At BASIS Independent Schools, students are educated with expert instruction in the liberal arts and sciences. The program is known for accelerated, rich offerings to students in every discipline from foreign languages to drama. The science and engineering department, in particular, has grown to become a favorite of both parents and students.
What makes the sciences at BASIS Independent so special? Subject expert teachers, meaning faculty with degrees in the subject they are teaching, show kids how cool and exciting science is, and students take more science and engineering classes than at any other school, earlier on in their education. Many of the teaching faculty previously taught in the college or university setting, and there is a real drive among them to make science exciting for children at an early age when they are very receptive to it.
In Kindergarten and the lower grades, students explore engineering concepts daily, and continue to focus on experiential learning; they even encourage preschool parents to incorporate science principles at home. Beginning in 5th grade, students take two sciences – Introduction to Science and Physical Geography. As they continue on through 6th, 7th, and 8th grade, students study Chemistry, Physics, and Biology simultaneously as three separate classes. Perhaps most crucial to developing a love for science, teachers bring complex concepts alive through unique projects and demonstrations.
An underpinning of the BASIS.ed philosophy is the notion that students are able to achieve more than what is typically expected of them. The way the sciences are taught at BASIS Independent Schools is certainly no exception.
BASIS Independent Manhattan, a K-8 private school, opens fall 2017. Register to meet the Head of School and school leadership on Wednesday, September 28 at 6:30PM. Visit www.basisindependent.com/nyc for details.
