The Intermediate Program

3^rd, 4^th 6^th Grades

Small Classes: 15 students

One teacher per class

Specialized teachers for music, art, foreign language, PE

Traditional academic curriculum

Competitive grading begins

Emphasis on strategies

Self-directed learning centers and independent projects

Cross-age tutoring

Enrichment field trips

After-school Program

Parent Education

The focus begins to shift from developing proficiency in basic skills to using the skills in pursuit of an education.

 As subject matter becomes more complex and the volume of content increases, the child who knows how to learn efficiently will have a competitive edge.

Throughout the intermediate grades, we continue individual screening to be sure your child is using efficient strategies for reading, writing, spelling and math. We also introduce some new strategies.

The intermediate grades present a whole new challenge, with more independent reading, homework, research, written reports, long-term assignments, and content testing.

Your child needs to learn effective strategies for getting organized, tasking an assignment, managing time, isolating important content, studying, taking a test, controlling the jitters.

We teach these strategies in the classroom and in our Super Learning Clinics. Conferences and parent education classes help you to understand how you can empower your child by encouraging successful strategies.

While the emphasis is moving to application, we are still developing reading comprehension, composition and basic math operations. Your child continues to use the basal reading and math series through 3^rd grade.

Skills are reinforced by cross-age tutoring and other activities where your intermediate student becomes a buddy to a young primary student.

The curriculum, which includes language arts, creative writing, math, computer, science, social studies, foreign language, music, and PE, is interrelated and experiential.

Learning centers and independent projects encourage personal responsibility and provide opportunities for your child to demonstrate competency in different ways.

Frequent field trips enrich the program and teach your child that the whole world is a classroom.