Parents will also need to provide proof of residency within the school district. The entire process takes about 15 minutes. Every student at Gurney School is provided bus transportation to and from school. When you register your child for school, you will complete a form that asks for information used to schedule the bus routes. The focus of the program is whole language which uses literature as an instructional base.
Emphasis is placed on reading, process writing, and both group and individual language experiences.
Phonics and spelling are an integrated part of the language instruction. Emphasis is on creating a solid math foundation in a wide variety of areas . The goal is to increase a student's awareness of the world around them. Through literature, field trips, creative writing, science experiments, music, and many other avenues, students experience many areas through units of study. Macintosh and Power Macintosh computers are available in the classrooms as well as in the new iMac computer lab.