Twilight Program for High Schools
As enrollments in most private schools dropped, Summer schools in various schools were not enabled due to the declining number of students. As reported in the Buck Local News, Pennsburry High did not open its summer school which is an aid for students which failed on some subjects. To compensate, the school offered the Twilight Program –an after school program enabling students to earn credits. The school program is held in a small setting and aimed to let students catch up for their failed subjects. The payment for the said program will be the same as the summer school program they offer.
There are lots of Credit Recovery Programs or Twilight Programs all over different district schools. An example is the Metropolitan Nashville Public School, which has 18 twilight programs which allows out-of-school suspension students to be disciplined and have the chance to succeed in their education. The MNPS Twilight program kept 575 students on track in 2009-2010, district-wide; out of school suspensions have decreased by 10% with 13% students fewer students are being suspended, middle schools have seen a 20% drop suspension incidents and 18% fewer students suspended. Years of research lead the district to implement a number of support programs, particularly for middle school students and specific student populations. MNPS is considered below the national and state averages for suspensions of African-American males.
The Twilight program is an alternative enables the students to acquire a high school diploma in a standard base education. The No Child Left Behind (NLCB) Act requires students to graduate from high school and states to improve their graduation rate (NCLB, 2002). The Twilight program should be implemented by the high school during non-school hours as a school-within-a-school approach to support the student achievement and priority is give to students having a difficulty in academic, social, emotional, and behavioral aspect in a regular classroom setting..