Expectations are high and successes are celebrated on a regular basis.
Students are challenged by creative instructional strategies in a program with a very strong emphasis on literacy and mathematics. Teachers strive to ensure that all students experience growth, and instructional decisions are grounded in best practices and examination of data. Students also benefit from a variety of individual and small group experiences including resource, literacy, Reading Recovery, explorations classes, and tutoring by Duke University students and parent volunteers during the school day and before and after school tutoring with certified teachers. Students in kindergarten and first grade are observed and tested when referred. An enrichment program that has an explorations theme is available for 2nd and 3rd grade recommended students.