A Typical Day

Half-day preschool students have a work cycle, circle time, shared snack, and outdoor recess with their class each day. Full-day preschool students move to the Chestnut Classroom for lunch and nap/rest time and then enjoy additional outdoor and free play time. Kindergarteners remain with the lead teacher in the afternoon for an additional work cycle and multi-sensory reading instruction and also engage in enrichment activities including PE, art, music, Spanish, and free play in our wooded Outpost area. All our students spend time outside every day the weather allows, and each classroom has an outdoor learning environment that is an extension of the classroom.

School-Home Partnership

Parent participation in the classroom is encouraged once the classroom has "normalized" in the fall. Parents may help out with language lessons, art projects, cooking projects, and in many other ways, depending on their skills, experiences, and interests. Teachers host formal conferences with parents or guardians twice per year. Between conferences, our teachers send out weekly or bi-weekly newsletters and reach out to families on a regular basis to discuss developmental milestones and any concerns that arise in the classroom.

Our Year

Because we share a campus and the classroom with public Charter school students, we follow a typical school-year calendar. Kindergarteners start on the first day of the Charter school year and preschoolers have a staggered start the following week (usually the last week of August). The school year ends in early June.