After School Education Services (ASES)

ASES is a program that has been designed to offer our students a safe place to go after school, get extra help in reading and math, and assistance with homework. This program is put on in conjunction with the City of Hesperia, the Hesperia Recreation and Parks Department, and Hesperia Unified School District. The program runs daily from after school through 6:00pm. The cost of the program is $13.00 per week. Registration forms are available in the office.

FLAIR

FLAIR is an after school program that takes place on Tuesdays and Thursdays at certain times throughout the year. This program gives English language learner in grades two through six to receive additional help with the mastery of the standards.

Student Study Teams (SST’s)

The goal of the Student Study Team is to meet together as staff and parents to discuss a child’s progress in school. Teachers or parents may ask for a meeting anytime they are concerned about a student. The team discusses strategies and approaches to better help the student. If at anytime you are concerned about your student’s progress in school, please discuss it with the teacher and ask for a SST meeting.

Speech Therapy

The speech therapy program is designed to identify and assist students with speech problems. Children suspected of having a problem are referred to the speech therapist for evaluation through the SST process. If a problem is identified, the child will be placed on the speech therapist’s schedule.

Special Activities:

·        Clue Me In: A competition held in the spring where 4^th, 5^th, and 6^th grade teams from each school answer questions on select book in a quiz show format.

·        Young Authors: Students submit poems and short stories to be judged. Winners’ selections are bound and made into “real” books and displayed in the library.

·        Field Day: In the spring, students compete in a variety of outdoor events.

·        6^th grade/ staff softball game: At the end of the year, the 6^th grade class challenges the staff to a softball game.

·        Journalism Club: Selected students work on investigating, writing, and interviewing skills in order to produce a student generated newspaper that is shared with the entire student body on a monthly basis.

·        Festival of the Arts: A yearly event held in spring, celebrating the talent of Hesperia Unified students and staff. Artwork is displayed and students perform in the areas of music, theater, and dance.

·        Drama Club: An after school drama club that put on the schools Christmas play.

• Awards Assemblies: At the end of each trimester we invite our families to join us to celebrate our students’ accomplishments.
• EXCEL: EXCEL teams consisting of classroom teachers, instructional aides and special education staff work in our classrooms with the goal of bringing every student to grade level in reading.
• Reading Lab: First Graders who are having difficulty learning to read are given intensive small group instruction in reading and writing.
• Student Council: Representatives from grades 4-6 meet weekly after school to plan events and fundraisers for the school.