Our Curricular Goals and Expectations
Pre-School
The children are encouraged to become aware of their abilities and gain confidence in themselves. Freedom, concentration, coordination, order, independence, cooperation, self-discipline, industry, and a sense of reality are the main goals of the program.
Elementary
Our Elementary program was developed to fill a need in the community for an integrated, structured, and individualized quality Montessori program. This can best be met by focusing on two very distinct goals:
To Develop and Refine Skills
Our program works to develop reading, writing, spelling, math computation, and conceptual skills to their highest degree. This is accomplished through the highly individualized and ordered sequence of Montessori and supplemental materials.
To Give the Child the Universe
Through our studies of the cultural subjects (history, geography, botany, zoology, cosmology, geology, and the physical sciences), children are given an understanding of the world and their own responsible places in that world.
Earth’s History
Time lines lead from the Big Bang to the development of life on earth, continuing on to the advent of man and the development of civilizations and societies.
Peoples of the World
Civilizations are studied from ancient to modern societies, showing how the environments, cultures, and continents have been affected by the way in which people meet their needs.
Plants and Animals
We study the identification and classification of the infinite variety of forms. We explore the living world with special attention to the interrelation of all life, including the Protista, Monera, and Fungi Kingdoms.
Physical Sciences
This area includes the development of the tools of man, their evolution and uses, as well as an introduction to chemistry.
The students are expected to develop a sense of responsibility. This responsibility should extend from their daily work to the needs of others, and the world as a whole. The children are prepared to meet these expectations by developing responsibility toward assigned work and meeting deadlines. This is extended outward to community involvement through such activities as recycling and visiting convalescent hospitals.