Reading - 90 minutes daily

Success For All (SFA) is taught in small classes of students.  Multiple strategies are used, including cooperative learning and one to one tutoring.  Phonics, word attack, comprehension, and study skills are taught through literature.  Students are tested quarterly and placed in multi-age reading groups with other students reading at their reading level.

Writing/Language Arts - 45 minutes daily

Writing is taught in all subject areas so students learn to write for many purposes and audiences.  As they become more fluent writer, students hone their skills in the mechanics of spelling, punctuation, and grammar.  Students also engage in Writer's Workshop that teaches students the writing process.

Mathematics - 60 minutes daily

The Everyday Mathematics curriculum stresses computation as well as a full range of mathematics including data collection and analysis, probability and statistics, geometry, and algebra.

Social Science - 45 minutes daily

A project-based program emphasizes the use of children's literature in social studies instruction.  Projects and activities are often cross curricular and guided by a multicultural perspective and respect for diversity.

Science - 45 minutes daily

BSCS T.R.A.C.S Science engages students in hands-on exploration, which builds their understanding of key scientific concepts and big ideas that explain our world.

Specials: 45 minutes

K-2 one daily

3-5 every other day

Science, Technology, Music, Art & Physical Education

Each of these exploratory experiences give our students the opportunity to expand their classroom curriculum in a meaningful way. Students are given the chance to grow, shine and explore in areas that they are not always exposed to outside of school. All the teachers work together with the student’s home base teachers to ensure the lessons enrich the curriculum.