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Educational Model

Excelsior Academy presents a broad, classical education by basing its teachings around the Core Knowledge Sequence.

In each grade, students are exposed to a broad range of historical, scientific, and cultural topics that build on one another to prepare students for later educational success. 

The scope of knowledge comprises what a culturally literate individual should know at each grade level.



Our Curriculum

And the way we present it!

Excelsior Academy uses Classical Education, Core Knowledge and Direct Instruction to create the foundation for our educational model:

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Classical Education

The Trivium encapsulates the 3 learning stages in our Classical Education model: Grammar, Logic and Rhetoric.

To the classical mind, all knowledge is inter-related.

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Core Knowledge

Core Knowledge helps us to cultivate leaders and learners for life! It empowers each child to achieve his or her greatest academic potential.

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Direct Instruction

Direct Instruction (DI) is a teaching model utilized throughout our curriculum. DI involves carefully planned lessons designed for precise delivery from the teacher and verbal responses from students. These responses allow for greater teacher monitoring.

Results show a higher mastery for each student.

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Electives & Specials

Elementary students have the opportunity to attend "specials" classes of Art, Computers, Music and Physical Education (PE) each week, and Middle School students have 3 electives per day.

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Leveled Learning.

Your student will not be bored in class!

We use ability grouping in Reading, Math, and Spelling; Leveled Learning enables students to be taught at their challenge level. Students are assessed regularly to ensure proper level placement.  

Excelsior Academy is academically rigorous! If your student is ahead or a quick learner, we can accommodate that! Your student will also not be lost in class; if they are struggling, we use Leveled Learning to teach them at their challenge level.

Classroom Style.

CHAMPS – Conversation, Help, Activity, Movement, Participation, Success

Excelsior Academy also uses the CHAMPS behavior management program. This program is used school-wide to allow a consistent, positive and proactive approach in our classrooms.

Our teachers want their students to be orderly, responsive, engaged, and motivated.

  • Improve classroom behavior (on-task, work completion, cooperation)
  • Establish clear classroom behavior expectations with logical and fair responses to misbehavior
  • Motivate students to put forth their best efforts (perseverance, pride in work)
  • Reduce misbehavior (disruptions, disrespect, non-compliance)
  • Increase academic engagement, resulting in improved test scores
  • Spend less time disciplining students and more time teaching them
  • Teach students to behave respectfully and to value diversity, thereby reducing cultural differences that may manifest as misbehavior
  • Feel empowered and happy to be in the classroom
  • Develop a common language about behaviors among all staff
  • Create a plan for orienting and supporting new staff
  • Reduce staff burnout
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A big part of academic success is organization. 

We help parents to be part of the educational process with teachers.

Every student uses a docket in elementary and a keeper in middle school to keep classwork and homework in one location.

Weekly learning plans are another organizational tool used in elementary, and learning planners in middle school, to involve parents in knowing what is happening in their student's classroom.

The elementary learning plan shows daily lessons, student behavior and communication from the teacher.

Events
  • 05 Dec
    MS Beginning Ensembles Concert
  • 06 Dec
    A day middle school
    Lion Pride Friday!
    Early out (12:30 pm)
    PM kindergarten
  • 11 Dec
    EL hold drill (HOLD!)
    MS hold drill (HOLD!)
    MS Winter Dance Concert dress rehearsal
    MS Advanced Ensembles Winter Concert
  • 12 Dec
    EL SWYK—'Show what you know' assembly {2nd grade performing}
    MS Winter Dance Concert
  • 13 Dec
    Lion Pride Friday!
    Early out (12:30 pm)
    B day middle school
    AM kindergarten
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