Our curriculum is carefully researched and designed to include exemplar learning opportunities as indicated through rigorous research. Its instruction to the students is accomplished using a variety of resources including manipulatives, textbooks, workbooks, online interactive work, online subscriptions, multimedia, and student projects. Much of the cost of these items are covered in the book fee at the beginning of the school year; however, occasionally, a project comes along that costs more than had originally been anticipated and there may be a separate fee for involvement in that project. Such information will be included during the registration time periods for projects. These fees are non-refundable and cannot be prorated. PrePrimary Primary We ask that students in and classes not bring personal electronic devices to school (this includes phones). We believe that while some interaction with such devices can be helpful, that many other experiences are needed for a well-rounded Renaissance quality academic experience. We will be introducing the children to learning Elementary opportunities during these formative years so that by the time of the class, students will be able to more fully appreciate and use such technology as tools and not crutches or time sinks. When such devices find their way onto campus, they will be put into the care of the receptionist and can be received by the parent at pick up time. Initial time is free, but after that there will be a penalty charge which will go into our library/athletics donation funds. Elementary class, Beginning in students will be issued a laptop to use at school and can take home for use in homework if the technology accident insurance is up to date. In all cases, students are expected to follow our acceptable internet use policy. Physical activity and unstructured time for interacting with peers has been shown in research to be linked with a number of outcomes aligned with better student performance and life skill attainment. Our school offers both unstructured physical activity time during recesses and structured time during P. E. sessions. Extended P. E. sessions may be scheduled on certain days and, for certain sports, may be offered as part of the extended enrichment time but physical activities are always a part of a school day. Some dance and martial arts may be incorporated.
Our curriculum is carefully researched and designed to include exemplar learning opportunities as indicated through rigorous research. Its instruction to the students is accomplished using a variety of resources including manipulatives, textbooks, workbooks, online interactive work, online subscriptions, multimedia, and student projects. Much of the cost of these items are covered in the book fee at the beginning of the school year; however, occasionally, a project comes along that costs more than had originally been anticipated and there may be a separate fee for involvement in that project. Such information will be included during the registration time periods for projects. These fees are non-refundable and cannot be prorated. We ask that students in PrePrimary and Primary classes not bring personal electronic devices to school (this includes phones). We believe that while some interaction with such devices can be helpful, that many other experiences are needed for a well-rounded Renaissance quality academic experience. We will be introducing the children to learning opportunities during these formative years so that by the time of the Elementary class, students will be able to more fully appreciate and use such technology as tools and not crutches or time sinks. When such devices find their way onto campus, they will be put into the care of the receptionist and can be received by the parent at pick up time. Initial time is free, but after that there will be a penalty charge which will go into our library/athletics donation funds. Beginning in Elementary class, students will be issued a laptop to use at school and can take home for use in homework if the technology accident insurance is up to date. In all cases, students are expected to follow our acceptable internet use policy. Physical activity and unstructured time for interacting with peers has been shown in research to be linked with a number of outcomes aligned with better student performance and life skill attainment. Our school offers both unstructured physical activity time during recesses and structured time during P. E. sessions. Extended P. E. sessions may be scheduled on certain days and, for certain sports, may be offered as part of the extended enrichment time but physical activities are always a part of a school day. Some dance and martial arts may be incorporated.