Academics
Special Programs
Freshman Transition Program
La Salle Academy recognizes the hidden potential in some of its students through the Freshman Transition Program. The mission of this program is to develop the academic and personal potential of ninth grade students whose prior academic records indicate basic skill deficiencies.
The program provides a safe, caring, and responsive environment designed to help students achieve the academic, personal, and social changes necessary for success.
The program strives to provide for individual needs through the use of modified curricular design; develop students’ study skills with emphasis on learning how to learn; deal with the basic concepts in each subject area in a disciplined, structured way; provide opportunities to apply content and processes to real life situations; carefully monitor the academic and social progress of each student.
Upon successful completion of all assessments in the Transition Program, recommendations are made for placement in sophomore classes. It is the expectation of the program that each student attain a level of knowledge and skill that will allow the student to be placed in the traditional sophomore classes at the .2B level or above.
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The program strives to provide for individual needs through the use of modified curricular design; develop students’ study skills with emphasis on learning how to learn; deal with the basic concepts in each subject area in a disciplined, structured way; provide opportunities to apply content and processes to real life situations; carefully monitor the academic and social progress of each student.
Upon successful completion of all assessments in the Transition Program, recommendations are made for placement in sophomore classes. It is the expectation of the program that each student attain a level of knowledge and skill that will allow the student to be placed in the traditional sophomore classes at the .2B level or above.
La Salle Academy is a high school rich in history and grounded in the person and teachings of Jesus and the Catholic faith, which are core to the school's life and culture. The De La Salle Middle School provides a strong holistic foundation for students to transition into high school. The high school and middle school provide students of diverse ethnic, economic, and religious backgrounds, a community to foster growth in the tradition of St. John Baptist de La Salle’s ideals of faith, service, and community.
