Lealman Intermediate
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Lealman Intermediate School (or, more simply, Lealman Intermediate) is a school located in St. Petersburg, Florida
in the United States
. It runs in the Pinellas County Schools
district. Lealman Intermediate School was founded in 2005 and replaced the 28th Street Drive In at Lealman.
, and as of 2006, had over 100 registered sex offenders living within a mile of the school, the most in the district.
It was created to help students that have low FCAT
scores or grades to achieve more in education. It has specialized help that is different from normal schools, in that the classes contain only 18 students. This is designed to help students concentrate more on learning than on other people in the class.
s with field trips, which last an average of two hours. These field trips are paid by the PTA..
Florida°N date=December 2010°W
St. Petersburg, Florida
St. Petersburg is a city in Pinellas County, Florida, United States. It is known as a vacation destination for both American and foreign tourists. As of 2008, the population estimate by the U.S. Census Bureau is 245,314, making St...
in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. It runs in the Pinellas County Schools
Pinellas County Schools
Pinellas County Schools is a school district serving Pinellas County, Florida, USA and based in Largo.-Organization:Pinellas County Schools has about 102,000 students and more than 13,000 employees. Dixie M. Hollins was the county's first superintendent of schools...
district. Lealman Intermediate School was founded in 2005 and replaced the 28th Street Drive In at Lealman.
Specialized learning
The school is located in one of the poorest areas of Pinellas County, FloridaPinellas County, Florida
Pinellas County is a county located in the state of Florida. Its county seat is Clearwater, Florida, and its largest city is St. Petersburg. This county is contained entirely within the telephone area code 727, except for some sections of Oldsmar, which have the area code 813...
, and as of 2006, had over 100 registered sex offenders living within a mile of the school, the most in the district.
It was created to help students that have low FCAT
Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test
The Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test, or the FCAT , is the standardized test used in the primary and secondary public schools of Florida...
scores or grades to achieve more in education. It has specialized help that is different from normal schools, in that the classes contain only 18 students. This is designed to help students concentrate more on learning than on other people in the class.
Grades
Lealman Intermediate currently provides education for grades 5, 6, 7, 8 and 8.5. 8.5th grade was added in the school year 2007-2008. It is a mixture of 8th and 9th grade which helps students who failed 8th grade, or any other grade, get back on track. In the first half of the school year students repeat 8th grade. Then, they are required to take an exam. Those who pass the exam move to 9th grade for the rest of the year. Students who fail continue to take 8th grade.Periods
Lealman Intermediate School has only five periods a day. Class lengths are extended compared to a normal school to provide more time to specialise in core subjects such as Mathematics and Reading. 6th, 7th, and 8th grade follow an A day and B day plan. Students are rather assigned a science class or a Social Science/Geography class during one of these days. The plan alternates every day.Enrichment
Lealman Intermediate has selectives renamed as Enrichments (PE, art, computers and health). During the 2008-2009 school year, Personal Development and Dance enrichments were removed and replaced by another stage of PE. Normally depending on what grade they are in, students tend to take all of these enrichments in one year or take half of them one grade and half of them the next grade. The enrichments are divided into six and twelve week periods.Clubs
Lealman Intermediate has a program called Clubs. Every semester, students can choose a club (a wider range of selectives). They go to their club for 45 minutes at the end of the day every Wednesday. Students are given a focus test. If they pass, they can go to their clubs. If they fail, they must stay in their classrooms and do tutorials. Tutorials are basically an extended time to help students with what they failed on the test. One week it is reading tutorial and the other, mathematics.Honor Roll Field Trips
Lealman Intermediate awards honors studentHonors student
An honors student is a person recognized for achieving high grades or high marks in their course work.Honors students may refer to# Students recognized for their academic achievement on lists published periodically throughout the school year, known as honor rolls, varying from school to school, and...
s with field trips, which last an average of two hours. These field trips are paid by the PTA..
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Florida°N date=December 2010°W