A seven-year journey, not seven separate years
Academic challenge and social-emotional learning, designed as one continuous arc from kindergarten through sixth grade.
At the heart of our program is curiosity. Inquiry-based projects, hands-on learning, and open-ended questions turn natural wonder into confidence and competence.
Our curriculum is crafted by faculty who combine deep expertise with a keen understanding of each student's needs. We believe how we teach matters as much as what we teach, and we honor each child's natural development at every stage.
We want students to embrace education as a lifelong adventure fueled by their own curiosity, empathy, and growing expertise, not as a checklist or a set of labels to earn. The K-6 curriculum blends innovative teaching methods with multidisciplinary content, and that fosters a cycle: self-motivation drives academic success, and academic success fuels self-motivation.
Subjects that talk to each other
Through hands-on, collaborative lessons and projects, students experience how math, art, science, music, writing, reading, performance, and play connect to illuminate different facets of a greater whole. That integration is what makes the learning feel relevant.
Bringing this to life every day takes exceptional knowledge, flexibility, and compassion from our teachers. The payoff is clear. PS1 students develop a deep understanding of themselves as learners and as people, often at an impressively early age.
How the program is built
Four decisions shape almost everything else about a PS1 school day.
Why K-6
Focusing on only these seven years lets every resource go to the years that set the foundation.
Multi-age grouping
Eight of nine classes span two grades, so every child is a leader one year and a learner the next.
What challenge looks like
Challenge based on readiness and growth, not on pressure, competition, or racing ahead.
Progress and communications
Rubrics, narrative reports twice a year, and two family-teacher conferences.
The result
By the time they graduate, PS1 students know themselves as learners and as people. They are self-assured, articulate, and intrinsically motivated. They approach challenges with curiosity and confidence, and they lead with compassion and integrity.