Our Programs

Kindergarten and First Grade

Starting in August 2024, our school expanded its program into kindergarten and recently, first grade with a new and exclusive Dual-Language Program (Spanish & English). Through our Dual-Language Program (Spanish & English) for elementary our students will learn in a social and academic environment that helps them to become fluent multilingual speakers.

ELA (English Language Arts)

Wonders: Expand Their World Through Literacy

Wonders ©2023 is an evidence-based K–5 ELA program that empowers students to take an active role in learning and exploration. Students will enjoy unparalleled opportunities for student-friendly self-assessments and self-expression through reading, writing, and speaking

Wonders 2023 was rated highly by EdReports.org, with all green scores across the three gateways.

Wonders was built to deliver high-quality literacy instruction, supported by the science of reading. Scientific research has led to the identification of key pillars that need to be addressed in literacy programs:

• Foundational Skills
  Wonders presents a sequence of research- aligned learning activities in its grade-level placements, sequences of instruction, and instructional guidance across Phonemic Awareness, Phonics/Decoding, and Text Reading Fluency.
• Vocabulary, Language, and Comprehension
  Wonders provides explicit, research-based lessons in vocabulary and other language skills, guidance for high-quality discussions, and lessons aimed at building the executive functions that promote reading comprehension, including: Building Knowledge/Using Knowledge, Text Complexity, and Comprehension Strategies. The lessons in Wonders are focused on providing you with the right content at the right time to ensure these pillars are addressed for all your students

Reading

Explicit instruction support students in building knowledge.

• Foundational Reading Skills
• Phonics/Word Analysis
• Fluency
• Reading Literature
• Reading Informational Texts
• Comparing Texts
• Vocabulary
• Researching

Writing

Skills-based mini-lessons support students in developing their writing.

• Writing
• Narrative Writing
• Argumentative Writing
• Expository Writing
• Handwriting
• Speaking and Listening
• Following Conventions
• Creating and Collaborating

Social and Emotional Learning - incorporated within K–1 Wonders curriculum in Collaboration with Sesame Workshop.

• Classroom Culture features in the Teacher’s Edition highlight opportunities for fostering collaboration, community focus, and a love of reading.
• The six habits of learning were designed to encourage curiosity and critical thinking, teach students how to learn, and build confidence in themselves.

SLA (Spanish Language Arts) Maravillas: An Overview

Cada estudiante es una historia de éxito.

Maravillas, a fully equitable Spanish Language Arts program, supports students as they become bilingual, biliterate, and bicultural. Instructional plans, themes, skills, strategies, and test preparation mirror those of the core Wonders program. With a wealth of authentic literature ranging across the Spanish-speaking world, Maravillas gives students equity of access to rich texts and rigorous instruction.

Dual Language with Wonders and Maravillas With Wonders and Maravillas

Dual Language teachers are provided with resources to support the development of literacy through a bilingual/bicultural curriculum and provide a context for all students to develop cognitively, linguistically, and academically through both languages

• Students draw upon the two different languages to learn, make meaning, and communicate, engaging in the translanguaging process
• Dual Language planners, available at each grade level, K–5, provide detail on the daily instruction in both Wonders and Maravillas side-by-side

Science - Inspire Science

Inspire Science helps students build innovative thinking skills by empowering them to explore and learn from our world's amazing natural phenomena in exciting, hands-on ways.

• By fostering student's innate curiosity, you elevate their critical thinking.
• By facilitating hands-on investigation, you deepen their understanding.
• By encouraging creative problem-solving, you inspire their innovation.

Guided by the 5E Model

Each student’s journey through Inspire Science is guided by the 5Es and fueled by phenomena to provoke critical thinking and develop creative problem-solving skills.

The research-based 5E model prompts students to engage with and explore natural phenomena in the world around them. As they delve into an array of informational texts, supportive resources, and interactive activities, students explain their understanding of a phenomenon and elaborate by applying their knowledge to new contexts. Finally, students revisit and evaluate the phenomenon at hand so teachers can gauge progress and assess understanding. Learn More

Math - Everyday Mathematics

Everyday Mathematics is An Elementary Math Curriculum (K–6)

The Everyday Mathematics Difference

Children who use Everyday Mathematics develop a deeper understanding of math as well as powerful, life-long habits of mind such as perseverance, creative thinking, and the ability to express and defend their reasoning.

The pacing in Everyday Mathematics gives teachers time to create a classroom culture that values perseverance. Students are given multiple opportunities to think through problems and explain their answers, helping them make connections between concepts and procedures while fostering a positive disposition toward mathematics.

Spiraled Instruction

In a true spiral curriculum, both learning and practice are spread over time rather than concentrated in shorter periods. Content is revisited repeatedly over months and across grades. Decades of research into how students learn and how technology can support that learning show that spiraling instruction leads to better long-term mastery of facts, skills, and concepts in almost every discipline, including mathematics.

The spiraling of instruction and practice has been a defining characteristic of Everyday Mathematics since its inception. It is one of the reasons Everyday Mathematics students outscore comparable students on assessments of long-term learning.

Workshop Model

Everyday Mathematics was designed to allow teachers to work with small groups formed according to students’ needs, allowing for support and attention where it is needed. While the teacher meets with small groups, the program provides engaging, meaningful activities for other students in the class.

Social Studies

Experience Social Studies Solutions Designed for Florida

We recognize that Florida students and teachers bring rich and diverse backgrounds into the classroom. In collaboration with Florida educators and social studies academic leaders, our Florida Social Studies programs are designed to allow learners to explore and prepare to participate in our interdependent global community while meeting the rigor of the Next Generation Sunshine State Standards. Together, through our ongoing educational partnership, we can inspire Florida students while preparing them to be informed and active citizens within their communities and improving learning outcomes.

https://www.mheducation.com/prek-12/states/florida/browse/social-studies

We want to open young minds to the wonders of our world and the cultures, communities, people, and perspectives in it. We do too. Through the lens of the past (and present), we can help you prepare students to engage with each other in the classroom, their community, state, country, and world. Designed to establish core knowledge, develop critical thinking skills, enhance civil discourse, and inspire active citizenship, Florida Social Studies fully aligns to the Florida state standards, setting a firm foundation for student growth

Arts, Foreign Languages, STEAM

We’re proud to offer an exciting range of programs designed to inspire young minds. Our art classes encourage students to explore their imagination through painting, drawing, and crafting, while our STEAM activities blend science, technology, engineering, arts, and math for hands-on, innovative learning. Language lovers can dive into our French and Mandarin classes, where they’ll discover new cultures and build communication skills in a fun, engaging way. With dedicated teachers and a nurturing environment, we’re committed to helping every child shine!

Critical Thinking – VESS

Edu1st is a pioneering and cutting-edge organization founded in the United States. With integrity and passion, we seek to transform education by promoting sustainable Cultures of Thinking within schools and the community at large. To achieve this, Edu1st developed the VESS Model, (an acronym for “Vida Equilibrada con Sentido y Sabiduría” or “Meaningful Life with Balance and Wisdom”), a thinking-based bilingual and international pedagogical framework endorsed by the Institute of Neurosciences of the University of Barcelona. VESS is being used in over 120 educational institutions worldwide.

Our curriculum also focuses on VESS critical thinking approach of learning as well as other important topic like Science, Math, Social Studies, ELA (English Language Arts), SLA (Spanish Language Arts), Arts, among other topics.

Teacher Qualifications:

For our Elementary Program (kindergarten & 1st grade) Teacher has the following qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or higher in any subject (copy of diploma or completed transcript)
• Three or more years of K-12th grade teaching experience (written proof of contacting the previous employer)
• Special skills, knowledge, or expertise that qualifies them to provide instruction in K-12th grade subjects (provide documentation such as certifications, professional development, curriculum training, etc.). Pre-K experience and certifications would not meet this requirement.

Individuals with Disabilities Act: Pursuant to 1002.421(1)(j), Florida Statutes, This is information, for parents regarding the school, including, but not limited to, programs, services, the qualifications of classroom teachers, and a statement that a parentally placed private school student with a disability does not have an individual right to receive some or all of the special education and related services that the student would receive if enrolled in a public school under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), as amended.

Standards of Ethical Conduct

Our goal is to build a culture of thinking in which autonomy is valued and promoted so that each individual achieves a meaningful life, with balance and wisdom.

Focus on the student

Students are protagonists in their learning process. Therefore, their contributions, ideas, feelings, and creations are valued and documented. The Model seeks to support them through a holistic development process that encourages analytical, critical, and creative thinking and allows them to reach their potential, improve comprehension, and be ethical, responsible, participatory, and happy citizens.