Academics at Lincoln-Erdman School

Lincoln-Erdman offers a half-day 4K program four days per week. The curriculum is developmentally appropriate - balancing play, social skills, and academics.

In preparation for middle school, fourth and fifth graders receive academic instruction from several teachers, instead of the traditional single teacher, all day. 

To ensure students acquire sufficient English proficiency and to enable them to function successfully in the classroom and society the EL curriculum is content-based and reflect mainstreamed curriculum whenever possible, and students are placed at age-appropriate grade levels regardless of English language proficiency.

Our interventionist is a reading specialist who supports, supplements, and extends classroom teaching.

Positive Behavior Interventions and Support (PBIS) is a school-wide system that is developed by a school with the goal of teaching the behavioral expectations in all school settings.

Response to Intervention (RTI) is a multi-tier approach to the early identification and support of students with learning and behavior needs. 

Each class sees the school counselor for Guidance Class for 30 minutes every other week. Lessons are based on the Academic, Personal/Social, and Career Development Domains of the Wisconsin Model Academic Standards for School Counseling.

All students should be provided with an education in the development of cognitive skills, affective skills, self-awareness, self-esteem, physical well being, and socially acceptable decision making strategies.

The speech and language pathologist (SLP) works with students to improve voice, fluency, speech intelligibility, language, or overall functional and effective communication.

Youth-Tutoring-Youth is a program that provides high school students with an opportunity to give direct tutoring assistance to elementary classrooms under the guidance of a supervising and coordinating teacher.