Upper Learning Department (2nd-6th)
"Learning is a joyous, lifelong passage. Ours is a learning community, an environment that fosters and nurtures learning and understanding for each child. As educators, we continuously reflect on what we can do to engage each child in his or her learning and to build an environment where understanding and growth are central to all activity.”
— Dr. Angél Kytle, Ph.D., Upper Learning Department Coordinator
The goal in the Upper Learning Department is to create learners who are responsible for their own learning and who understand how learning is best accomplished. Embedded in this process are qualities of both the intellect and character. Such complex experiences require learning that is designed around various subject areas and is grounded in flexibility, inquiry, discovery, investigation, creativity, and good judgment.
Upper Learning Department Schedule for 2007–2008
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2nd–4th Grade* (8:05 AM–3 PM)
- One lead teacher and one shared teaching assistant
- Average class size of 18 students
- Spanish three times per week
- Math, science, and technology labs one time per week
- Physical Education three times per week
- Music two times per week
- Art one time per week
- Media Center labs, as needed for instruction and research
5th/6th Grades* (8:05 AM–3 PM)
- One lead teacher and one shared teaching assistant
- Average class size of 18 students
- Spanish three times per week
- Physical Education three times per week
- Music two times per week
- Art once per week
- Media Center labs, as needed for instruction and research
- Math, science, and technology labs by content specialist as needed for classroom integration
- Values education for the entire grade lever one time per week
*Friday early dismissal is at 2 PM.
Graduate Placement
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