Curriculum Overview

Lower School, Grades EK-6

• Development of basic skills within small groups
• Constructed learning within a rigorous and often interdisciplinary framework
• Master teachers utilizing a variety of instructional strategies
• A School-wide theme that goes across age groups and grades and culminates in a Fair that is attended by 4000 people
• Grade level presentations and graduations by exhibition
• Character education including the development of interpersonal skills and concern for the welfare of others
• Advisory programs and enriching off-campus experiences
• Athletics that can encourage strong competitive skills and good sportsmanship

Middle School, Grades 7-8
Upper School, Grades 9-12

• A traditional college preparatory education including AP courses, UC approved courses and the typical selection of courses offered at high end independent schools
• Commitment to the Socratic traditions of rigorous academics, intellectual discourse, individual growth and free thought
• Adherence to a set of core values: excellence, integrity, community, independence and perspective.
• Advisory programs and enriching off campus experiences
• Athletics that can encourage strong competitive skills and good sportsmanship