Philosophy

• Learning to think, learning to care and learning to create.
• A classical and innovative education.
• A strong sense of community.
• A high degree of parental participation.
• A close, long-term relationship with teachers.
• Cooperative learning among peers.
• A strong focus on respect, responsibility and compassion.
• Fostering each child’s full potential.
• Nurturing the imagination in the early years in order to build a foundation for abstract thinking.
• Challenging the child’s intellect in the middle years and through 8th grade.
• Emphasizing the child’s relationship to the natural world.
• Promoting the child’s respect for the environment and humankind.
• Awakening a student’s genuine enthusiasm, an interest in the WORLD, (a love of learning) and sense of purpose in life.
• Creativity, happiness, critical-thinking and self reliance.
• An educational approach encouraging balance.
• Every child as a unique spiritual being who brings gifts, as well as challenges.
• Passion being essential in preparing graduates for important roles in life.
• A sense of belonging and contribution.
• Integrating imagination and the arts with academics, infusing the spirit of learning with meaning and integrity.
• A curriculum not driven by standardized testing.
• Promoting cooperation over competition; and imaginative play over media exposure.
• An educational environment that does not use technology in the classroom.
• Arts, music and movement integrated into the entire curriculum.
• An educational program that teaches a foreign language starting in first grade.