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- Gospels discussed weekly in lectionary based program
- Mass planning starts in kindergarten
- Spiraling building on prior knowledge
- Kindergarten students are led into reading
- First grade enforces the critical reading skills
- Second grade solidifies reading skills including comprehension and fluency
- 3 class periods (2 ½ hours) of reading and language arts are offered daily
- Journaling and grammar are introduced in kindergarten and carried through 2nd grade
- Everyday Math is a spiraling curriculum
- Manipulatives are used throughout primary academy
- Games reinforce math concepts and practice fact power
- Higher level thinking concepts are introduced at a developmentally appropriate age
- Students construct an understanding of science concepts through their own investigations and analyses using the thinking processes of comparing, communicating, and observing
- Science exploration starts in kindergarten
- This problem based curriculum develops critical thinking skills
- Different types of living things are studied in kindergarten through 2nd grade
- World culture study is a cross-curricular, school-wide study
- Junior Achievement is offered in Grades 1 and 2
- Communities and map skills are emphasized in this academy
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