• MATH K-6 based on "Everyday Math Program".
• Individualized READING programs designed at each grade level.
• WRITING portfolio collection in each grade.
• Hands on SCIENCE and SOCIAL STUDIES programs with Place Based Programs in Townshend and surrounding environmental venues. 
• Social skills classroom instruction with the Peace Scholars Curriculum.
• State-of-the-art Technology available to all students to include desktop and laptop labs as well as interactive boards & projectors installed in each classroom.

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• School Board : meets on the first Monday of each month at 7:00PM
• Multi-age activities conducted between all grades.
• Instrumental music instruction available in grades 4-6.
• Frequent Fine Arts performances.
• Outreach to community: Grace Cottage Hospital, Job sharing experiences with local businesses.
• After school programs: Homework Club, Drama, Karate, Girls On the Run, The Learning Kitchen (formerly Cooking for Life), nursing home visits (Valley Cares Programs)
• Winter Activities: alpine skiing/snowboarding  & cross-country skiing
• Sports for all age levels: soccer, basketball, baseball
• School Club (parent/teacher organization) for classroom support and fundraising, whicih meets on the first Tuesday of each month.  New members are very welcome. 
• Breakfast, snack & lunch available daily.
      

CURRICULUM  HIGHLIGHTS:

READING:

• Fountas & Pinnell Literacy Programs
• Literature Circles
• Accelerated Reader Program
• One More Story
• Reading A~Z
• Leveled Books/ Fountas & Pinnell
• Phonics

WRITING

• Handwriting Without Tears Program
• 6+1 Traits of Writing Program
• Formal Spelling Programs at Grade Level
• Invented Spelling
• Vermont Portfolio Writing Process and collection of finished pieces.

MATH

• Everyday Math Program (Revised edition) K-6

SOCIAL STUDIES

• Black Hisitory: Martin Luther King & Civil Rights
• American Revolution
• Declaration of Independence
• Civil War
• Townshend Community
• Vermont Studies: Symbols, Geography, Resources,
• Townshend Early Settlement Studies

SCIENCE / HEALTH

• Geology ~study with resident geologist
• Flower and Vegetable Gardening
• Trees (Apple Harvesting)
• Great Body Shop & Know Your Body Health Programs: K-6 health curriculum
• Vermont Mammals
• Global Warming
• Electricity
• Solar System

TECHNOLOGY

• Keyboarding
• Writing, publishing, researching
• Forum participation
• Power Point
• Interactive Boards
• Inspiration & Thinking Maps

Possible FIELD TRIPS

• Old Deerfield
• Green Mt. Apple Orchard  
• Fort #4, Charlestown, NH
• Lexington & Concord,  Walden Pond, MA
• Springfield Science Museum & Planetarium, MA
• Boston Museum of Science
• Montshire Museum

ASSESSMENTS:

• New England Common Assessment Program(NECAP) ~ Grades 3-6 (Math, Reading,LA) -Fall                                                                                                                (NECAP)  ~ Grade 5  (Writing) -Fall                                                                                                                          (NECAP)  ~ Grade 4 (Science)- Spring
• Measure of Academc Progress (MAP) in reading, math & languge arts ~ Grades K-6   Fall & Spring