Oh, the Places They’ll Go!

This year will always hold a special place in our Pinnacle history thanks to our inaugural Kindergarten class. With the celebration of the 100th day of school, we have begun the slide towards the end of the year. Our Kindergarten students have also begun deciding where they will go next from Pinnacle. With our current Kindergarten class transitioning to first grade in schools across all three local public school districts, private Christian and Catholic institutions, and highly academic traditional preparatory schools, we know these children will be prepared for where they land next. 

This preparation is due, in large part, to individualized learning opportunities that foster deeper learning. Our low student-to-teacher ratio allows for hands-on, engaging learning to occur simultaneously with scaffolded differentiation - something that is often handed off to technology in schools with larger class sizes. Independent work time is an example of this scaffolded learning with Choice Boards. Each child has a clipboard with the areas that need to be completed by the end of the week. Children develop time management and autonomy while completing literacy and math tasks carefully curated to challenge their current ability - known in education lingo as thezone of proximal development. Children are best prepared by first meeting them where they are, then guiding them to the next set of skills just beyond their grasp. The Coyote class facilitates deeper learning through active, hands-on inquiry, setting children up for life-long success.