While the exact details for the SSA Program vary depending on staff and schedules, the SSA Program at DDE follows a general format.

Students in every grade except fifth grade physically move to the next grade level for daily instruction in their subject area. They do this while their homeroom class is having that same subject. For example, while their third grade homeroom is having math, the third grade SSA student will walk into the fourth grade classroom for math instruction every day. They will then return to their homeroom for the rest of their instruction on the third grade curriculum. Students are in a regular classroom at the next grade level.  

Fifth grade students will be instructed using an online format. Their daily instruction will be in an asynchronous math or ELA class. Students will participate in the online class with support from the SSA contacts here at Davis Drive.  Students are not placed in a separate class or given live daily instruction.

Students are required to take the End-of-Grade testing for the grade level in which they are primarily enrolled. SSA students will return to their homeroom class for an EOG review unit at the end of the year prior to the EOG testing.