All students are grouped into families with some in multi-age classrooms.
Teachers use alternative assessment, including portfolios.
Instruction is child-centered and developmentally appropriate. There is a strong parental involvement component. The automated library offers a connection to the world through the Internet as well as many CD-ROMS for student and teacher use. A kitchen provides a unique classroom for all students and many kinds of activities. Through inclusion, manystudents interact and learn with special education students.