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Hours

High School Prep 9:  8:02-8:40

SWAS:  8:40-1:00pm

Lunch: 1:00-1:25pm

Work Study: 1:25-2:06

Prep: 2:06-2:50pm

 

Philosophy and Goals:

We believe it is essential that the Delano "School Within A School" program provides a safe and nurturing environment which will support individual and diverse student learning, personal growth, and social achievements.  SWAS programming at Delano High School focuses on prevention and intervention to optimize student success in learning through online, offline, and project based learning.

The Goal of the program is to assist students who have been identified, while in high school, of being in jeopardy of not graduating with his or her class due to a variety of academic, social, family, or other issues.  With the partnership of the school, community, and family involvement students will become lifelong learners possessing skills, knowledge, creativity, sense of worth, and citizenship necessary to function and flourish in our rapidly changing society.

Program Overview

The School Within A School program is for students in 11th or 12th grade and is designed to help recover credits lost in prior years and reduce the number of dropouts.  A successful program is made up of a number of key components.  These components include: identification process, academic support, family support, personal/social support, work release, business connections, and community resources.

The SWAS program is an autonomous program housed within Delano High School. The School Within A School has its own school space, students, teacher, structure, atmosphere, and etc. The School Within A School structure supports constructive relationships between and among students and teachers by grouping students together in a small number each year to take core courses needed to graduate, thus increasing the support students receive from peers, teachers, and other community resource individuals. All courses taken within the School Within A School program follow Delano High School and MN State graduation standards and benchmarks. Students must also maintain employment through the course of the year and complete community service projects. 

The SWAS program is a voluntary program.  Students considered for the program are likely to be significantly behind in credits but not always.  Students may have habitual truancy issues, be a teen parent, have legal issues, or may just be unlikely to succeed in the regular classroom full time.  These factors along with administrator, counselor, and teacher recommendation determine placement in the program.