In second grade, community is the cornerstone to learning; students’ voices are celebrated and shared throughout the day.

• Students participate in class meetings in which they identify classroom issues (logistical or social) and brainstorm solutions.
• Students share their writing and ideas with each other during writer’s workshop.
• Students explore critical issues of social justice during book discussions.
• Students learn metacognitive strategies that help them understand how they learn.
• Students develop an understanding of how each has different learning styles with different strengths and challenges.

Sample Second Grade schedule

* Elementary School classes are split during Math, Language Arts and Spanish thus making the student teacher ratio approximately 1:5.  This allow for more concentrated one-on-one attention during the study of core academic subjects.