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What happens in QUEST in Leander ISD?
What happens in QUEST in Leander ISD?
At the elementary level, QUEST is a program utilizing a spiraling, interdisciplinary curriculum through which critical thinking, creative thinking, research, and communication skills are taught.
At the elementary level, QUEST is a program utilizing a spiraling, interdisciplinary curriculum through which critical thinking, creative thinking, research, and communication skills are taught.
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 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 Baccalaureate Program and/or enroll in Advanced Placement Classes, both Pre-AP and AP courses, including the QUEST Pre-AP English I and II classes.
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 Baccalaureate Program and/or enroll in Advanced Placement Classes, both Pre-AP and AP courses, including the QUEST Pre-AP English I and II classes.
What does my kindergarten, first or second grader do in QUEST?
What does my kindergarten, first or second grader do in QUEST?
Your child participates in projects designed to develop and refine their critical and creative thinking, problem solving and research skills through an interdisciplinary curriculum. For example, in the second grade QUEST unit about Habitats, your child uses skills from the following areas: language arts, science and math.
Your child participates in projects designed to develop and refine their critical and creative thinking, problem solving and research skills through an interdisciplinary curriculum. For example, in the second grade QUEST unit about Habitats, your child uses skills from the following areas: language arts, science and math.
What does my third, fourth, or fifth grader do in QUEST?
What does my third, fourth, or fifth grader do in QUEST?
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. For example, at fourth grade, QUEST students learn about Bloom's Taxonomy of Thinking. They then create lessons based on these thinking levels to teach to younger children.
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. For example, at fourth grade, QUEST students learn about Bloom's Taxonomy of Thinking. They then create lessons based on these thinking levels to teach to younger children.
What does my middle school student do in QUEST?
What does my middle school student do in QUEST?
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.
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.
What does my high school student do in QUEST?
What does my high school student do in QUEST?
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 year-long in-depth 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.
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 year-long in-depth 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.