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Elementary
school forms a critical base for allowing the child to proceed at a higher
level of learning with independence. Westminster Academy emphasizes the
development of skills and abilities necessary for becoming an independent
learner.
Our accelerated curriculum begins with Pre-K and includes:
- Critical core areas
with homeroom teachers: Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, Social
Studies
- Spanish taught by a
native speaker (Pre-K: 3 times/week, K-6th: 4 times/week)
- Computer taught in a
lab (weekly)
- Art (weekly)
- Music (weekly)
- Library (weekly)
- Physical Education
(daily)
- Assembly, in which
Pre-K to 7th grade students gain skills in public speaking and
performance (weekly)
- Hands-on enrichment
programs, including
- Music (Pre-K and K)
- Recorder (2nd)
- Drama
- Band (4th - 6th)
- School plays (Pre-K
- 7th)
- Science Lab (K -
3rd)
- Latin (3rd)
- Independent Study (6th)
- Sports (swim team,
basketball, football, cheerleading)
In addition, all students may take private piano, violin, or guitar
lessons during the school day for a fee.
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Bloom's Taxonomy of Cognitive
Learning
Intellectual skills can be categorized, from the most simple to the
most complex. A Westminster education develops all six skills, focusing
on the more advanced.
- Knowledge: Observe
and recall data.
- Comprehension:
Understand the meaning of information, interpret facts, compare.
- Application: Use
concepts in a new situation, solve problems.
- Analysis:
Recognize component parts of concepts, see patterns, distinguish
fact from inference.
- Synthesis: Put
parts together to form a whole and create new meaning, predict, draw
conclusions.
- Evaluation: Assess
value of theories, make choices based on reasoned argument,
recognize subjectivity.
Benjamin Bloom, Taxonomy of
Educational Objectives
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