Grades OK-5 Most grades are split into two sections at both the Barnum and Manson centers. Principals are Rob Cordes, Barnum, and Mary House, Manson. Programs available to students with individual needs are talented and gifted, Reading Recovery, At-Risk, learning disabilities, and Title 1. Students in grade five may participate in band. Students receive letter grades beginning in third grade.
Classes integrate at least one major field trip into the curriculum each year.
Teachers at each grade level meet regularly to plan a variety of projects and activities to accommodate the learning styles of students and to assess progress toward the learning goals of each class. Recovery Reading Recovery is designed to prevent first-grade students from having difficulties learning to read and write. The intensive, individual 30-minute daily instruction by trained teachers substantially reduces the number of children who will need special services later in school. Teachers observe and interpret a young reader's responses and design lessons building upon what the child already knows. The goal of the program is to teach children to be independent in solving their reading problems by using a variety of strategies.