Multi-age elementary Students in our multi-age elementary classrooms benefit from a full range of classes with a strong emphasis on the arts and movement. coursework includes: math, reading, grammar, phonics-based spelling, science, history, geography, faith, art, music, P.e., greek, and latin. Students receive instruction in music, P.e. and languages three times a week, providing them with a broad exposure to the arts. Our students graduate elementary school with a strong academic foundation, a sense of responsibility and independence, as well as a love for learning.
Lower elementary Teacher Aims: goals for the 2010-2011 school year included reading fluency, writing fluency, number sense, currency-based math skills, and telling time.
classroom highlights Students learned about renewal and new life through fun activities with bunnies, eggs, and chicks. The children were so excited to have some real bunnies join them in the classroom for a few days. The new garden areas supported classroom curriculum. Students enjoyed planting seeds and watching them sprout into seedlings while completing a unit on how seeds do their job and the different parts of a plant. Students enjoyed a special "hundred's day celebration": counting school days up to 100 culminated with a fabulous class party. advanced craft projects enhanced the hand-eye coordination skills necessary for handwriting. children made their own knitting needles and learned to knit! Faith activities in the classroom included acting out Old Testament stories with silk fabrics, blocks, and figures.
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