At the elementary level, QUEST is a pull-out program utilizing a spiraling, interdisciplinary curriculum through which critical thinking, creative thinking, research, and communication skills are taught. Elementary QUEST students in grades kindergarten through fifth grade, attend the QUEST class for approximately two hours a week.
At the middle school level, grades 6-8, QUEST students daily attend a QUEST class which provides a project-based, interdisciplinary, gifted curriculum utilizing Pre-Ap strategies.
At the high school level, QUEST students may choose to enroll in the QUEST Independent Study Mentorship Class, participate in the QUEST Lab, participate in the International Baccaulaureate Program and/or enroll in Advanced Placement Classes, both Pre-AP and AP courses, including the QUEST Pre-AP English I and II classes.
Your child participates in projects designed to develop and refine their critical and creative thinking, problem solving and research skills through an interdisciplinary curriculum. Your child uses skills from the following areas: language arts, science and math.
Because the QUEST curriculum spirals in complexity and depth, third, fourth and fifth grade QUEST students apply their critical and creative thinking, problem solving and research skills to achieve a more complex and in depth level of mastery.
QUEST students participate in interdisciplinary projects designed to encourage critical analysis, creative problem solving, independent study, self-directed learning, and effective team work in an environment that promotes critical and creative thinking.
At the high school level, QUEST offers students an array of options. Students may enroll in a QUEST Independent Study Mentorship Class in which they complete a indepth research study on a topic of their choice. For seniors, this study may be their Senior English Project. QUEST students may also use the QUEST Lab as a support system. They can visit the Lab to work on projects (both personal and for other classes), to participate in discussion/interest groups, or to meet with the QUEST Facilitator for help with academic, social, emotional or personal needs. QUEST students may also enroll in the QUEST Pre-AP English I and II classes.