HIGH SCHOOL

Beyond having instruction differentiated within the classroom, students who require extra support or need additional strategies and interventions receive assistance in a number of ways including After School Academic Support, our Learning Support Program or individualized tutoring. Peak School also offers a content-based English and Chines as an Additional Language Program to assist students in acquiring both conversational and academic language.

Academic Program

Peak School has high academic expectations of its students, and all courses help them to develop the foundation they will need to succeed in further education and their careers. Our rigorous graduation requirements, which set higher academic expectations than at most comparable high schools, ensure that all students take an appropriate load of college-preparatory courses each year, recognize students’ academic ability and achievement.

Classroom

Peak School student is a member of a classroom, with between 17 and 28 classmates and one classroom teachers and one or two advisory teachers. The classroom teachers and advisors provide pastoral care and act as advocates and intermediaries for their students. Although students in the same grade take different courses with small class numbers, they all interact socially within their classroom, as they plan for special events and class projects throughout the year. The classroom is designed to be a social center while at school, where each student has an individual desk and storage space. Students meet daily with their classroom teachers and form a strong mutual bond.

Guidance

The low student-teacher ratio at Peak School (11:1) means that students can always find a teacher to ask for advice on academic or personal matters. All subject teachers are available during lunch time and after classes, while the After-School Academic Support program, available every day, enables students to receive additional help when they need it (for no extra fee.) Moreover, a professionally qualified psychologist is always on campus as School Counselor, and the administrators at each level are actively involved in all student affairs. Older students are guided towards collage admission by a team of two counselors and an administrator who work individually with each student.

Learning Support

Beyond having instruction differentiated within the classroom, students who are struggling or need additional strategies and interventions receive academic assistance with in a number of ways including After School Academic Support, one-on-one paid tutoring and/or our Learning Support Program.