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The Genesis Program
The Genesis Alternative Program offers a comprehensive learning experience that strengthens academic skills while building key personal qualities like independence, self-confidence, resilience, goal-setting, and future planning.
Key features of the program include:
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High Academic Standards: Students are challenged academically and held accountable to modern, 21st-century learning standards.
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Project-Based Learning: The curriculum uses hands-on projects to keep students actively engaged in their education.
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Small School Environment: Smaller class sizes provide personalized support and foster strong connections with teachers and peers.
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Access to Main Campus Activities: Students can participate in enrichment programs, sports, and extracurricular activities at the main campuses, keeping them fully connected to their school community.
Program Information
Objective 1: Increase student attendance rate.
Objective 2: Increase academic success.
Objective 3: Students 16 and older will have the opportunity to participate in a career experience aligned to their post-secondary goals and objectives.
Objective 4: Students will use adaptive coping strategies to manage anxiety and practice proactive self-regulation.
Objective 5: Students will complete and articulate a post-secondary transition plan based on their choices, interests, and aptitudes.
Please the button below to the Wilton High School Information page. There you will see a drop-down menu for the Genesis program referral application.
Please click on the image below to view the presentation.
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Objective 1: Increase student attendance rate.
Objective 2: Increase academic success.
Objective 3: Students 16 and older will have the opportunity to participate in a career experience aligned to their post-secondary goals and objectives.
Objective 4: Students will use adaptive coping strategies to manage anxiety and practice proactive self-regulation.
Objective 5: Students will complete and articulate a post-secondary transition plan based on their choices, interests, and aptitudes.
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Please the button below to the Wilton High School Information page. There you will see a drop-down menu for the Genesis program referral application.
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Please click on the image below to view the presentation.
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About Genesis
Mission Statement
The Wilton Alternative School, Genesis, will promote student success through engagement, communication, inquiry, and creative expression in an environment which fosters personalized learning through authentic relationships with peers, staff, and the community. Genesis will provide an emotionally safe and positive climate where students learn the skills necessary for life-long independence.
Grades: 7-12
Enrollment: 20 students
Dean of Students: Victoria McVie
School Hours: 8:00 AM – 2:45 PM
Contact Information
Phone: 203-665-0495
Staff
Allison D’Alton, Mental Health
Tom Koch, Humanities
Victoria McVie, STEM & Dean of Students
Eileen B. Wheeler, Special Education