Description

As students grow older, the curriculum grows with them. Second and third graders strengthen their basic skills by reading short stories and playing math games like bizz-buzz. They enjoy hands-on activities in science, visual art, and music/theater classes not offered in their public schools.

By the time they reach the fifth grade, students are reading novels like George Orwell’s Animal Farm and debating the ethical issues the book explores. Sixth graders begin to hone the library skills they need in the years ahead by researching famous public figures. The seventh grade curriculum helps students further develop their writing and study skills as they prepare for high school placement tests.

Individual Attention

Children learn differently. We meet with students and/or parents to help students in a particular area that might be difficult for them. The ultimate goal: to have them as ready and mature as possible for high school. We provide not only information, but the skills to access information, and use specific tools to meet individual learning styles.

An Inter-Disciplinary Approach

Because we are always looking to improve our existing program, we’ve hired a curriculum coordinator to facilitate communication between instructors in major disciplines in order to provide students with an integrated, inter-disciplinary approach to the subject matter. For example, seventh graders write about literary devices in Homer’s The Iliad in their language arts class, and then look to the history of the era as they research ancient Greece during computer and library periods. Their studies culminate in a high school level research paper on Greek literature and culture handed in at the end of the summer.