Kindergarten - Grade 4

List of 5 items.

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  Kindergarten

  • Project-based learning and hands-on activities
  • Focus on helping girls develop self-confidence and independence
  • Assess each girl's learning style and tailor lessons appropriately
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  Grade 1

  • Focus on helping the girls see the world as more than themselves
  • Provide opportunities for hands-on learning and scientific exploration in the community garden
  • Connect with and learn from animal organizations around the world
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  Grade 2

  • Focus on writing skills and story development
  • Introduce cursive writing
  • Begin multiplication and division concepts
  • Discover Richmond history and landmarks through research and field trips
  • Engage in Pen Pal project with second graders from St. Christopher’s
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  Grade 3

  • Strengthen reading comprehension and develop lifelong readers
  • Foster independence and abstract thinking
  • Explore Virginia’s cultural beginnings and progression
  • Develop leadership skills through studies of famous women
  • Cultivate intrinsic motivation through personalized learning and independent research
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  Grade 4

  • Develop leadership skills through expanded responsibilities while enjoying greater freedom
  • Encourage discovery, research, and creativity, and develop presentation skills during personalized learning modules
  • Create individual digital portfolios in Google Drive that houses multimedia projects, creative writing, and math activities
  • Collaborate on a 3D design project that includes product development, advertising, and economics
  • Develop the knowledge, attitudes, values, and skills needed to think reflectively about current and future global issues