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Grade-level Objectives and School-wide Goals
The attachments below are the current drafts of our K-7 Learning Objectives and School-wide Goals. We publish this to give you a better understanding of what we teach and how we assess students at each grade level.
By way of explanation, The School’s curriculum includes both what we call Goals and Objectives. Objectives speak to the discipline specific skills that we seek to develop in our students. Goals speak to the larger, integrated understandings and habits of mind that we wish our students to possess. Students' report cards consist of two components: a narrative and a checklist. Each checklist item usually corresponds to several specific Objectives. Goals are addressed in the context of the narrative portion of the report card.
It is important to remember that objectives are written, assessed, reviewed and revised by members of each grade level team twice a year. Much conversation goes into their ongoing refinement. In fact, the objectives in grades K-4 are better established than those in grades 5-7 due to the advantage gained by living with them for a longer period of time. We are currently working on defining our 8th grade Objectives and Goals.
Our curriculum is a work in progress. Frankly, we hope it will always be so. We do not anticipate making dramatic changes, but as a school that values educational research and outreach, it behooves us to look at what we do with an always critical eye. As we look at scope and sequence, as we measure successes and see areas for improvement, we will change the objectives to reflect our practice.
Enjoy reading what has taken dedication, effort and educational expertise to create. Please know that these Objectives were written with the educator in mind rather than the parent, and some of the language may be technical.
Special thanks go to all of our teachers who have made this a living document rather than one that is written in stone. We are proud of what we teach and of the creativity involved; we are also confident that our integrated curriculum is tied to some specific academic skills that students will need during the course of their education.
It is uncommon for independent schools to provide such detailed information about the underpinnings of the curriculum, but we felt that this step would help to provide greater reassurance and a deeper understanding about our innovative academic program.
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