The quality of the elementary school experience is vital to the success of each child as they move up to the middle and high school levels. After successful completion of elementary school, students will enter middle school with solid learning and life skills enabling them to explore and master the more difficult and challenging content therein. Students becoming independent, life-long learners, capable of both competing in and integrating into a complex, ever-changing world is our goal.
At KIS, the development of the 'whole child' is of paramount importance and, to this, the Elementary Section has developed a two-fold process, firstly, aimed at assuring that students:
- Are proficient in reading, writing, speaking and listening;
- Are fluent in the use of numbers and number relationships to solve problems;
- Are knowledgeable and proficient in the use of technology.
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Secondly, recognizing the importance of life-skills, KIS seeks to develop in students the abilities to:
- Exhibit the skills and attitudes necessary for appropriate social interaction;
- Acquire and apply skills in higher level thinking and problem-solving; and
- Begin viewing themselves as citizens of a global community.
KIS, with its staff of highly trained and dedicated professional educators, operating in state-of-the-art facilities with the latest in technological instructional equipment, is focused on providing an educational experience for its families second to none.
KIS is a school that values its Western tradition in education, and to this, the school has established a challenging and well rounded-academic curriculum, where the arts, student activities and athletics are also highly valued. The students are nurtured to acquire 'habits of mind' such as problem solving, decision-making, critical and creative thinking skills as well as to gain academic success. Our Literacy Program has evolved and with the implementation of Guided Reading and 6+1 Traits of Writing, the students receive a rigorous, differentiated learning experience. KIS Elementary has an active PTO and PAC, both adding to the school experience of the students. House Teams and our Phoenix Points Program bring kids together in learning and foster such ideas as collaboration, cooperation, citizenship, respect and caring. Our Assemblies, Intramurals and Special Events Days showcase student talent and bring out the best in our student body. There is so much going on at KIS Elementary and we all play a part in the happenings.
Learning at KIS is a shared responsibility, then, between the students, teachers, parents and administration, with each playing a separate, yet integrated and vital role in the educational development of each child. For students, learning is not limited to the school, as the skills, attitudes and processes, they begin to foster in the elementary school, and those acquired at home, are furthered in the middle school years, all culminating in high school graduation. This progression establishes the solid foundation upon which students build their post secondary experience, yet also affords them the skills and attitudes in their own lives to become truly independent world citizens of the technologically-driven 21st century.
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