ACADEMICS
Welcome to the Academics section of our website, where we proudly showcase the comprehensive educational programs designed to nurture and inspire our students at every stage of their learning journey. Here, you will find detailed information about our engaging curriculum, which is thoughtfully crafted to meet the diverse needs of our learners, including early childhood education, upper school, and special education. We also emphasize the importance of social-emotional learning, equipping our students with the skills they need to thrive both academically and personally. Additionally, you can access our bell schedule to stay informed about the daily structure of our school day. We invite you to explore this section and discover how we are committed to fostering a love of learning and supporting the holistic development of every child in our care.
We believe that a curriculum aligned to the Next Generation Standards and what students need to know, understand, and be able to do in the 21st century is essential. We take great care in selecting a curriculum that has the potential to be engaging, relevant, and rigorous. While it is expected that we follow the curriculum, teachers at P.S. 307 know that a curriculum alone is not enough. Careful planning based on individual student needs and using best practices that allow every child to be successful in demonstrating mastery of content and skills enables teachers to make the curriculum work for them, not the other way around.
Math
Illustrative Mathematics (IM) is a problem-based mathematics curriculum in which students learn by doing math. We believe that humans learn best through experience and that math is not a spectator sport. With a problem-based approach, students spend the majority of instructional time engaged in carefully designed exploratory tasks, making sense of problems and trying different strategies. Open-ended, exploratory learning allows students to demonstrate their mathematical thinking and ideas in ways that make the most sense to them, honoring students’ diverse learning styles, talents, and preferred means of expression.
Science
The S in STEAM is critical. Science is taught by all classroom teachers and is expected to be integrated, whenever possible, into English Language Arts, Mathematics, Social Studies, and the Arts. We follow the New York State Scope and Sequence for K-5 along with the Next Generation Science Standards. P.S.307 has four dedicated spaces to STEAM, two science labs, one engineering/math lab (Maker Space), and one technology lab. We will hold a school-wide STEAM Showcase in spring...
Music
There are two “Music and the Brain” keyboard labs and a wide assortment of classroom instruments as part of the general music curriculum at P.S. 307. Every class at P.S. 307 has music at least once a week in a dedicated music classroom. Pre-K classes learn movement, rhythmic notation, and begin to learn to play a variety of different instruments. Kindergarten through Grade 2 builds on those instrumentation skills, with a primary focus on the keyboard. Grades 3-5 begin to introduce guitar and percussion
English Language Arts
This year, District 13 will launch Expeditionary Learning as our English Language Arts Curriculum. EL isredefining student achievement in diverse communities and works to ensure that all students masterrigorous content, develop positive character, and produce high-quality work. EL is aligned with TheScience of Reading and engages students in rich, culturally diverse texts.
Visual Art
The visual art program at P.S. 307 gives students the opportunity to explore various art media and methods, and to learn about art traditions and artists from diverse cultures and time periods. Instruction stays appropriate to artistic development in children. Instruction is designed to push them further to use their knowledge of materials and methods to explore experiences and ideas through art-making and visually communicate to the viewer.
Physical Education
The Physical Education program engages Pre-K-5th grade students in physical activity as well as health lessons and math and science infused lessons taught by two physical education teachers. Annual physical activities include (but are not limited to,) basics in golf, volleyball, base games, dance, bicycling, parachute activities, obstacle course, tumbling, and catching and throwing...
