Elementary
Education
Enlightenment in Elementary
Our elementary classrooms are designed to feed and satisfy this age group’s immense appetite for knowledge and stimulate natural intellectual curiosity. Students actively participate in earning and the curriculum is personalized to address each child’s needs, abilities, and interests. Social development and deep learning occur as the older children model and mentor the younger students in rich, collaborative learning experiences.
Experiential Learning
8:1
Teacher Ratio
Collaborative Play
Curriculum
Mathematics
The students use hands-on materials to learn the four mathematical operations of addition, multiplication, subtraction, and division, and progress to working with fractions, decimals, and algebra. Students study a wide range of concepts in geometry, including closed figures, lines, and angles. In later elementary years, increasingly abstract concepts are introduced to develop a higher level of mathematical thinking.
Language Arts & Literacy
The elementary language curriculum covers various topics, including reading fluency, comprehension, grammar, spelling, word study, writing mechanics, handwriting, and literature. Students refine their reading and writing skills through their work in other curriculum areas.
Social Studies & Sciences
The social studies curriculum emphasizes geography, history, and pre-history. It also includes related studies in sciences like anthropology, geology, and astronomy. Upper elementary students deepen their knowledge by studying the history and geography of the world, the United States, and Utah.
The Arts
Art is integrated into the curriculum through activities, including geometric drawing, map making, botany, zoology, and architecture. Music, dance, and drama are integral as students learn about history and different cultures. Students also participate in art enrichment programs taught by music, dance, and visual arts specialists. At the end of each school year, there is a cultural fair where students can showcase artistic creations.
STEAM
STEAM allows students to creatively address real-world critical thinking problems through a curriculum that combines STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) with an integrated arts approach. Arts education is an essential key to nurturing creativity, which drives innovation. STEAM engages both hemispheres of the brain as students combine logical, linear computations with inventive and original ideas.
Cosmic Education
Cosmic education is a cornerstone of Montessori philosophy that focuses on the interconnectedness of all things to help children understand their place in the universe. It is presented to elementary students through five core themes: The History of the Universe, Life and Living Things, Humanity – Its History and Accomplishments, Human Communication, and The World of Mathematics. The holistic approach gives students a broad picture of a concept before examining its separate components.
Field Trips
Field trips to locations such as the Clark Planetarium, Red Butte Garden, the Natural History Museum of Utah, Thanksgiving Point, and Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company performances incorporate thematic areas of study as an extension of classroom learning.
Assessment and Parent/Teacher Conferences
Our teachers closely observe each child’s progress and readiness to move on to new lessons. They may orally question a student about what was learned, or ask the child to teach the lesson to a fellow student. Each child also compiles a portfolio of work to demonstrate competence in many skills. We hold parent/teacher conferences twice a year so that parents may see their child’s work and hear the teacher’s assessment. Teachers provide a written report explaining each child’s progress at each conference and the end of the school year.
Three Year Cycle
Children typically remain in a lower elementary classroom for three years (Grades 1-3), until they are ready to enter an upper elementary classroom (Grades 4-6). The third year of lower elementary is considered a capstone year that culminates academic and social self-mastery. Third-year students learn leadership skills and prepare for a successful upper elementary experience.
Meet Our Teachers
Liz Collins
Lower Elementary Teacher See Bio: Liz Collins
Kamelia Arab
Lower Elementary Teacher See Bio: Kamelia Arab
Jodie Johnson
Lower Elementary Teacher See Bio: Jodie Johnson
Melissa Call
Lower Elementary Teacher See Bio: Melissa Call
Dawn Wiebold
Lower Elementary Teacher See Bio: Dawn Wiebold
Stephanie Winter
Upper Elementary Teacher See Bio: Stephanie Winter
Sammi Nelson
Upper Elementary Teacher See Bio: Sammi Nelson
Amy Larkin
Upper Elementary Teacher See Bio: Amy Larkin
Lindsey Constance
Upper Elementary Teacher See Bio: Lindsey Constance
Caroline “CC” Clapp
Upper Elementary Teacher See Bio: Caroline “CC” Clapp
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