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Lower School (Kindergarten - 5th)

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Kindergarten

Our curriculum is created to meet the needs of the gifted learner. Attention is given to each child’s individual growth and development. Quest kindergarten provides challenging, differentiated curriculum that provides rich experience at a pace that fits each student’s needs.

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Grade 1

First grade is an exciting time for children at Quest Academy, as their cognitive abilities further open up the world of learning. Students are able to start applying the skills that they have been learning to more challenging tasks. Throughout first grade, students are provided ongoing directional coaching for using independent learning strategies that will serve them throughout their lifetime. It is important that each child learn to develop a growth mindset, good work habits, problem solving strategies, and independent thinking.

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Grade 2

Second Grade students at Quest Academy enthusiastically come into the classroom eager to see what choices are presented to them for the day. Students are highly engaged in their learning whether engrossed in a morning choice STEAM activity or writing in their personally decorated journals.

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Kindergarten – Grade 2

Our K-2nd Grade program is where the love of learning continues. Students walk into their classrooms with a bounce in their step, happiness exuding from their sense of wonder, and questions ready to be explored. It is a time when our students further explore and understand their strengths as a gifted learner. Their passions are supported by educators that view hands-on authentic learning opportunities are how children best learn. While implementing the foundations of our academics, our K-2 students come with a wide range of skills and abilities. Our teachers enthusiastically personalize and differentiate instruction to best guide students to reach their potential and also support areas of needed improvement.

Second Grade is all about becoming part of the learning experience and delving into the curriculum as it relates and pertains to the world that surrounds us. Students are at the developmental age when they’re able to take more responsibility for their own learning. Students understand and apply researching skills to present information that expresses their creativity while also building upon new comprehension skills. They learn through countless simulations becoming a part of the cultures and society they are learning about rather than an outsider looking in. In all academic areas, students are being appropriately challenged and are personally working on their individual goals.

Developing a positive growth mindset is at the forefront of the learning community in our K-2 classrooms.

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Grade 3

Welcome to a year of exploration, presentation, and celebration as a Quest third-grader. In keeping with our Quest Mission Statement, we take great pride in offering a unique, differentiated program that is designed intentionally with a solid understanding of the developmental stages and social needs of gifted third-grade students.

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Grade 4

Walking into 4th grade, visitors are always taken by students’ engagement in living history. From the challenges of the Plymouth Pilgrims through the struggles of the American Revolution, the students learn about American history by acting as real people from the past. The children examine various time periods, learn about the positives and negatives of events of the past, and consider their effects on the world today.

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Grade 5

The fifth-grade teachers challenge advanced learners in a nurturing environment that is creative, innovative, and opportunistic. There is attention given to the smallest of details that lead to a happy place to learn. Both teachers believe that the valuing of the child, raising their self-confidence, and enhancing their love of learning are their main priorities.

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Grades 3 -5

New opportunities for growth and adventure await a Quest student entering the third through fifth grades. At Quest Academy, one must travel up the stairs to enter the intermediate grades area. This is appropriate in a way, because third, fourth, and fifth grades are the bridge between being a younger type of student and the Middle School years. The journey across this bridge brings with it great independence and self awareness. With guidance, students learn to observe their growth and take more responsibility for their role in that growth. Executive functioning skills become more critical in preparing for Middle School and beyond. Building independence in work habits, organization, and homework study strategies are all developed throughout these grade levels.

There are also social, emotional, and academic changes which are unique to third, fourth, and fifth grade students. The depth of their academic journey intensifies, sparking new tangents to explore. A creative approach, with strong academic foundations and the use of critical thinking skills enable both teachers and students to reach beyond the bridge and soar. To take these risks, students are tapping into another area of their development, the strength of their character. At Quest, these traits are woven into the curriculum, not taught as a stagnant subject. Opportunities to lead and support others is also cultivated through our service learning projects and knight program.