Mission
The purpose of a primary school education is to prepare students to be successful in their continuing education, to create positive learning habits and work habits, to prepare students to be successful in their careers, to teach students to be responsible and informed citizens, to teach students to communicate effectively, and to create a basis for a desire for lifelong learning.

Values
The faculty, staff, and governing body will model and advocate the core values using the Character First! curriculum which include honesty, respect, tolerance, fairness, discipline, integrity, responsibility, trust, and citizenship. Students will be expected to live up to a school honor code. Students will be taught the principles of the American democratic society and the obligations and responsibilities that we must live by. They will learn about cultures and beliefs of others and they will learn to be tolerant and respectful.

Curriculum
The Core Knowledge Curriculum is a national consensus-based program which sets the standards for knowledge essential to students in each grade level. Produced by the Core Knowledge Foundation, the Sequence offers a planned progression of specific knowledge in World and American Civilization, Language Arts, Geography, Science, Math, and the Fine Arts. The Core Knowledge content guidelines form the basis of about 50% of the school's curriculum, and provides a solid, coherent foundation of learning for students. The Sequence offers a planned progression of specific knowledge in the core subjects---the first and ongoing attempt to state specifically a core of shared knowledge that students should learn. It should be emphasized that the Core Knowledge Sequence is not a list of facts to be memorized. Rather, it is a guide to coherent content from grade to grade, designed to encourage steady academic progress as students build their knowledge and skills from one year to the next. This sequence is content specific and will be supplemented by skills standards.

Enhancing the core academic curriculum will be required activities such as clubs, community service, music, art, and the use of technology. Whenever possible, students and their parents will take an active role in their learning and will develop important interpersonal skills such as public speaking, active listening, how to give feedback, assertiveness, how to work in teams, questioning, conflict resolution, self-management, and life skills. Critical thinking skills are also important elements to a curriculum. To engage primary school students, it is important for teachers to be creative and use a variety of delivery methods such as distance learning, computer programs, group discovery, debates, field trips, internet connections, cooperative learning, integrated courses, visiting teachers, and new methods of teaching.