Academically Gifted

    The program for Academically and/or Intellectually Gifted students at Club Boulevard Humanities Magnet School provides enrichment experiences using an interdisciplinary curriculum. Students participate in integrated units of study with topics selected from their interests, topics chosen as an outgrowth or extension of the regular curriculum, and topics based on the North Carolina Standard Course of Study. The program Uses appropriate acceleration, curriculum compacting, and enrichment to meet the goals of developing critical thinking skills, communication skills, and problem solving skills, and provides opportunities for creative expression.

    Before and After School Care

    The before and after school program of community education through Durham Public Schools provides a variety of enriching activities that coordinate with the theme and focus of the school. The coordinator of the before and after school program is Sonia Hodges. If you have questions, she can be reached at  560-2913.

    Communities In Schools Family Resource Center

    The Family Resource Center is sponsored by Communities in Schools of Durham, Inc., a nonprofit organization dedicated to connecting community resources with schools to help children learn, stay in school, and prepare for life. The family resource center offers a wide range of programs for Club Boulevard students and their families. These programs seek to increase parental involvement in their child's education and in the school, to enhance parenting skills, to connect families to needed community resources, and ultimately to improve student achievement.

    Some of the Family Resource Center Activities include:

    • Tutoring for grades 3-5
    • Parenting Workshops
    • Parent Support Groups
    • Holiday Events
    • Parent/Child Computer Workshops
    • Adult Literacy Programs
    • Walk-In Resources
    • Father/Child Activities

    Because of Literacy Through Photography, a project of Duke's Center for Documentary studies and the Durham Public Schools, Club Boulevard students take and develop photographs related to their writing. In one favorite assignment students take photos that present their self-portraits. They may include photos of their special possessions, scenes connected to their talents or hobbies, or family members. They may plan a photo of themselves and have a family member or friend actually take the photo. Later, they use the school darkroom and work with a student intern from Duke to develop and print the film. In class, students write about the photographs they have printed. Sometimes the writing is about the process of making the self-portrait. Sometimes the writing develops the story the student wanted the story  to depict.

        Several Club Boulevard teachers have taken summer workshops led by photographer Wendy Ewald. Ewald has collaborated with students in special photography and literacy projects. Students  published their own magazine with photographer Alex Harris when he was one of the editors of Double Take magazine. They have studied photography exhibits at the center for Documentary Studies and have met the artists. They have exhibited their own work in the gallery of the Center for Documentary Studies.

    Literacy Through Photography offers many opportunities for students and teachers to develop writing abilities, one of our most important academic goals, through photography's serious examination of ourselves and our lives.

    Reading Recovery

    Reading Recovery is a program for first grade students who are reading below their peers. Each Reading Recovery student spends 30 minutes a day with a certified teacher who is specially trained in Reading Recovery techniques.  The intervention typically lasts from 12 to 20 weeks. At the end of the program, most children return to the classroom reading at an average or higher level than their peers. Club Boulevard currently has five Reading Recovery teachers.  In addition to working with four Reading Recovery students each day, these teachers work in classrooms with reading students from all grades.

    Spanish

    The study of the Spanish language offers many exciting developmental and cultural opportunities for the students at Club Boulevard. We have developed a Spanish curriculum that parallels and reinforces the grade level course of study while at the same time offering the students knowledge of everyday use of the language.  The purpose of our language study is highlighted by the objectives below:

    • Develop listening skills which allow the student to respond to simple phrases and everyday words, demonstrate ability to follow affirmative and negative directions, and demonstrate recognition of questions.
    • Develop speaking skills that allow the students to express simple phrases and expressions, use vocabulary to describe people, places, things and objects in the environment, and develop the ability to express preference and feeling.
    • Develop reading, writing and comprehension skills which allow the student to recognize words in the Spanish language, read simple phrases and formulate written responses, and remember details and facts from a series of phrases or sentences.
    • Develop a cultural awareness and recognition of the people, places, and objects such as food, clothing and holidays associated with the Spanish language.

    Title One School Wide Project

    Club Boulevard is a Title One School Wide Project.  This means that the school receives Title One federal funds to enhance its educational program in math and reading. Our Title One funds are used to employ Reading Recovery teachers, provide materials to classrooms in the areas of reading and math, provide parent workshops, and support staff development.



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