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Integrated Approach to Education . . .
means that we provide a child-centered curriculum, integrating carefully planned themes that naturally flow into all subject areas.

Reading and Language, Math and Science are the foundation of our curriculum

Reading & Language Arts

• Reading for enjoyment and information, including literature, science and history.
• Journaling and story writing.
• Vocabulary and spelling generated by various subjects.
• Achieving mastery of reading and language arts at or above grade level.
• Planning and creating a community newspaper.

Mathematics

• Computing utilizing objects, pencil, paper, etc.
• Using math to understand phenomena.
• Using math to solve everyday problems.
• Achieving mastery at grade level or above in computation and comprehension skills.

Science

• Ecology - understanding the interdependence of life forms, food chains, weather., etc.
• Discovering and Exploring natural phenomena.
• Planning experiments and evaluating results.

Social Studies and Geography

• Cultural studies, appreciating the diversity of our culture.
• Study of California history.
• Geography of our canyon, California, U.S.A.

Art, Music and Dance

• Utilizing various media to creatively express ideas.
• Writing stories, performing their own and others' work.
• Appreciating and enjoying various forms of music and dance.

Health and Physical Education

• Learning about health and nutrition.
• Playing cooperative games and sports.
• Developing skills and body strength.

Life Skills

• Our goal is to create an atmosphere of acceptance and team work.
• Students develop a sense of personal responsibility and pride in themselves and their group.
• Students are encouraged to make wise decisions in caring for themselves, their own environment and their community.

Children learn by doing and actively participating in the learning process.

Students support each other within an environment that encourages everyone to learn and to be successful. Students are not graded against each other.

Assessment

Each student is encouraged to acquire mastery of appropriate grade level skills. Assessments are done periodically to monitor children's progress and to support their efforts.

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