Preschool
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Ages 2-4 yrs.
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A preschool child's early years are vital, formative and sensitive. Therefore, we foster curiosity and gently encourage memory and reasoning skills through our developmental and age appropriate curriculum:
-Music and movement, rhymes, and games to teach numbers, colors, letters, and sounds.
-Reading & Math readiness activities
-Science and sensory exploration
-Creative arts, Dramatic play
-Develop self-help skills

Kindergarten
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Of School Eligibility
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The accelerated Kindergarten curriculum includes the following core subjects: language arts, math, reading, science and social studies.
The Kindergarten uses the Modern Curriculum Press Phonics to develop phonics, vocabulary, word patterns and sorts, spelling, penmanship, reading and writing skills.

Our reading program accommodates emergent through fluent readers by using a combination of SRA basal readers and leveled trade chapter books in small literature groups. Students are taught to read using a strong phonetic foundation and sight words. Students are taught vocabulary development, reading expression, spelling, language structure and comprehension through reading. Assessment is ongoing throughout the year.

The Houghton Mifflin textbook is used to teach first grade math skills. Children develop a strong understanding of number concepts 1-100, addition and subtraction strategies, time, money, fractions, spatial sense and patterns, place value to 100, number patterns, graphing and data, and numeration.

The McGraw-Hill textbook is used to teach Science. It encompasses Life Science through thematic units. The children learn animals and plants are living things, the sky, seasons and weather, caring for Earth’s resources, and sink and float.

Our Social Studies curriculum follows the Fairfax County’s Kindergarten and First Grade’s SOL’s (Standards of Learning) for Social Studies. The children are introduced to the community, geography, American History and world culture.

The arts are incorporated across the curriculum throughout the school year in each thematic unit. Photography is implemented into the curriculum and incorporated through art projects and performance props. The Kindergarten uses many different mediums to help the children express themselves in art. Children also learn through music and song. Music and dance are taught to correspond to the curriculum. Children express themselves in monthly performances or plays.

The Kindergarten uses a Character Curriculum and introduces four different values a month and builds upon the values as the year progresses. The values are taught through literature, themes and role playing, teaching values for life. The children are taught and given opportunities to practice good character in all areas of the school and at home. The children quickly learn that Character Counts in Kindergarten.

Field trips and monthly special events and days are used to enhance the curriculum and the themes of study.

A Kindergarten portfolio is ongoing throughout the school year to reflect the growth and academic assessment of each child.

Before/After School
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Grades 1-6
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The needs of school age children are unique and diverse. We offer a fun and safe experience that promotes exploration and social development. Our teachers combine interaction with independent activities such as listening stations, library, home living, computer games, and most importantly a designated area for homework with supervised access to the Internet.
-Homework assistance with Internet
-Arts & crafts, science, cooking projects
-Sports and physical activities
-Field Trips
-Open on public school teacher workdays.