Welcome to the Alternative Learning
Center!
The
Alternative Learning Program is just that—an
alternative—for
students who do not feel comfortable in or are
not succeeding in the traditional high school
environment. The program offers students the
opportunity to work with caring teachers and
proceed through their
high school classes in a relaxed, student-centered
environment that
helps ensure success. Applications are available
from the high school counselors or the ALP office.
Students
choose the Alternative Learning Program for
a variety of
reasons: a desire for individualized schedules;
pregnancy or teenage parenthood responsibilities;
difficulties at home that hinder successful
progress at school; and more. Whatever the reason,
ALP offers the encouragement and a personalized
format to help students earn their
high school diploma and reach their educational
and personal goals.
Our
goals...
The
Alternative Learning Program has set the following
goals:
- All
students will feel good about school.
- All
students will graduate.
- Alternative
Learning Program students will become productive
citizens.
Special
programs, services, and activities...
- Flexible
schedules to help meet special needs
- On-site
day care for children of students attending
GCCISD schools
A
message from our director...
The
Alternative Learning Program was started in
1980 to meet the needs of students who had experienced
little educational success in traditional school
settings. Some exciting changes have occurred
since that time.
The format has evolved from one that provided
a limited curriculum to a broader-based, computer-assisted,
highly technological instructional program.
In the fall of 1997, the program moved from
Kilgore Center to the newly renovated West Town
Instructional Center. The on-site day
care for children of students has expanded.
Students learn in an environment that includes
flexible scheduling and a smaller, more
personal atmosphere.
Come
visit ALP and see success every day!
Sincerely,
- Michelle Verdun
- Principal
