About Our School
What Makes Us Special
Miles takes a collaborative approach to education, involving parents, faculty and the community in decisions about the school. Students also work together in the classroom. Multi-age, multi-level classrooms allow students to stay in the same room for two to three years. This helps them build confidence and enables teachers to offer more challenging material as children progress. Students with hearing differences are co-enrolled in all grade levels.
The goal at Miles is to create a community of learners. Reading, writing and math skills are developed through hands-on activities and inquiry-based instruction, and programs such as fine arts and the school’s Green Project enhance the school’s curriculum.
All students at Miles come through open enrollment.
The goal at Miles is to create a community of learners. Reading, writing and math skills are developed through hands-on activities and inquiry-based instruction, and programs such as fine arts and the school’s Green Project enhance the school’s curriculum.
All students at Miles come through open enrollment.
Meet and Greet – August 2, 2023
Families visited schools and students met their teachers throughout this week, such as at Robison & Miles.Miles ELC Garden
Miles ELC Garden is brought to you by the generous contributions through AZ Tax Credits. If you'd like to make your tax credit contribution to Miles ELC, Donate here.
Restorative Practices
At Miles ELC the counselor provides the following services/opportunities to remove barriers to learn
Regularly scheduled community building classroom circles
Guidance and Support – during unstructured outdoor play activities
Individual Planning with students, parents, and teachers – working with individuals or small groups to address social issues
Individual academic and behavioral counseling
Classroom lessons on socio emotional learning
Responsive Services – using restorative questions to promote reflection and healing in situations involving conflict:
What happened?
What were you thinking at the time?
What have you thought about since?
Who has been affected by what you have done? In what way?
What do you think needs to happen to make things better?
Visit IIRP.edu
Alex Garcia, Counselor
Miles Exploratory Learning Center
520-225-2200
Contact Mr. Garcia by Email
Regularly scheduled community building classroom circles
Guidance and Support – during unstructured outdoor play activities
Individual Planning with students, parents, and teachers – working with individuals or small groups to address social issues
Individual academic and behavioral counseling
Classroom lessons on socio emotional learning
Responsive Services – using restorative questions to promote reflection and healing in situations involving conflict:
What happened?
What were you thinking at the time?
What have you thought about since?
Who has been affected by what you have done? In what way?
What do you think needs to happen to make things better?
Visit IIRP.edu
Alex Garcia, Counselor
Miles Exploratory Learning Center
520-225-2200
Contact Mr. Garcia by Email
Co-Enrollment Program
Deaf and Hard of Hearing Integration
The co-enrollment program at Miles integrates Deaf, hard of hearing students, and hearing students in a public school setting. Each classroom has a general education teacher and a teacher of the Deaf and hard of hearing who work together to teach all the students. The Deaf and hard of hearing students and the hearing students are educated together, following the general education curriculum. Modifications are made for students with a hearing loss, depending on individual needs. Each classroom is a multi-age class, spanning 3 grade levels: Room 1 is a K-1st-2nd, Room 2 is a 1st-2nd-3rd, and Room 5 is a 3rd-4th-5th. Services for Deaf and hard of hearing students at Miles continue through 8th grade.
Each class is staffed with 2 teachers, and 2 interpreters. All three classrooms share one instructional aide. The classroom is equipped with a sound field system that amplifies the speaker’s voice for all students through a speaker system. Deaf and hard of hearing students also wear individual FM units with their hearing aids. All instruction is provided in spoken English and sign language.
Miles offers all related services based on each student’s needs and documented on the IEP. We offer speech therapy, occupational therapy, physical therapy, adaptive P.E., audiology, and support for ELLs (English Language Learners.) Many of our service providers sign and our speech therapist is also a certified teacher of D/HH students and is fluent in sign.
Miles is able to offer music, art and P.E. instruction for all students. We also offer after school enrichment classes in a variety of areas including gardening, dance, ASL, arts and crafts, etc.
Miles’ Communication Philosophy
There are many different ways to communicate with Deaf students. Miles has a flexible communication philosophy. We use multiple modalities to best meet the communication needs of each student. These modalities include ASL (American Sign Language) only, simultaneous communication (sign and spoken English together), oral English with sign support, or oral English only. All instruction is delivered in spoken English and in ASL. All classroom students and staff are expected to develop their sign language skills. Many of our hearing students become proficient in sign language.
There are additional benefits to the co-enrollment program at Miles. Our Deaf and hard of hearing students have a large social group who can sign. This provides for a rich and dynamic social circle for students to choose from. Miles also emphasizes character instruction by using a common language to discuss character traits like kindness, perseverance, and integrity. We have high academic expectations for all our students.
If you have additional questions about the co-enrollment program, please feel free to contact us.
Contact Us
Catherine Hanson
Teacher of D/HH in room 1
[email protected]
Erika Roberts
General Education teacher in room 1
[email protected]
Cynthia Drye
Speech Language Therapist
[email protected]
The co-enrollment program at Miles integrates Deaf, hard of hearing students, and hearing students in a public school setting. Each classroom has a general education teacher and a teacher of the Deaf and hard of hearing who work together to teach all the students. The Deaf and hard of hearing students and the hearing students are educated together, following the general education curriculum. Modifications are made for students with a hearing loss, depending on individual needs. Each classroom is a multi-age class, spanning 3 grade levels: Room 1 is a K-1st-2nd, Room 2 is a 1st-2nd-3rd, and Room 5 is a 3rd-4th-5th. Services for Deaf and hard of hearing students at Miles continue through 8th grade.
Each class is staffed with 2 teachers, and 2 interpreters. All three classrooms share one instructional aide. The classroom is equipped with a sound field system that amplifies the speaker’s voice for all students through a speaker system. Deaf and hard of hearing students also wear individual FM units with their hearing aids. All instruction is provided in spoken English and sign language.
Miles offers all related services based on each student’s needs and documented on the IEP. We offer speech therapy, occupational therapy, physical therapy, adaptive P.E., audiology, and support for ELLs (English Language Learners.) Many of our service providers sign and our speech therapist is also a certified teacher of D/HH students and is fluent in sign.
Miles is able to offer music, art and P.E. instruction for all students. We also offer after school enrichment classes in a variety of areas including gardening, dance, ASL, arts and crafts, etc.
Miles’ Communication Philosophy
There are many different ways to communicate with Deaf students. Miles has a flexible communication philosophy. We use multiple modalities to best meet the communication needs of each student. These modalities include ASL (American Sign Language) only, simultaneous communication (sign and spoken English together), oral English with sign support, or oral English only. All instruction is delivered in spoken English and in ASL. All classroom students and staff are expected to develop their sign language skills. Many of our hearing students become proficient in sign language.
There are additional benefits to the co-enrollment program at Miles. Our Deaf and hard of hearing students have a large social group who can sign. This provides for a rich and dynamic social circle for students to choose from. Miles also emphasizes character instruction by using a common language to discuss character traits like kindness, perseverance, and integrity. We have high academic expectations for all our students.
If you have additional questions about the co-enrollment program, please feel free to contact us.
Contact Us
Catherine Hanson
Teacher of D/HH in room 1
[email protected]
Erika Roberts
General Education teacher in room 1
[email protected]
Cynthia Drye
Speech Language Therapist
[email protected]