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APEX - Alternative Program for Enriching Experiences


APEX Mission Statement 


The Merrick UFSD is committed to an educational program that recognizes individual student abilities, strengths and needs.  Children who demonstrate superior cognitive abilities, critical and creative thinking, exemplary academic performance and motivation to be an independent learner require supplemental instruction and exposure to a variety of challenging and higher order critical and thinking experiences.  Providing students with enhanced differentiated instruction enables us to nurture and develop students’ higher level thinking skills.  The Merrick UFSD meets the needs of these targeted students through differentiated classroom instruction, participation in our APEX program, and additional enrichment activities.


APEX Program Objectives
  1. Foster social-emotional well being in all students
  2. Encourage students to become self-motivated learners
  3. Enhance and demonstrate divergent and creative thinking through fluency, flexibility, originality and elaboration
  4. Develop metacognitive skills
  5. Use communication skills that will enhance group interaction and student learning
  6. Develop the ability to demonstrate knowledge in a variety of ways
  7. Demonstrate authentic learning through real-life problem solving
  8. Utilize creative problem solving to develop new ideas 
  9. Foster independent responsibility and accountability
  10. Incorporate technology as a tool for life-long learning