Program

List of 13 items.

• English Language Arts

  The vision of the English Language Arts program at Redwood Day is to cultivate critical readers, writers, and communicators who engage in transformative learning experiences that spark a passion for lifelong learning and curiosity. We aim to inspire students to reach for their next challenge and to support them in achieving their literacy goals. Through consistent exposure to diverse literature and informational texts, students gain insights and perspectives into themselves and others to better navigate the world around them.

• Math

  The vision of the Redwood Day math program is to create learning environments that promote confidence, resiliency, and agency in order to prepare students for their next challenge in math. 

   

  We do this by:

  • creating meaningful, relevant connections of math to students’ lives;
  • encouraging students to meet challenges head-on, engage in productive struggle, and view errors as opportunities to learn; and
  • promoting a balance of procedural fluency, structure, and abstract reasoning.

   

  Our core vision is to ensure all students have equitable access to mathematics through embracing differences and supporting all learners in their Optimal Learning Zone.

• Science

  The science program at Redwood Day aims to foster a spirit of inquiry by nurturing students' curiosity and bringing relevant, real-world science into the learning experience. Through hands-on investigations, exploration of scientific phenomena, and developing science and engineering practices, science learning at Redwood Day further strives to develop in students the knowledge and skills of science to be stewards of the planet to bring about positive change in their communities and the world. 

• World Languages (Mandarin and Spanish)

  At Redwood Day, we believe that language has the capacity to connect people and communities through communication and developing an appreciation for other viewpoints and cultures. Guiding this belief is a world language program rooted in cultivating a life-long appreciation and enthusiasm for languages and the cultures they represent. Empowering students to communicate in the target language supports this vision for world language learning while partnering with students as they begin their language acquisition journeys. 
  
  The Redwood Day World Language Program aims to balance learning about the language and using the language to prepare students for their next challenge.

• Design Build Innovate

  The vision of the Design Build Innovate (DBi) program is to nurture and develop purpose-driven, empowered, and resilient designers and builders who seek the perspectives and ideas of others to achieve informed and inclusive solutions and outcomes. We achieve this vision by creating environments where students embrace complexity with curiosity, empathy and courageous risk-taking and where students are aware of the impacts of their design choices. Creatively and collaboratively applying design principles and processes to define and solve problems, designers and builders are exposed to multiple modes and tools of design–both analog and digital.

• Music

  Redwood Day's music program strives to inspire a love of music in all students. Through critical listening, composition, and performance of a diverse repertoire, students develop musical skills while exploring a variety of genres and traditions. Within this framework, students are encouraged to embrace their own cultures and identities as well as others. The culmination of the K-8 music program is to foster a deep, life-long curiosity and appreciation of music and to provide them with the tools to express themselves musically.

• Physical Education

  Redwood Day recognizes the value of physical activity for health, enjoyment, challenge, self-expression and social interaction and believes that physical education is an integral part of developing the whole child. Through learning experiences in physical education, students develop motor skills and use their knowledge of movement concepts, tactics, and strategies across a variety of environments. They apply knowledge of health-related and skill-related fitness to enhance their overall well-being, and they develop the social skills necessary to exhibit empathy and respect for others and foster and maintain relationships. In addition, students develop skills for communication, leadership, cultural awareness, and conflict resolution in a variety of physical activity settings, all contributing to an individual’s physical literacy journey. 

• Library Program

  The Redwood Day Library is a vibrant community space and information hub where students are invited to explore ideas and interests, gather and enjoy individual and communal activities, engage in inquiry and research that supports the curriculum, and experience the joy of reading.

   

  Learning and the library is supported by a framework with the following focus areas and overarching learning goals:

  • Use Inquiry and Design Thinking to Build Understanding and Create New Knowledge
  • Use Multiple Literacies to Explore, Learn, and Express Ideas
  • Demonstrate Civic Responsibility, Respect for Diverse Perspectives, Collaboration, and Digital Citizenship
  • Engage in Personal Exploration, Social and Emotional Growth, Independent Reading and Learning, and Personal Agency

• Art

  Lower School art is where students explore and express their creativity through a variety of mediums and study artists from diverse backgrounds. Instruction is fluid and philosophically rooted in the idea that all children are artists and that growth comes from continuous practice, experimentation, and reflection. Middle School art provides students space to continue practicing, experimenting, and reflecting on their creative expression both technically and conceptually. Students are introduced to and reacquainted with a variety of mediums as well as a diverse group of artists. They are asked to think about the impact of art on society as they become more aware of their own impacts on their communities.

• Lower School Garden to Table

  The Garden to Table program aims to create curious eaters and growers by promoting intentional interactions with the natural world. It also aims to develop empathy for animal and plant life where students become community stewards and responsible global citizens. The program provides hands-on opportunities where young cooks and gardeners cultivate curiosity by exploring food systems and grow as lifelong learners.

• Middle School Drama and Public Speaking

  Redwood Day’s Middle School Drama and Public speaking program aims to provide students with the tools to grow as creative individuals through the mediums of theater and public speaking. Through games, presentations, and performances students expand their comfort zone and build confidence and empathy as learners. Collaboration and teamwork are cornerstones of Drama and Public Speaking, where students learn that growth comes from taking on challenges and experiencing success, failure, and everything in between.
  
  

  The program aims to create a safe space where students can embrace differences, learn from the experiences of others, and see themselves represented in content and themes throughout their journey as creators, performers, and speakers.

• Middle School Wellness and Life Skills

  Wellness and Life Skills in the Middle School aims to equip students with tools and strategies for life, learning, and social-emotional health and wellness. With a focus on growth as a whole person, this course encompasses the realms of Health and Wellness, Media Literacy and Digital Citizenship, and Learning to Learn (learning strategies, executive functioning).

• Outdoor Education: (Grades 4-8)

  Redwood Day’s Outdoor Education programs aim to increase belonging among students, teach cooperation, and build confidence, self-awareness, and independence. Students are provided an opportunity to enhance their cultural awareness and connect what they have learned in the classroom to the outside world. They explore new experiences in a safe space while being provided a different modality for student learning and growth.