- Fully certified, AZ State Highly Qualified teachers and Instructional Aides
- Classical education model utilizing the Core Knowledge curriculum (www.coreknowledge.org)
- Careful use of instructional time, including uninterrupted reading and math blocks
- Strategies to enhance and individualize the curriculum for all learners
- Well-rounded program that focuses on the entire educational experience -- not just "the test"
- Comprehensive gifted education program
- Consistently enforced safety and discipline procedures, including a "no-bullying" policy
- A "best place to work" philosophy that places a high value on the hard work of our staff, resulting in a highly motivated team
- Small campus philosophy with shared responsibility for all children
- Small, manageable class sizes with a low teacher-to-student ratio
- Comprehensive wellness program with a "junk food free" campus policy
- School uniforms
- Click here to see the 2008 school calendar. Click here to see our proposed 2009 calendar. Beginning in 2009, we will offer a modified year with an early start and two fall breaks.
- Partnership with Glendale Prep, (6th-12th), a Great Hearts Academy School (www.glendaleprep.org)
- After school sports, clubs, and enrichment classes
- Tuition-free all day kindergarten. (Student must turn 5 prior to Sept 1.) Beginning in the fall of 2009, we will be offering morning (8:00-11:45), afternoon (11:15-3:00), and all day sessions.
- High-level parent participation
- Policies and procedures that represent best practices in education.
