CMS helps students understand a complex world through Earth Education. Students experience the joy of discovery as they study their surroundings and learn how the parts of a system like the Earth are integrated. CMS students are exposed to the sciences and mathematics at every developmental level as tools of inquiry and invention. Given these tools, children are free to explore their worlds and learn at their own rates. From the earliest years, CMS presents children with geologic and social history as foundations of human understanding.
History becomes a context for knowledge rather than an end in itself.
At CMS, language and the visual and performing arts are presented to all children as channels for creative expression and the communication of ideas. Children learn to express themselves early in a supportive and judgment-free atmosphere. CMS promotes information and media literacy as valuable competencies in a new age. Curricula are evolutionary and are kept current to maintain pertinence in students' lives. CMS presents practical life skills as bridges to self-identity and citizenship.