within this atmosphere students, parents, teachers, and administrators must cooperate on an ongoing basis in the process of reviewing and updating the school's programs and policies.