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Kindergarten: Building the Foundations for Learning


Sunset Mesa offers a full day program for kindergarten. This enriched experience provides students with a strong foundation in phonics and early literacy. Our math program uses patterning and hands-on activities to develop strong numeration skills at an early age. Communication is an important aspect of our partnership with kindergarten parents. Each child's progress is formally reported to parents three times per year. Parent-Teacher conferences are scheduled at the end of the first and third reporting periods and an interim mid-report is sent to call attention to any particular concerns and review progress.

Prefirst: A Gift of Time

Sunset Mesa Schools offers a unique Prefirst Program to ten students each year to give them extra time to mature before entering the first grade. This exclusive class emphasizes personal attention and a solidification of foundational skills in a nurturing, self-paced environment. This extra year can benefit certain children beyond measure as they "come into their own" in our Prefirst program.


Elementary Grades 1 - 5

The emphasis in elementary grades 1-5 is to develop a strong foundation in reading, language arts, math, science, and social studies while producing critical thinkers and creative problem solvers. Visiting Sunset Mesa Schools, you may observe a first grade class using manipulatives to eagerly explore math concepts or watch fifth graders play Revolutionary War history board games they developed in small groups. You might even be invited to listen to third graders wearing animal masks they created in art class as they present book reports written in their homeroom. Embracing Howard Gardner's theory of Multiple Intelligences, teachers at Sunset Mesa implement a variety of instructional strategies to support student learning styles. Regular parent-school communication and teamwork is a unique facet of Sunset Mesa schooling. Trimester grading periods and yearly spring testing using the Iowa Test of Basic Skills demonstrate each child's progress. Interpretation of these scores with parents continues our tradition of parents as partners. For more about Sunset Mesa's educational environment, see Enrichment Programs and Sunset Mesa School Extras.

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