The Unified Sports program engages students in sports activities demanding teamwork, sportspersonship, movement skills, techniques and strategies. The students work to acquire appropriate social behavior and functional knowledge of Special Olympics  regulations. This class provides all students the opportunity to build friendships, increase knowledge of persons with cognitive delays, develop self-esteem, and become physically fit.

Peer-to-Peer Physical Education This course is a two-sequence course for students with disabilities and their peers in the general education program. Students are taught grade level physical education through a modified curriculum. Students collaborate and participate in activities consisting of, but not limited to, physical and motor skills, fundamental motor skills and patterns, fitness, lifetime/leisure activities, team sports, and IEP goals/objectives while demonstrating appropriate social skills in a physical activity setting. All students have the opportunity to develop positive relationships, learn about individual differences, and build self-esteem through the participation of sport and physical fitness.

Career Engagement is a one-semester course intended to teach students about successful job search strategies.   Students will practice job skills that will be used to create a resume, practice interview skills, and review skills required of a good employee.

Career Discovery is a one-semester course that guides students through a career exploration process culminating in an initial career plan. This plan is developed by matching individual work preferences, aptitudes, skills, and learning styles to fitting careers. Students will also investigate the training and educational requirements for their chosen career field. 

Students will present their career plans including how they will use self-advocacy skills to achieve the next steps identified in the career plan.

Students with IEP’s can also participate in our ACE Connect pathway where they can engage in School Work Based Learning and/or Community Work Based Learning.

Work-Based Learning (in school) provides students with the opportunity to enhance employment skills by participating in a school-based enterprise experience.

• Students will follow a training plan

• Students will be evaluated daily for job-specific technical skills

• Students will demonstrate levels of self-awareness, career exploration, post-secondary option knowledge, and employability skills.

• ACE teachers and paraprofessionals will serve as coaches and mentors on a daily basis.

Our two School Work Based Learning pathways are through our Commander Cafe or Print Job through the JFK custom design class. 

Commander Cafe is an in-school business that is entirely student run. Students train in  various roles such as baristas, cashiers, stockers, and managers. They use equipment that can be found in real businesses in the community such as coffee makers, an espresso machine, drink dispensers, a cash register, a Point-of-Sale program (Square), and a kitchen display monitor. The students have enjoyed learning these skills and some have even begun training others to use it. It has given students the opportunity to practice job skills in a safe and authentic environment and build a professional resume.

JFK Print Shop allows students to gain real world experience in graphic design and custom print projects.