What kind of specialized instruction is offered at The Craig High School?
In addition to providing the courses required to meet New Jersey graduation standards, The Craig High School incorporates extensively researched, strategy based instructional techniques into our classrooms. Our 9th and 10th graders take dual English courses yearly in literature and writing. Each course follows a two-year curriculum and provides opportunities for students to progress at their own rate. Our writing program incorporates Strategic Instructional Models (SIMS) in sentence writing, paragraph writing and theme writing. In our mathematics courses, we utilize a sample-example approach to math. This provides students with a systematic approach that begins as teacher initiated, but ends up as a structure for independent work. Our students also develop their own math process cards as an additional resource. Process cards allow students to focus on the multiple steps involved, which higher level math requires. Our curriculum not only provides relevant content but also focuses on the
