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At SGS, we believe an integrated curriculum best prepares children for life-long learning. Integrated education replaces the acquisition of discrete, compartmentalized subject matter with an approach to learning that cuts across disciplines, providing a process for developing skills and abilities required in the 21st century. It views learning and teaching in a holistic way and reflects the real world, which is interactive. It places heightened emphasis on projects and employs sources beyond textbooks. A body of brain research supports the notion that learning is best accomplished when information is presented in meaningful, connected patterns. The ability to make connections, to solve problems by examining multiple perspectives, and to incorporate information from different fields is an essential ingredient for success.
A student who graduates from SGS will be a critical and creative thinker who has developed the strength of voice, self-assurance, and academic mastery that enable her to handle any subsequent classroom environment or work situation. She will be able to articulate her own learning style, to recognize teaching styles that do or do not complement it, and will know how to bridge the gap when those two styles diverge.
The SGS graduate will have mastered content areas that permit her to participate in advanced placement high school courses. She will be skilled in a variety of uses of technology, and adept at finding resources in areas in which she lacks specific knowledge.
In addition to measurable academic achievement, SGS students will recognize their rights and responsibilities within their communities (from family to global) and will have the skills, motivation, and experience to effect change.
Finally, significant research concludes that confidence is the variable most strongly correlated with achievement in subjects like math, and that the biggest drop for girls in self-esteem occurs during middle school. SGS, a girls' middle school with an integrated curriculum as well as strong focus on social factors, seeks to have a profound positive effect on its students' ability, motivation, and self-image.
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