Holistic Approach ~ Educating the Whole Child

 

  • We address the intellectual, social, emotional, and physical needs of all our students
  • Conflict resolution skills are taught at every grade level
  • All students are involved in community service projects
  • Every afternoon students have 30 minutes of PE
  • Students begin studying a foreign language in kindergarten
  • Drama, art and music are integrated into the curriculum and taught as individual subjects

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    The underlying foundation of The Willow School is a belief that learning should involve the whole child: social, emotional, intellectual, and physical. Through this multi-pronged approach, children are provided not only with academic instruction but development of self-esteem, compassion and empathy, and an awareness of the world within and without.

    Unlike some classrooms where students learn passively - memorizing lessons, listening to lectures, receiving information - we require active participation from our students. They ask questions and explore topics, gather and process information, and become part of the learning, teaching, discovering experience.

    Holistic Approach