NOTE: Both the 3rd and 4th floor layouts are identical, with two Smaller Learning Communities on each floor.

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Why SLCs?

Research has shown that students thrive in learning environments where they feel a connection with their peers and teachers.  These connections are fostered in school environments where there are simply more opportunities to learn and work together.  Skyline High School will combine the facility and program advantages of a traditional comprehensive high school with the personalized learning environment found in smaller schools by creating four smaller learning communities in the building. 

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What Will SLCs Look Like?

Each of the four smaller learning communities will have a home space in one of the academic wings of the building.  Each learning community will, when the school is fully occupied, in the Fall 2011, be home to four hundred freshman to senior students.  Students will be assigned to a learning community when they enroll and will remain part of that learning community throughout their academic career.  Learning communities have core faculty representing the core areas. Both students and faculty will move outside a learning community to take courses including core academics, electives, and other specialty courses.

Teachers, counselors, administrators and support personnel are “attached” to each small learning community and follow students through their entire high school experience. The formation of Small Learning Communities provides a strong first step in promoting positive relationships between adults and students as well as more opportunity for educational opportunities that foster complex higher level thinking skills.