Welcome to Lower School at SCH Academy

HUMANITIES: WIT & WISDOM

In the Lower School, we present humanities as an exciting journey through time, words, and art, helping students unravel the stories of humanities while honing their language and knowledge building skills. By combining language arts and social studies in humanities, our students will develop a holistic understanding of the world. They’ll become adept readers, proficient writers, critical thinkers, and compassionate global citizens, ready to contribute positively to our interconnected world.

Wit & Wisdom, a premier language arts program, uses essential questions to guide student learning and exploration throughout the course of the academic year. These essential questions are designed to spark critical thinking, promote inquiry, and encourage deep understanding of the texts and topics being studied. The questions for each grade level can be found in the Curriculum Guide.

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Goals for Science:

» Foster students’ sense as scientists as they participate in scientific discovery—first, by asking questions, defining problems, and designing experiments based on hypotheses; next, by observing, recording, comparing, inferring, and predicting; and, finally, by analyzing results and reaching a generalization

» Connect students’ science understanding to everyday life experiences, whether the students are in the woods, on the playground, at home, or in the classroom

» Develop critical-thinking and reasoning skills to apply to everyday life

» Show students how all living organisms are an integral part of the Earth’s ecosystem, and that decisions people make profoundly affect it

» Show how change is always occurring and that much of it is predictable

» Nurture joy in discovery and an appreciation and respect for the beauty, complexity, and interrelatedness of the world

» Provide opportunities for students to be creative, innovative, and possess an entrepreneurial spirit

» Gain understanding through research and science vocabulary

The Arts

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CEL Goals:

» Empathy: Students demonstrate the ability to listen to others as they share and learn how to respond appropriately.

» Creative Problem Solving: Students can engage in discussions in order to attempt to identify a need in the world.

» Teamwork and Collaboration: Students engage in discussions on ways to give and receive positive comments as well as to have meaningful and constructive conversations about project failures.

» Communication: Students demonstrate an ability to generate and ask questions as well as to engage in conversations about failures and will participate in giving and receiving positive comments.

» Technology: With access to a fully-outfitted makerspace, students learn how to use technology to enhance their ideas.

» Finance and the Use of Data: Students will begin to collect data through interviews and questions. Older students are introduced to the basics of finance, including supply and demand, deposits, withdrawal, interest, balance, budget, profit, and loans.

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