Students who are best served in this setting will: 

• Students with parents who provide 80% of essential, focused instruction four days per week.
• Students who benefit from the structure of a classroom.
• Students who do better in a consistent environment with a primary on-site teacher and peer group.
• Students who benefit from a range of differentiation and scaffolding.
• Families who want a strong content focus.

Families best served at FMP are committed to:

• focused instruction at home three days per week, heavy in ELA and math
• helping your student reach grade level standards
• collaboration with mentor teachers
• encouraging curiosity and an appreciation for nature
• supporting a growing stewardship mindset in their student

Due to safety concerns in the outdoors, students who struggle with defiance, aggression, and/or leaving a classroom setting without permission are not a good fit for this program.

• Choose your own district-approved, “research-based curriculum” based on your family goals and student needs.
• Implement a flexible learning schedule in a comfortable home environment.
• Deliver essential ELA and Math instruction at home and support student learning in science and social studies with materials provided by the teacher.
• Help your child achieve grade level benchmarks.
• Evaluate coursework, provide feedback, reteach until mastery is achieved, and provide individualized interventions as needed. 

• Monitor monthly progress based on grade level power standards, providing professional guidance and feedback, and interventions when needed, in areas where your student is not achieving grade level standards.
• Provide an awareness of state power standards and resources for clear guidance on how to teach to those standards.
• Offer support in selecting appropriate, district approved curriculum and educational materials.

Once a month, families meet to share out of learning at home, observe and discuss instructional strategies, provide support and encouragement, problem solve any intervention needs.

Students are the purpose of our community. But they also play an important part in building our community’s culture. We ask four things of our students:

• Be kind. Everyone who walks through our doors, is expected to always treat others with kindness.
• Give your best effort. We don’t expect students to be perfect or have all the right answers. But we do expect you to try their best in everything you do.
• Respond quickly to adult requests for cooperation and participation. If any adult in our program asks any student to cooperate, we need to know you will follow directions quickly and without argument.
• Be responsible for our space and your belongings. Keep track of stuff, clean up afterwards and help beautify our surroundings.

These four guidelines help create a harmonious learning environment for all of our students.

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