We are pleased to welcome you and your child to the Fountain Inn High program for students in the self-contained class for moderate intellectual disabilities. Our program is dedicated to enhancing students' independence in the classroom, school, home, and community.
If your student is new, you will soon see that we foster a very close-knit, supportive community. Our students not only form strong bonds with one another but also with our dedicated staff.
Our students engage in learning functional academic and life skills essential for independence in post-secondary training, employment, and everyday living.
We strive to involve students actively in their learning journey. We develop an Individualized Education Plan (IEP) each year tailored to each student's unique needs and goals. This IEP is created through a collaborative process involving the teacher, parents, and the student.
We look forward to working with you to support your child's growth and independence.
Curriculum and Supplemental Materials:
Unique Learning System online, interactive, extended standards-based program that provides students with meaningful access to the general education curriculum. n2y provides technology-forward, age-appropriate solutions that enrich the lives of individuals with unique learning needs
Environmental Print-a comprehensive, standards-based language arts curriculum for students with cognitive disabilities, that teaches 48 signs: streets and roads, community places, workplaces, and restaurants. These are taught through stories, posters, pictures, and manipulatives. It teaches the following language arts skills: concepts of print, main character & character traits, setting, main idea, and cause/effect.
Subject Areas
READING/WRITING Students will be reading and writing using the UNIQUE curriculum, Environmental Print curriculum and other supplemental materials. Students will learn to read word wall words, safety and workplace vocabulary, and community signs. Students will learn to write/identify their personal information, complete job and other applications, and fill out basic forms based on their instructional level. Students will learn and practice skills to reach mastery of their IEP Reading and Writing goals.
MATH: Students will learn functional math skills which will include calendar skills, money, time and schedules, basic calculations, and how to use a calculator. Students learn through a hands-on approach with authentic assessments such as participating in our school-based business. We will also use the UNIQUE curriculum to support this instruction.
CAREER EXPLORATION/TECHNOLOGY/VOCATIONAL SKILLS: Students will explore different career and vocational opportunities as well as learn and demonstrate more than 50 different hands-on vocational skills in sorting, stocking, packaging, restaurant, office, retail, and assembly. Students will learn to work independently initiating, staying on task, completing a task, and cleaning up their work area. Some students will also have the opportunity to assist in our School-Based Business.
LEISURE/RECREATION: Students will learn to identify hobbies and recreation of interest. We will explore a variety of hobbies, games, art, and music. Students will also learn appropriate social skills needed to interact with others.
DAILY LIVING SKILLS: Students will learn daily living skills such as cooking, cleaning, laundry, nutrition, hygiene, personal care and other skills to help them function independently in their daily lives. Each student will be assigned classroom chores to complete each day. We have a full kitchen that we will use daily to prepare meals and snacks, wash dishes, and perform basic laundry tasks.