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Program of Study ...

The Pre-K Program
The Preschool ... Our Preschool Program serves students through activities that are
inspired by the Reggio Emilia approach to early childhood education,
where students are encouraged to explore, play, and question. Steered
by the Reggio Emilia approach, the focus is on the whole child, meaning
students express interests, and parents, teachers, and the environment
“The program is inspired by the REGGIO EMILIA all play guiding roles to scaffold learning and provoke deeper thinking
through exploration, discovery, and questioning.
philosophy to early childhood learning”

The KG Program:

Structure of the Preschool
Our Preschool program includes 8 Pre-K, 8 KG1, and 8 KG2 classes; Arabic and English classrooms consist Language Arts
of a teacher and a teacher assistant. Pre-K classes also have additional support from a helper. Music classes The Language Arts curriculum
are provided in both languages, in addition to P.E. lessons and weekly visits to the Atelier, for discovery and is based on the American Art and Technology
exploration. These additional enrichment experiences are built into students’ weekly schedules and are Education Reaches Out (AERO)
taught by specialists. standards curriculum. This Art and technology are
curriculum has been broken integrated within the centers Assessment
In Preschool, the school day timings are from 7:00 to 2:50 for teachers and from 7:30 to 12:30 for students. down across the preschool with of instruction for Literacy
The day is comprised of blocks of English and Arabic instruction that are equally divided, as well as a mid- standards being appropriately and Science skills. Curriculum Assessments are ongoing
day break for children to eat snacks and enjoy recess. assigned to align through content is delivered through throughout the school year and
each grade level, ensuring multiple technology platforms. are comprised of various forms
the scaffolding of learning, Additionally, classrooms are of formative and summative
beginning from Pre-K through equipped with a smart board, assessments. Each grade level
kg2. The areas covered in the iPads, a projector, and a team develops common criteria.
English curriculum include document camera. Documentation is also a form
reading, writing, listening and of collecting evidence and
speaking, language foundation, monitoring growth, through
and reading foundational skills. photos, videos, voice, recordings,
note-taking, and student work.
Reporting takes place three
times a year with one progress
report in November and two
report cards in January and June,
followed by parent/teacher
conferences in the Fall and
Spring.
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