Going Beyond Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic
Our enrichment programs begin in the classroom for all grades, and continue into after school programs. We have quality instructors, other than the classroom teachers, teaching art, music, physical education, technology, and Spanish. These classes are taught during a specific time slot during the day in grades K-6.
Classroom Programs
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Music
Our music classes aim to foster love of music in our students by bringing basic music literacy to each child while having a ton of fun with instruments and song. Much of the creativity and work by students can be seen during our Spring and Christmas programs. Art Art classes focus on appropriate lessons for each class level, with an equal amount of art history, art technique, and seasonal craft. |
Spanish
Students are actively engaged in learning Spanish through songs, games, dance, art, and thematic units integrated into the curriculum. The emphasis is on recognizing, understanding, and pronouncing Spanish characters, common phrases, and basic vocabulary; learning about Hispanic culture, its history and traditions; and improving conversational skills. Physical Education
All classes have PE twice a week. In 2018 we started using our "SPARK" PE curriculum. We encourage all of our students to be active in school and at home. |
Technology
Our technology curriculum is by Structured Learning. Students learn technology that promotes literacy, critical thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making through the age/grade appropriate curriculum. By the end of 5th/6th grade, students have mastered keyboarding (30 wpm), software programs like Excel, Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Publisher, and computer basics such as hardware, Windows, computer etiquette, internet, blogging, and Google Earth. |
Extra Enrichment
History Day
Each school year our 5th and 6th graders participate in National History Day. The students work hard researching a history topic of their choice and then develop a project (exhibit, performance, documentary, website, or poster) which ties their topic into the History Day theme. All the students participate at the school level and many go on to compete at the county and state levels. It gets very exciting as their projects (and research and knowledge) get better and better at each level and it's great to see the kids get keyed into history and the significance of their particular topic on the world today.
We are immensely proud of our students for consistently winning at the County level, and going on to represent Sonoma County at State History Day competitions. |
Performances
Each year the kids put on several music and drama productions. A Christmas musical program and Spring dramatic program are highlights of their extracurricular education. Click here for video. Speech Students in first through sixth grades have an opportunity to develop their public speaking skills by participating in Speech Meet. Students are chosen from each grade level in the areas of poetry, fables, Bible, and memorization to compete at the local level. Each student must participate at the classroom level, but continuing to the local level is voluntary. Science Fair
At the end of each school year, we have an all school science fair where each student from second to sixth grade displays a project which shows their knowledge of the Scientific Method. Our first graders put together a collection. All projects for first through fourth are displayed for visitor viewing in the front hallway. The fifth and sixth graders alternate each year between an experiment and an invention, and present their projects to visitors walking through the fair during a designated time. Visitors are encouraged to interact with the students in order to allow students to communicate what they have learned from the project. Spelling Bee
Accurate spelling is an important part of the communication process, and to help develop that accuracy, our students in fourth through sixth grades participate in an annual Spelling Bee competition which continues to the county level. The top two spellers, regardless of grade, move on to the Sonoma County Competition. Competitors at the county level come from all schools, both public and private, in Sonoma County. |