Curriculum
At Merit Academy our curriculum is multi-disciplinary and individualized for each student. It fosters the academic, social and emotional growth of students from Kindergarten through 12th grade. MA follows Texas State mandated curriculum, TEKS (Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills) based on each students grade level functioning, not age equivalency, and incorporates the following:
- • Individual Education Plans
- • Individual Behavioral Plans
- • Character Trait Training
- • Social Skills Training
- • Impulse control
- • Organizational skills
- • How to become a valid and contributing member of the team
- • Multi-sensory teaching
- • Math
- • Reading/Language Arts
- • Science
- • Social Studies
- • Physical Education
- • Fine Arts
- • Music
- • Drama
- • Field trips that supplement curriculum
Teaching methods and classroom management accommodate each student's individual learning modality.