The Slanetz Science Center is the focus of an outstanding science program. This program begins in Lower School with lab science courses and culminates in the Upper School with a three-year laboratory science sequence enhanced with several electives and by membership in the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Study Program. In the Pre-Nursery program, children are guided by trained early childhood faculty. Children spend the morning playing with age-appropriate materials selected to reinforce learning by discovery. In Nursery and Pre-Kindergarten, the children develop independence, explore reading and writing readiness materials, use computers, create art projects, and participate in music, library and physical education classes.
Parents provide lunch and transportation home.
In the full day Kindergarten program, the children further develop the foundation for reading, writing and arithmetic and attend classes with with specialists in art, computers, French, library, music and physical education. On average the student-teacher ration in Kindergarten is 12 to 1. After Kindergarten, children in the Lower School learn in a traditional, contained classroom setting and concentrate on reading, writing and arithmetic. Specialists in art, drama, computer, French, library, music and physical education continue to teach their programs on a regular basis. Laboratory science with a science specialist begins in grade one and continues through grade five.