Elementary School
Teachers at Torah Academy have higher standards than those in many public and private schools, both academically and ethically. While our teachers follow the national and state standards as the platform to drive their curricula, students learn in exciting, tangible ways, with teachers pushing hard to integrate the material so that every subject dovetails into each grade's overall goals in history, language arts, mathematics, and science.
Done in a creative format, national, international, state and Jewish histories are key for each grade's studies. Students research and perform vivid historical re-enactments to make the lessons of the past come to life.
Critical thinking, while an integral part of all learning, is an essential tool in writing. Teachers stress journal writing and on-line research for papers to integrate with all subjects. The focus on writing is two-fold.: the first is to teach students to take risks, creatively; the second is to learn writing not as an abstract skill, but as a tool used in context. Using both the creative and the concrete methods enables students to be effective, life-long communicators.