Curriculum
Our commitment to an enriched curriculum means high-level classes with the extras that make a difference. Graduating students routinely rank high on placement tests and continue to excel in high school.
- Small class size for individual attention and fostered friendships
- Art, music, and physical education classes, grades K-8
- Daily tutoring and homework help
- Foreign language (Spanish) instruction starting in Kindergarten.
- Regular visits to school library for classroom and personal materials
- Media Center with lab for instruction in media, research, and writing techniques
- Technology/computer lab regularly used for classroom and individual projects
- Instruction in PowerPoint and iMoves
- Special needs resources on-site—Instruction resources, speech and language resources, social needs resources, and occupational therapy resources
- Full-Day Kindergarten Program for enrichment and exploration of curriculum
- Accelerated Reader Program, grades 3-5
- Accelerated Math Program, grades 4-8
- Reading resource specialist Faculty Member, grades K-8
- Creative writing opportunities
- Annual speech contest, grades 6-8
- Academic competition teams formed for General Knowledge & Mathematics (Grade 8) and Battle of the Books (Grades 4-5)
- Additional music instruction—Band Program beginning in 4th grade, Suzuki violin instruction beginning in Kindergarten, and private piano lessons beginning in Kindergarten