Durant Independent School District
Northwest Heights Elementary School
Curriculum
Teaching to succeed
Pre-Kindergarten curriculum
Pre-Kindergarten is an all-day voluntary program for four year olds to prepare them for Kindergarten and beyond. Students get acclimated to the school environment while learning important learning, awareness, motor, and pre-reading skills.
The classes concentrate heavily upon the appropriate development of physical, mental, and social skill levels. Through the use of music, rhymes, and other activities, a strong base foundation in Phonemic Awareness is built. Phonemic awareness is the conscious recognition that words are made up of sounds. Through the use of such vital classes as the Early Age Kindergarten, NWH is pushing its way to becoming a leader in child development!
Teachers and students use Smart Boards and Promethean Boards
every day
in the classroom.
Kindergarten
For many children, Kindergarten is their first experience in a school setting. The importance of the Kindergarten year is one which cannot be measured with statistics or testing. Instead, it must be looked at with a caring eye, an understanding smile, and a loving heart. This is our goal at Northwest Heights, to build a foundation for excellence which will long outlast the Kindergarten experience and will stay each child throughout their lives.
Subjects
The following describes the subjects taught at the Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grade levels:
- Subjects
- Math
- Science
- Reading
- Language arts
- Spelling
- Social studies
- Broadened Curriculum
- Computers
- Physical Education
- Music
- Spanish