Our Schools and Small Learning Communities
WHAT ARE SMALL LEARNING COMMUNITIES?
Small Learning Communities (SLCs) emphasize small structure and curricular specialization as well as focus on the learner and learning and in particular, the active and collaborative nature of students' and teachers' work. In a Small Learning Community, interdisciplinary teams of teachers assume responsibility for student educational progress across years of school and maximize flexibility to act on the knowledge of students' needs.
This is a form of school structure that is designed to provide more personalized learning to better meet the needs of students. Each SLC shares the same teachers and classes are taught with the emphasis on a theme or career emphasis. Several Small Learning Communities can exist in the same building.
Elementary Schools |
Secondary Schools |
Grades Preschool - K - 1 |
Grades 6 - 8 |
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Beatty Early Learning Center Ford Early Learning Center Perry Early Learning Center Grades Pre-School - K - 5Ypsilanti International Elementary School Grades 1 - 5Erickson Elementary Grades 2 - 5Holmes Elementary Grades 2 - 5Estabrook Elementary |
Ypsilanti Community Middle School Grades 9 - 12Ypsilanti STEMM Middle College Ypsilanti AC Tech Ypsilanti A.C.C.E. Program |
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Participating Middle and High School Programs |
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Early College Alliance at EMU Washtenaw International High School and Middle Academy (WIHI) Program |
WAVE Washtenaw (Washtenaw Alliance for Virtual Education) |
School of Choice Information
Students residing outside of the YCS district boundaries but living within Washtenaw County or a contiguous county are eligible to enroll as a school of choice student.
Application for 2020-2021
Link to school of choice application form