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. 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.
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. Click here to view Berkeley School's Daily Class Schedule.
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. 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.
In the secure, friendly atmosphere of small discussion groups, the child has a chance to develop verbal skills. 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. 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.