Classes and Programs
There are many classes at Hawthorne, including gifted classes and ESL classes. The grade 1/2 gifted class merged with the grade 3/4 gifted class in the fall of 2008, and subsequently, the grade 1 gifted was removed. Because of these events, there was a class with three grades, which could lead to uneven education among the students, as the curriculum of grade 1 and grade 3 students is significantly different(in grade one most students would be learning basic vowels and pronunciations while in grade 3 the curriculum extends to multiplication). These events led to questioning among both students and parents as to why the funding for the gifted program is so low as to force the school into integrating three grades into one class. In the fall of 2010, the Grade 2 gifted class was eliminated, leaving only Grades 3 through 8 gifted classes at Hawthorne.
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