Honors Opportunity Potential Enrichment

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The HOPE Initiative offers a dynamic, flexible approach to classroom instruction that provides appropriate learning opportunities to students whose report cards reflect exceptional academic ability and high levels of motivation, organization, and focus.

Because each public school in Jersey City is unique, the basic model of the HOPE Initiative is tailored to meet the specific needs of the students in each particular building. In each building, however, all students are eligible for the HOPE instruction. Students are selected for HOPE classes based on their past performance as recorded on their report cards and evaluated by their teachers. After determining the students� scores, each grade level is ranked, putting the top students at the top of the list. The staff at each school then determines the minimum score requirement for admission to the HOPE class at a given grade level. All students with scores above the minimum requirement are invited to participate in HOPE classes. Students must continue to maintain a B average or higher in order to remain in the HOPE class. At the conclusion of the school year, every student is reassessed to determine whether or not they would benefit from participation in a HOPE class the following year.

In a HOPE class, students learn at a fast pace while exploring each topic with greater breadth and depth than is typical for that grade. Students engage in self-directed, inquiry-based and project-based learning activities, and generate creative products that reflect mastery of the given topic. By pairing up with their grade level peers for projects, field trips and other activities, the students in HOPE classes share their spark with the entire school community.

The HOPE classes provide a learning environment that nurtures and challenges Jersey City Public School�s most highly motivated and highly successful students, thereby raising the bar for all students.