English Language Learners

For students qualified by AZELLA as English Language Learners, AMS provides English Language Development program in compliance with Arizona State requirements. These students have four hours of English Language Development instructions per day every day. All information is sent home to families of Englisg Language Learners.

Students who were either qualified by AZELLA testing as English Language Learners or who were enrolled in the English Language Learner program over the last two years are eligible for the Compensatory Education afterschool program. Students will meet with their Compensatory Education instructor four days per week, from Monday through Thursday, from 3:00 to 3:50pm.

To sign your child up for this program, please fill out, sign and return the following forms to the Front Office (you can pick them up at Front Office or ask your child’s teacher about the forms and program):

 

Special Education

AMS strives to include every person with disabilities in the general education under the inclusion model. This is facilitated through direct services, consultation and support offered by a Special Education Teacher.

General Information
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act was last reauthorized in 2004. The law is known as IDEA 2004. Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 (I.D.E.A.) states all individuals with disabilities from birth through 21 years of age are to receive a free and appropriate education (F.A.P.E.). This education must occur in the least restrictive environment (L.R.E.) and provide supplementary aids and supports when necessary. Curricular adaptations, which include both accommodations and modifications, are changes in the educational environment that allows the student equal opportunity to obtain the same result, to gain the same benefit, or to reach the same level of achievement as their non-disabled peers. School districts, including charter schools, are responsible for identifying and providing special education services to students from 5 to 21 years of age. AMS provides support to students with disabilities and educates them as much as possible in the same physical environment as their non-disabled peers.