Our community is exuberant, nourishing, and empowering, due, in large part, to the differences among us. Differences among the students, families, and faculty enrich our human experience in untold ways. Celebrating differences in the classroom allows the students to express and eventually define their whole self.
The upper grade students are given a challenging and rigorous academic curriculum that emphasizes consistent, responsible study habits. In the intermediate grades, students learned to read. Now they read to learn.
The school’s small size is an advantage for helping each child to develop the ability to interpret information, formulate questions, and express ideas. To help students prepare for the next stage in their education, organizational skills are stressed, including, tracking and prioritizing multiple assignments, managing time, taking notes, writing short answers and essays, and editing, correcting and evaluating one’s work. Students are trained to develop their abstract reasoning skills, and to synthesize information and apply it to different circumstances and situations.
Each fall, the upper grade students present a dramatic play, and each spring they present a musical. They also participate in “Cloud Club”, where they a study and view a series of live, professional theater performances in nearby Dayton, Ohio.
The upper grade students also participate in classes and experiences in leadership and social responsibility. These culminate with their participation in the statewide Model United Nations in Columbus, Ohio.
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