1. Program Description
         Interim is designed for children with average or above IQ who have already attended kindergarten, but are not yet ready developmentally to be successful in the formal first grade program Interim is a full day program which consist of The Building Blocks and Four Block program, PT Pepper Phonics Program, Math Their Way, Touch Math, Language Experience, and an integrated thematic curriculum. A stress free, positive self-image is fostered through appropriate developmental  activities and experiences without the formalized structure of first grade.
      Upon completion of Interim, children enter the first grade program the following year.

2. School Success  is based more on developmental age than chronological age,
   intelligence, ability or previous learning experiences.

3. Maturation  is controlled chiefly by genetic and constitutional factors.

4. Environmental Factors such as educational stimulation, tutoring, and preschool can supportand enhance growth, but they can not hurry nor can they change the maturation of a child .

5. Overplaced Children are those children who go to school before they are  developmentally ready.
    Overplaced children do not catch up with extra work and tutoring.  They need the gift of time.

6. Interim Class gives children the extra time they must have  for maturation
 if the are to be successful in school and as a total person.  Children in Interim Class are generally normal children with average or above intelligence - some of them are gifted.
 

7. Interim Class is not "holding a child back". Children will learn and progress - usually much better than ever before.

    Interim Class is not "failing".  Overplaced children are simply being correctly placed in  school.
 

8.The key to placement in Interim is the parent, teacher, and school administration  working together. When they are in agreement that this is what is best for the child, feel positive about their decision, understand that the child is not to blame, and anticipate that all concerned will be happier, it is very difficult for the child to feel unhappy.

9.  A child's disappointment - if any- at being placed in Interim is soon forgotten when he  is correctly placed and begins feeling more comfortable.  Correct school placement generally enhances a child's self-concept while overplacement usually destroys it.

10. Contrary to popular belief most children don't tease others about their placement in school.  The few who do can be easily discouraged by the simple reply from your child, "This is what my parents wanted for me."

12. Parents are not giving children a chance when they place them in a situation for which they are not developmentally ready.  They are taking a chance.