Elementary School Curriculum
The
formative years of pre-kindergarten through grade five
are a time when students need to be nurtured and guided.
Emphasis is placed on building vocabulary, developing
critical thinking and challenging the student to reason
logically. Art, physical education, music and library
science are important creative outlets in the elementary
school’s curriculum. Students gain enrichment
from field trips and resource speakers.
The
basic program in the first three grades centers around
language arts with an emphasis on instruction in word
recognition skills, phonics, oral and silent reading,
spelling, manuscript and cursive writing, and creative
writing. Also included in the curriculum are the fundamental
processes of mathematics, science, health and social
studies. Pre-kindergarten through grade three are self-contained.
Grades
four and five are departmentalized. Each homeroom teacher
at this level is the instructor to her homeroom in language
arts. One teacher on each grade level is responsible
for teaching science, one for mathematics, one for English
and one for social studies.
Elementary
School Daily Schedule
| Pre-Kindergarten/Kindergarten |
|
Grades 1-5 |
| 7:30 |
Building opens |
|
7:30 |
Building opens |
| 8:00 |
Class
begins |
|
8:00 |
Class
begins |
|
9:25-9:50 |
Recess |
|
9:55-10:10 |
Recess-Grades 1-3 |
| 11:23-11:48 |
Lunch |
|
10:10-10:30 |
Recess-Grades 4, 5 |
|
1:30-2:00 |
Recess |
|
10:55-11:50 |
Lunch-Grades 1-4* |
| 2:30 |
Dismissal |
|
12:25-12:50 |
Lunch-Grade 5 |
| 3:45
|
Building Closed |
|
12:59-1:15 |
Recess-Grades 1-3 |
| |
|
|
2:45 |
Dismissal |
| |
|
|
3:45 |
Building Closed |
| |
|
* Lunch period is staggered for grades
1-4 |
