Curriculum
Project-based & Interdisciplinary
3-K & Pre-K
For our youngest learners, we use Creative Curriculum, a research-based curriculum that teaches children to become creative, confident, and caring critical thinkers. It features inquiry, exploration, and discovery as the foundation of all learning, bringing learning to life in the classroom.
When students advance to Pre-K, we continue Creative Curriculum with the addition of Eureka Math and Sanford Harmony for social-emotional skill development. Learn more about these two curricula below.
Kindergarten to 5th Grade
ELA (English Language Arts)
Our ELA curriculum includes interdisciplinary units of study rooted in Science & Social Studies themes. For Reading & Writing, we use curriculum developed by Teachers College of Columbia University. We incorporate Phonics in all grades, using Fundations for Kindergarten through 2nd Grade. Fundations utilizes a structured literacy approach grounded in the science of reading to make learning to read fun while laying the groundwork for lifelong literacy. Teachers utilize carefully structured reading, spelling, and handwriting curriculum using engaging, multisensory techniques.
3rd through 5th Grades use Phonics for Reading, a systematic instruction program that delivers the right skills, in the right order, to help older students, including those who struggle at the word level.
Eureka Math
Thoughtfully constructed and designed like a story, Eureka Math focuses on key concepts that layer over time, creating lasting knowledge. Students gain a complete body of math knowledge, not just a discrete set of skills. They use the same models and problem-solving methods from grade to grade, so math concepts stay with them, year after year.
Amplify Science
Amplify Science is a K–8 science curriculum that blends hands-on investigations, literacy-rich activities, and interactive digital tools to empower students to think, read, write, and argue like real scientists and engineers.
Social Studies
Passport to Social Studies was created by New York City educators with the goal of preparing children for the global community. Students use rich content, themes and big ideas to learn history, geography, economics, civics, citizenship and government. They also use important skills to “think like historians.”
Our Labs!
We have state-of-the-art Science & Computer Technology Labs where students in grades K through 5 attend classes taught by a specialist teacher. And we recently opened our new Hydroponic Lab where students learn to plant, maintain, and harvest root and vine vegetables.
Social Emotional Learning
We use Sanford Harmony to help our students develop the social emotional awareness they need to be confident, caring young people. Harmony fosters the knowledge, skills, and attitudes students need to develop healthy identities, create meaningful relationships, and engage productively in communities.
All of our curricula includes our whole student body, including English Language Learners and students with disabilities.
Our Pledge
Today, I pledge myself to the pursuit of Excellence. I will work harder today than I did yesterday. And still harder tomorrow. I will be Excellent. Excellence is within my reach. My manners will be Excellent. My behavior will be Excellent. My habits will be Excellent. My commitment to Excellence will be EXCELLENT. And so will I. I will be EXCELLENT!