The Scholars Program provides a 14-month intensive academic program designed to simulate the demands of a challenging independent school curriculum. Most members of the Steppingstone faculty teach in area independent schools and bring to the program a knowledge of and appreciation for an independent school education. This session begins the summer after the Scholars' fifth-grade school year and runs for six weeks.
Scholars have as much as two and a half hours of homework a night.
To help them manage the increased workload, Steppingstone offers Scholars a study skills course emphasizing time management, organization techniques, and note-taking skills. In addition, Scholars participate in physical education. The focus throughout the year is on English and math. Scholars can expect about one hour of homework per course each week. In the Fall, a course designed to prepare Scholars for the Education Records Bureau Test and the Latin Exam supplements the math and English curriculum.