Annual Fund

Your gift impacts your CHILD:

• Innovative academic environment with social and emotional support 

• Low student-to-teacher ratio, with dedicated assistant teachers in Primary I – Second Grade 

• Responsive Classroom-trained teachers and assistant teachers create a safe learning environment 

• Integrated curriculum to enhance student engagement and interconnected learning:  

• Teton Science Schools training – project-based and place-based learning, which connects students to their community, makes learning relevant, and promotes a deeper understanding of content 

• The Social Institute curriculum for Fifth-Grade Leaders as they prepare to transition into middle school and beyond 

• Expanded school stewardship program for Fourth & Fifth Graders to practice authentic leadership and to create a direct impact on their school community 

Your gift impacts our TEACHERS:

• Pioneering teaching & learning opportunities 

• Top-of-the-line technology and resources to enhance classroom instruction 

• Conferences and continuing education to keep faculty engaged on best practices in teaching, including:  

  • Nature-Based Teacher Certification 5-day conference (3 teachers) 

  • Learning & the Brain Summer Institute: Neuroscience for Optimal Learning (3 teachers) 

  • Harvard Project Zero (1 admin/1 teacher) 

  • Responsive Classroom Core (8 teachers) 

  • Responsive Classroom Advanced (9 teachers) 

  • Rice Literacy: Summer Institute (2 teachers) 

  • Reading Institute (9 teachers) 

  • Writing Institute (5 teachers) 

  • Rice Elementary Model Science Lab (1 teacher) 

  • Rice Applied Mathematics program (1 teacher) 

  • First Steps in Music Certification (1 teacher) 

  • The Science and Joy of Reading (1 teacher) 

  • 30-hour Gifted & Talented Training (1 teacher)