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SPECIAL FEATURES Ames Elementary has: • Individualized Learning Plans based on students' strengths, interests, learning styles and goals. • "child centered" learning. • a schoolwide Thematic Emphasis. • world languages. • specialists teaching art, media/technology, vocal, and instrumental music • a Pre-K program both in the a.m. and p.m.. • a Parternership with The Minnesota Children's Museum. • all-day kindergarten. • students participating in a daily language arts block learning for 90 to 120 minutes including reading and writing. • classrooms with computers, Internet access and network capabilities. Our building is equipped to access technology wirelessly. • students have access to the school's Mac lab - a mobile cart with 20 wireless computers. • Schoolwide Enrichment Model (SEM), providing extra service to all students aiding in cognitive development. • "Families Reading Every Day" (FRED) program which provides volunteers to support students' independent reading. • the teaching of good Citizenship qualities. • other community partnerships.