3rd - 5th Grade

Rain or shine, 3rd graders deliver school mail and key messages.

There’s a lot that goes into running a school, and at C&C, the kids share in the necessary work. Who makes sure attendance is tracked, mail is distributed, and important announcements are made? Our 3rd graders, that’s who! They are C&C’s official mail carriers and, like clockwork, they get their job done each and every day.

Students Talk About Their Jobs

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Dividing and conquering math.

The beauty of our progressive approach is the added and–as we see it–essential layer in our math program: practical application. Learning concepts and algorithms are only part of the picture. When you're a receipt writer, adding and multiplying in real time to determine the total cost of items at the School Store, you’re cementing those skills way better than from a worksheet. Oh, and subtraction! The customer needs change.

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Engaging many modalities is the key to deep understanding.

Making sense in science.

Today we’ll experiment with the original ways of making paper, tomorrow we’ll design irrigation systems. In C&C’s well-equipped science lab, our young scientists are able to more deeply understand and experience the time in which a discovery was made and the people responsible for making it.

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Communication is the key to inclusion and belonging.

No topic is off limits at the community meetings. Our goal is to instill in children a healthy habit of open dialog. Be honest. Be brave. Talk about the tough stuff. Learn to appreciate multiple perspectives. Find your voice. And so on.

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