Students in first through fourth grades have classes in the science room. The emphasis is on an experiential, hands-on approach. Original thought, skeptical inquiry, and the processes of science are stressed. Subjects of study may include electricity and magnetism, design technology, acids and bases, chromatography, flowering plants and seeds, rocks and earth studies, simple machines, astronomy, microbiology, time, solids, liquids, and bones. The computer is a resource used to support all parts of the curriculum as a vehicle to promote both productivity and understanding.
Students also use a range of educational software.
Computers located in and near individual classrooms provide opportunities for children to practice skills and apply them in completing specific projects. Art - All teachers use art materials in their classrooms to integrate visual arts into the daily curriculum. Beginning in first grade, students also have weekly classes in the art room where they work with tempera and acrylic paints, water colors, clay, fabrics, fiber, Styrofoam, plaster of Paris and other materials to learn basic age-appropriate concepts and skills. Originality of expression and careful planning of work are stressed. The Orff-Schulwerk method is used to teach techniques in movement, drama and improvisation.