Curriculum Guide
Curious Minds, Confident Scholars
Orchard Pillar HANDS-ON EDUCATION • The best pathway to deep understanding, skills and knowledge is through active , rigorous, hands-on learning that taps into students’ instinctive curiosity. Orchard Pillar HANDS-ON EDUCATION • Beyond traditional educational practices, knowledge is constructed through play, social interaction and direct experience, and this approach leads to academic achievement and success.
• Comfort with complex questions that have multiple possible solutions leads to open-minded exploration and sophisticated comprehension.
• Teachers lead by example, and model a willingness to grow, a deep knowledge of best practices reflecting current research and a passion for learning.
Orchard Pillar OUTDOOR EDUCATION • Nature is a profound teacher; therefore, lessons intentionally designed to invite students to interact with the natural world have tremendous potential.
RESOURCES Our core academic benchmarks are derived from research-based national and state standards.
In Literacy and Math, our Kindergarten through Eighth Grade curriculum is supported by Common Core Standards, Social Studies curriculum is sourced from the Indiana State Standards, and Science is based on the Next Generation Science Standards. The Kindergarten-Eighth Grade Spanish curriculum is based on the National Standards for Foreign Language Learning.
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