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The Berkeley School
Program
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Berkeley School is what school should
be. Invest in your child's future by giving your child an
educational experience that will benefit him or her throughout their
lifetime. |
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The curriculum for all
students includes reading, phonics, handwriting, language arts, math,
social studies, geography, science, art, music, drama, dance, Spanish,
physical education and computer. |
Academic
Environment
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Instruction is
individualized. the child progresses at his/her own pace, competing
only with himself/herself. Materials and methods of instruction are
tailored to the child's specific needs. Classes are limited to
20 students. Reading and writing proficiency is stressed in all
classes, with an emphasis on quality and pride in accomplishment. |
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Click here to view Berkeley School's Daily Class
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Visual & Performing
Arts
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At Berkeley we view
instruction in the arts to be of primary, rather than secondary
importance. We consider the arts to be equally important as the
other disciplines in the school's curriculum, with its own language
and its own body of knowledge and skills. |
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It has been proven
that instruction in the arts has a direct relationship to a
student's ability to improve academically. We encourage our students
to use the boundless imagination and inventiveness that the young
possess to develop the aesthetic awareness and skills of
self-expression that will be and integral part of their total
learning process. |
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Click here
to learn more about Berkeley's Arts Programs. |
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Social Environment
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In the secure,
friendly atmosphere of small discussion groups, the child has a
chance to develop verbal skills. |
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In group
discussions, the child also learns empathy - the ability to feel
for and with other people in the child's world. It is this
ability that is then reflected in, and encouraged in, the
child's actual behavior toward others, in the form of courtesy,
good manners and consideration. |
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These social
skills are important aims in our school, but we want them to be
based on genuine respect for oneself and others, and not to be
social skills merely learned by rote. |
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