Curriculum
Our Lower School curriculum is carefully chosen and researched to help develop a deeper understanding of “why.” Teachers facilitate the talents and gifts of each child to help them to discover new and creative ways to access knowledge, interpret content, and develop and share their ideas.
Second Step Social-Emotional Learning Curriculum across all grade levels.
Pre-K3
Every Child Ready by Collaborative Classroom: Our developmental curriculum is hands-on and play-based to promote growth in social development, school readiness, academics, and self-help skills. We work to make students feel safe and nurtured as they experience school for the first time. Curricula introduced include mathematics, science, social studies, fine arts, technology, and foreign language.
Pre-K4
Every Child Ready by Collaborative Classroom, Heggerty Phonics: Building on the developmental curriculum of Pre-K3, our Pre-K4 program continues to promote growth in early literacy, early numeracy, social development, and self-help skills. Looking at the individual needs of each child, students grow and learn independently and collectively through small group and large group experiences. Curricula include Handwriting Without Tears, Spanish, PE, music, and art.
Kindergarten
Collaborative Classroom: Being a Reader, Being a Writer, Math in Focus: The Singapore Method, Next Generation Science Standards, and Studies Weekly. Curricula include Handwriting Without Tears, Spanish, PE, music, art, drama, technology, and library.
Grade 1
Collaborative Classroom: Being a Reader, Being a Writer, Math in Focus: The Singapore Method, Next Generation Science Standards, and Studies Weekly. Curricula include Handwriting Without Tears, Spanish, PE, music, art, drama, technology, and library.
Grade 2
Collaborative Classroom: Being a Reader, Being a Writer, Math in Focus: The Singapore Method, Next Generation Science Standards, and Studies Weekly. Curricula include Handwriting Without Tears, Document Based Questions (DBQs) by The DBQ Project, Spanish, PE, music, art, drama, technology, and library.
Grade 3
Collaborative Classroom: Being a Reader, Being a Writer, Math in Focus: The Singapore Method, Next Generation Science Standards, and Studies Weekly. Curricula include Handwriting Without Tears, DBQs by The DBQ Project, Spanish, PE, music, art, drama, technology, and library.
Grade 4
Collaborative Classroom: Being a Reader, Being a Writer, Math in Focus: The Singapore Method, Next Generation Science Standards, and Studies Weekly. Curricula include Handwriting Without Tears, DBQs by The DBQ Project, Spanish, PE, music, art, drama, technology, and library.
Grade 5
Curriculum Associates: Magnetic Reading; Collaborative Classroom: Being a Writer, Math in Focus: The Singapore Method, Next Generation Science Standards, and Studies Weekly. Curricula include DBQs by The DBQ Project, Spanish, PE, music, art, drama, technology, and library.