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Type of School. Rolling Hills Public Charter School will be a public charter school, not a conversion or replacement of an existing school. Educational Program. Rolling Hills Public Charter School curriculum will be aligned with the Idaho State Standards and will contain both traditional academic subjects and additional world history and language areas that make the Charter unique. The Idaho State Department of Education’s curriculum serves as the starting point that is enhanced by unifying themes and creative teaching methods. The traditional core curriculum areas--language, arts, math, science, and social studies--are strongly emphasized. They are augmented by foreign language, a piano program, theater, art, health, physical, and environmental education. The language arts program uses the Idaho Core Standards to teach reading, writing, and spelling, and the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Method to teach grammar. Its goal is to develop learners who are effective communicators, who love literature, and are lifelong readers and writers. Dramatization and memorization of accelerated vocabulary is a motivational aspect of the language arts experience. The science curriculum is a multi-year sequence that emphasizes hands-on experimentation and functional knowledge of scientific phenomena. This approach allows students to experience the excitement of science so they can better understand facts and concepts. Math will be taught through direct classroom instruction, including verbal drills, with Saxon math used for homework. Social studies will follow the basic elements of Idaho State Department of Education curriculum. We desire to instill in our students a love of local, state, national, and world history. Environmental education will emphasize an awareness of the critical relationships between