WHO WE ARE

Mount Markham Driver's Ed is a public High School Program sponsored by Mount Markham CSD. We are located in bucolic West Winfield in Central New York. We provide a HYBRID PROGRAM, meaning that we provide all 16 Classroom Lessons by Zoom plus one of two options: OPTION 1 is Parent-Supervised Driving Instruction and OPTION 2 is On-Site, In-Person Driving Instruction with Mr. Wallace. 

WHAT TO EXPECT: 

We use Google Classroom for our courses. The Classroom is organized into Lessons/Assignments, Attendance, and Course Materials. Only students have access to the Classroom, so we use also use Facebook and YouTube to share the Course Materials with parents.

16 MANDATORY IN-PERSON LESSONS + 2 FREE MAKE UP LESSONS: these lessons are highly engaging, and relatively fast paced. Students are expected to participate. Mr. Wallace will mix theory in with practical situations that Teen Drivers can relate to. Each lesson comes with a Quiz. We do our best to time these Lessons so that they have minimal conflicts with sports, clubs and part-time jobs.  

16 MANDATORY ON-SITE, IN-PERSON DRIVING INSTRUCTION We provide Driving Instruction with Mr. Wallace. Mr. Wallace uses "challenges" and "missions" to make the drives fun and engaging for the student drivers while they learn and practice skills and maneuvers. There are 3 challenges (parking lot, residential and city driving) that the students will go through.  Students will be put on missions, which requires the backseat passengers to work together to practice their skills as co-pilots. Mr Wallace always includes rewards/little celebrations for challenges/goals completed. Missions are drives to a variety of destinations that require the students to pick up a little CNY History and Culture. Expect your student-driver to visit CNY's most famous painting; visit and learn where a tiny CNY battle in 1776 affected the future of our nation. We also will taste-test Halfmoons, a CNY speciality, from at least 3 different bakeries. And lastly, we make a stop at New York State's Best Pizzeria! We are CENTRAL NEW YORK PROUD! This is not just your average Driver's Ed course. 

Robert Wallace, rwallace@mmcsd.org, 315-577-8180, Mount Markham HS, 500 Fairground Rd, West Winfield, NY 13491