Flexible Classroom Environments. A flexible setting for children of different ages and interests best describes the classrooms for children in grades kindergarten through six. Children work cooperatively and have the opportunity to explore their environment, interact with each other, and be challenged as they mature physically. Children naturally play and learn together without regard for the age of the other children. At McPhee School, most children have the opportunities to learn together with children of different ages and grades in multiaged classrooms and teams.
Most children are in homerooms and teams made up of two or three grades.
Being in multiage classrooms and teams also allows children to work with the same teachers for more than one year. The Lincoln Public Schools has a rich tradition of providing specialists for certain subjects in the elementary grades. At McPhee School, we believe that children should have the opportunity to use technology to learn about the world and to apply technology to those tasks that they will undertake in the school and work world. As a result, each classroom is equipped with computers making it possible for a child to use the computer each day. Focus on Families.