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Awards |
Top Ten Charter School in Arizona, A+ Charter School (2003), Odessey of the Mind finalist (2003) |
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Special features |
before- and after- school care |
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School Mission
- Benchmark is a school founded by teachers who are dedicated to providing your child with a foundation for life. The teachers are willing to work as long as it takes until each child finds his or her rightful potential. We encourage excellence and strive to give the children skills that will never rust, tarnish, or go out of style... Knowledge is forever.
| Curriculum |
- Foreign language(s) taught: Spanish.
- This school has a particular instructional focus on hands-on learning, project-based instruction.
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Instructional Program Highlights
- Ratio between students and teachers is 15:1. This allows us to provide a solid foundation of knowledge that can be individually structured to optimize each child's potential.
- Once a week children receive 30-45 minutes of instruction from a Specialist in Music, Art, PE, Spanish and Library.
- There are two computers per classroom with Internet capabilities for individualized, self-paced instruction.We also have a computer lab with 30 computers.
- The onsite library is staffed by volunteer parents who teach library skills.
| Activities and Sports |
- Clubs and extra-curricular activities include: karate; dance; chorus; Oddessey of the Mind; sports (soccer, basketball, tennis, etc.) and scouts.
- This school has the following art(s) programs: orchestra, theater/drama, art and chorus.
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Parent and Community Support
- Parents are involved at Benchmark through many committees involved with the Benchmark Parent Teacher Organization. They coordinate the Cultural Arts Program which brings many visiting artists to school. Parents are on campus daily as reading companions, library helpers, lunch time helpers, playground supervisors and art and music masterpiece presentors.
Other news or notes
- Preschool on site
- Full day kindergarten
- Music
- Visual and performing arts
- Physical education
- Multicultural appreciation
- Technology
- Spanish
| Technology and Facilities |
- 7 students per computer.
- 100% of classrooms are connected to the Internet.
- This school was established in 1998.
- No transportation is provided to this school.
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| Admissions and Enrollment |
- About half of the students at this school come from the neighborhood where the school is located.
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| Safety, Discipline and Support |
- Safety and discipline-related resources include: zero tolerance policy.
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| Other Features and Highlights |
- This school has an emphasis in: Core Knowledge Curriculum.
- Regular classroom hours: 8:00 to 3:00.
- Principal has been at this school for 8 years.
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Volunteer requests
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Category: arts/other enrichment
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- Contact name: Bobbie Darroch
- Contact phone: 602-765-3582
- Contact email: bobbie@BenchmarkSchool.net
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- Contact name: Carole Challoner
- Contact phone: 602-765-3582
- Contact email: Carole@Benchmarkschool.net
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Donation requests
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Category: fundraisers/special events
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Description: Items that may used in our Silent Auction.
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- Contact name: Bobbie Darroch
- Contact phone: 602-765-3582
- Contact email: bobbie@BenchmarkSchool.net
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| Source of Data |
Additional information, including curriculum and special programs, was either submitted to GreatSchools by a school official or comes directly from the school or school district's Web site. This page was last updated on 07/30/2007. We cannot guarantee the accuracy of information submitted by school officials.
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