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Resource Centers

Six Resource Centers, including the Library are located on the Lowell campus to provide opportunities for students to reinforce academic concepts gained in classrooms. Exact hours of operations are posted at each center.

Three centers, English (Room 211), Social Studies (Room 234), and Math/Science (Room 261), were established as part of the Ninth Grade Support Program which began during the 1996-97 school year. Each of the new centers contains resource materials and computers for student use. The centers are manned by paraprofessionals and are open throughout the day.

Under the Support Program all ninth graders are required to attend the Resource Centers for forty minutes per day during the first six weeks of school. Thereafter, students receiving a C-, D or F grade on their report card will be required to continue attending the Resource Centers for the next report card period.

The Foreign Language Lab

The services of the foreign language lab are an important part of the department's instruction. Speaking and listening skills can be perfected with lab practice. Students in A-code classes are assigned to work at least two mods per week in order to reinforce classroom teaching. They usually work individually or in pairs to record an original dialogue, practice listening and speaking exercises with cassette tapes, CD-Roms and software programs. There are also videos in the foreign language lab. Carrels provide thirty-five listening stations, and more than seventeen computers are available for language study throughout the day. Advanced Placement students regularly use the facilities to improve their oral skills in preparation for the audio portion of the AP exam, which is given in the laboratory. A recent changeover to up-to-date cassette equipment gives the lab very sophisticated recording and reproduction capabilities. The resource technician is always available to assist students, as well as to oversee their performance.

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