English Language Arts

At all grades, the focus is on acquiring language and literacy skills through listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Students learn to read and produce a wide range of texts, including media, transactional (letters, e-mails, etc.), and tertiary texts. The level of sophistication grows with the advancing grade levels. All classrooms must be literacy-rich environments.

Mathematics

The themes of number sense and numeration, measurement, geometry and spatial sense, patterning and algebra, data management and probability are developed in increasing complexity at each grade level. The program emphasizes problem solving, understanding concepts, application of procedures, and communication about mathematics.

Science

The science program emphasizes inquiry and the use of the scientific method in science classes. At each grade level, increasingly complex topics are studied from the fields of biology, physics, chemistry, and environmental science. The emphasis is on experimentation and application rather than memorization.