Elementary:

School Profile

• Twenty five years of superior K-5 preparatory programs
• Class size - 24 students per class (average)
• Two to three degreed teachers per class
• Supplemental resource teacher available in all grades
• Additional faculty in PE, Spanish, Computer, Art, Music, Poetry, Logic, Investigative Science, and Library
• Ample, self-contained classrooms
• Phonetic/Literature based Reading program
• Strong Writing emphasis in all disciplines
• Hands-on, manipulative based Math
• Science in all grades with lab component
• Unit based, project oriented Social Studies
• Art Education - one hour per week per class in studio, Art Apprecitation - grades 2-5
• Foreign Language - Spanish in grades K-5
• Physical Education - 4 times per week
• Music Class - grades K, 1 - three times per week; grades 2-5 - additional chorus program
• Extensive civic and community participation and service projects
• Involved parental support, both in the classrooms and Parent Association activities
• Teachers and children work in an atmosphere of mutual respect
• Authentic student evaluation including formal and informal testing measures
• Quarterly narrative progress reports, scheduled parent-teacher conferences