One of the first steps in developing a student-centered learning approach is to assess each student’s academic progress and identify each student’s strengths and weaknesses as early as possible.  To that end, each student will be given a series of diagnostic assessments at the beginning of each school year.  These assessments will include a more traditional academic component, but will also determine the inventory of each student’s multiple intelligences.  Additionally, our teachers will meet with the parents of our students early in the school year in order to obtain any parental feedback that might be helpful.  Based on the data obtained from each student’s prior academic records, the results of the diagnostic exams, and relevant parental feedback, teachers and administrators will develop a specific Personal Education Plan (PEP) for each student.  These PEPs will be used by teachers and administrators to develop lessons tailored to each student, both from a purely academic perspective as well as a view towards the best methods to use to teach each student.