Primary School

Primary school students enjoy weekly library classes during which they listen to a variety of stories, sing songs, retell stories, reenact stories, make predictions about stories, make connections between books, and discuss characters. Literacy skills are expanded and include group discussions about books. Students also begin to learn how to navigate the library in order to choose and check out books, and learn research skills by using online databases.

Music class engages students through a variety of seasonal and cultural themes while building core musical skills. Throughout the year, students explore the steady beat, rhythm, and high/low sounds using themes like animals, season, and holiday songs. They also experience fast/slow and loud/quiet dynamics. Students learn through activities such as drumming, chants, and folk dance, and by identifying instruments. In advanced levels, students explore Orff instruments and notation, culminating in Orff performances that combine rhythm, melody, and singing.

Godly Play aims to nurture children's spiritual growth by using storytelling, play, and wonder to explore biblical stories and religious concepts. The program promotes spiritual formation, biblical literacy, and personal reflection within a respectful and supportive community, using strategies like wonder questions, open-ended responses, and creating sacred places.

PE in Primary School focuses on fine and gross motor skills and finding joy through movement. This development includes body awareness, locomotor skills, hand-eye coordination, sequencing movements, individual and partner games, and sportsmanship. As students grow through Primary School, they strengthen movement patterns needed to travel in different directions at different speeds, throw, catch, and kick. They also begin to learn physical fitness concepts such as stretching and elevating their heart rate. 

Primary School Spanish is designed to immerse young learners in the Spanish language. By aligning with the American Council on Teaching Foreign Languages (ACTFL) standards, the curriculum ensures a comprehensive and effective language learning experience that fosters communication, culture, connections, comparisons, and communities.

Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math (STEAM) is integrated into problem and project based learning using Project Lead the Way, fostering a love for STEAM by engaging students in hands-on, interdisciplinary projects that develop critical thinking, problem-solving, collaboration, and creativity. The program support these goals through real-world problems and scaffolded learning. Additionally, STEAM includes elements of digital citizenship, teaching students responsible and ethical use of technology, and introduces coding to build foundation programming skills, further enhancing their technological literacy and preparing them for future STEAM opportunities.