Some schools use the multi-age concept of combining two grades together with students staying with the same teachers for both years.  Other schools use looping--students stay with the same teacher for more than one year.  The teacher in essence “promotes” with her/his students so that valuable time is not lost at the beginning of the school year to re-learn concepts already mastered.   Most of the elementary buildings departmentalize for the upper grades.  When departmentalizing, teachers teach their strength areas and students rotate throughout the day, traveling from teacher to teacher for the basic skills classes.

                Art, music, and physical education are taught weekly by specialists in those fields.  Students receive instruction in these classes each week.  The media center of each school is also a valuable resource; students receive instruction on computers, check out books and periodicals, and conduct academic research.  Counseling and guidance are provided for students as needs arise.

                At the beginning of the 1999-2000 school year, all but one building will provide before and after school daycare through the grant-driven Prime Time program.  That school will work with the nearby YMCA for delivery of the same services.  Prime Time is designed for working families as a safe, secure, and supportive place for children to be during the hours when parents are working.  The well-qualified staff delivers a curriculum designed to give children many opportunities to be successful in a variety of stimulating and fun-filled activities.