Built By TeachersQuest Elementary School is a place for students to grow and learn on an individualized basis with support from staff and family.

Quest Students Are: Inquirers Thinkers Communicators Risk-Takers Knowledgeable Principles Caring Open-Minded Balanced Reflective

QUEST Elementary

Ph 585.392.1000 ext.6102

225 West AveHilton, New York 14468

Multi-Age School of Choice in Hilton Central School District

Alternative Assessment at

QUEST ElementaryInternational Baccalaureate

School in Hilton

www.hilton.k12.ny.us

Alternative Assessment at QUEST:

QUEST Elementary is dedicated to assessing students

based on adequate levels of learning. With the

encouragement of highly trained professionals, QUEST

students explore curriculum and develop more than just

their education. The school is organized into four main

levels:

Kindergarten (years Pre-K through K)

Primary (traditionally grades 1&2)

Elementary (3&4)

Intermediate (5&6).

“Students are taught where they ought to be, not based on

grade level,” says Karen Spillman, Principal, QUEST

Elementary.

Spillman says that teachers at QUEST believe that

learning is a social process and students must be

challenged by their education, not bored.

What is Alternative Assessment?Multi-Level Learning

In this way, teachers provide curriculum for students

to explore at their own pace, providing families with

the support they need for their child’s success. Each

student develops his or her own goals and works

with parents and teachers throughout the learning

process. They share portfolios and hold conferences

to track progress and demonstrate independence and

responsibility for their own educational and social

development.

“Classes work together a lot within the same level,”

said one QUEST Student.

QUEST Elementary was developed by teachers,

growing into a local phenomenon. QUEST students

develop communities through learning and are not

given letter grades rather they earn performance-

based assessments that are collaboratively created.

“We are not a traditional school,” said Mackenzie Reed, Intermediate student, “We don’t sit in

desks and chairs and read text books all day.”

“We like to work at our own pace, individually

and with small groups,” – Loni Butlin (Above),

Kindergarten Teacher, Quest Elementary