In the classroom, we work hard to make sure no child has to be the squeaky wheel to be noticed. Our teachers design instruction so that a student’s strengths and struggles are tracked individually, not averaged into the class. With all teachers being Apple certified, as well as having three Apple certified coaches on staff, the technology that makes that possible is built into how we teach, not added on top of it. A child who needs more time on one skill gets it. A child who is ready to go further goes further. We hold weekly professional learning sessions not as a requirement to check off, but because we believe teachers grow the same way students do.

We also know that learning reaches deeper when it happens somewhere real. Our students visit Washington D.C., Philadelphia, Williamsburg, Houston, and Austin on overnight trips that push them to be independent in ways a classroom cannot replicate. Standing at the Liberty Bell is just different from looking at a photograph of it.

Outside of academics, we build a community that parents describe as family — and I have heard that word enough times to know they mean it. Mother-daughter teas, father-son cookouts, grade-level socials, service projects that connect students to the neighborhoods around us are just a few of our many family events. Events where, as one parent put it, you find your parent friends. When families visit our campus — 25,000 square feet across two buildings, five playgrounds, a soccer field, a gymnasium, and a STEAM lab — what most of them notice is not the square footage, it is that everyone seems to know everyone else’s name.

I would love for you to come see it for yourself. Call or email us to schedule a tour.

Sincerely,
Michelle Bechtel
Head of School