PROGRAM DETAILS

Curriculum: 
Our curriculum emphasizes learning through direct experience and discovery, where creative projects foster active learning and the development of critical thinking skills.  The School’s curriculum is a Project-Based approach, using strategies that enable teachers to guide students through in-depth studies of real-world topics. In the course of their work/play, children learn to listen to instruction and acquire basic academic skills that will help them to be successful in kindergarten and beyond. 

What is a Projects-Based Curriculum?
Children decide together to investigate an area of interest to them and they choose a project, such as “Places People Live.” Through each project they develop critical thinking skills as they ask questions related to the project.  Children may work on a project for a few weeks or for several months.  In the process of their project work, they learn vocabulary and develop literacy in Cantonese and English. They increase math proficiency with counting, measuring and patterning.  They expand their social skills as they experience team work and cooperation while learning to problem-solve as they draw, construct and interact with each other and their teachers.

Holidays: 12 holidays per school year include:

  • Labor Day
  • Veterans’ Day
  • Thanksgiving (2 days)
  • Christmas (2 days)
  • New Year's Day
  • Martin Luther King Day
  • Presidents’ Day
  • Chinese Lunar New Year
  • Memorial Day
  • Independence Day

Parent Meetings:

  • New Parent Orientation
  • Parent Workshops on a variety of topics as scheduled
  • Family Celebrations, include Christmas (December) and Graduation (June)

 

Field Trips: Field trips are related to the curriculum.  Parent participation is strongly encouraged. 

Sample Daily Schedule

Students come in and choose the areas that they want to play in. It is the time students get to socialize with others and transition them into a daily routine.

PRESCHOOL FOR ALL CHILDREN

Each child deserves an opportunity for total and full development.