Kindergarten
Core Virtues
For the 2026–2027 school year, Kindergarten students will explore a new virtue each month to help them grow into caring, responsible, and thoughtful individuals. These virtues guide their social, emotional, and character development alongside academic learning.
August & September: Respect and Responsibility – Responsibility is doing your part for the groups that make us whole.
October: Self-Control and Self-Discipline – Self-control is stopping to think about my actions before I enact them. Self-discipline is giving the best of ourselves and saying “no” to our weaknesses.
November: Wonder – Wonder is to stop and say: “Wow!”
December: Charity – Charity is caring and working to be kind.
January: Courage – Courage is doing what is right in the face of fear.
February: Love of Country – Love of Country means being devoted to our nation—loving its ideals, honoring its heroes, respecting its past, and working hard for a just and noble future.
March: Faithfulness – Faithfulness is standing by those we love, those we serve, and what we believe.
April: Graciousness and Courtesy – Graciousness is acting kindly and making others feel special. Courtesy is showing respect through kindness and politeness.
May: Joy – Joy is the fullness of spirit that blooms from the loving heart.
June: Lives to Learn From – Learn from those who act well, think well, forge new paths, and seek a better world.
Core Knowledge Language Arts (CKLA)
In Kindergarten, our students explore the world through Core Knowledge Language Arts (CKLA), building both foundational reading skills and broad knowledge about the world around them.
In the Skills strand, children learn to recognize and produce sounds, blend phonemes, and read simple words and sentences. They practice handwriting, letter formation, and spelling, develop phonemic awareness, and begin reading decodable texts independently. By the end of the year, students are confident readers, capable of reading with comprehension, writing sentences, and understanding basic punctuation.
In the Knowledge strand, students engage with rich, engaging content that introduces them to nursery rhymes, fables, classic stories, the five senses, plants, farms, Native Americans, kings and queens, seasons and weather, early American history, environmental stewardship, and American symbols. Through listening, discussion, drawing, and writing, children expand their vocabulary, understand key concepts, and develop critical thinking skills as they compare, sequence, and retell stories and information.
Together, CKLA Skills and Knowledge provide a strong foundation in literacy while nurturing curiosity, comprehension, and a love of learning.
Eureka Math²
In kindergarten, students build a strong foundation in mathematics by exploring numbers, shapes, and patterns through hands-on learning and discussion. They learn to count, compare, and represent numbers, developing an understanding of how numbers relate to one another. Students explore two- and three-dimensional shapes, compare measurable attributes such as length and weight, and sort objects into groups.
Throughout the year, students begin to understand that numbers can be broken apart and put together in different ways, which prepares them for addition and subtraction. They solve simple math stories using drawings, objects, and numbers. By the end of the year, students develop an understanding of teen numbers, counting within 100, and the structure of tens and ones, building the foundation for future math learning.