Core Curriculum

Wit & Wisdom (K-8)

📚 Wit & Wisdom – Deep Learning Through Great Books Wit & Wisdom guides K–8 students in building strong reading and writing skills through high-quality books and meaningful discussions. Each unit weaves literature, history, science, and art to help kids think, express, and connect. Designed for all learners, it makes literacy joyful, relevant, and lasting.

Amplify Science

🔬 Amplify Science – Learning That Sticks Amplify Science helps K–8 students learn like real scientists—by asking questions, solving problems, and investigating real-world phenomena. Each unit blends hands-on experiments, reading, and writing to build deep understanding through curiosity and critical thinking.

Illustrative Mathematics (6-8)

📊 Illustrative Mathematics (IM) – Learning Math by Doing Math

IM Math gives our 6th to 8th graders real problems to solve before they are handed a formula. Students explain their reasoning, listen to classmates, and revise their thinking, so ideas connect across lessons, units, and grades instead of feeling like separate topics.

Eureka Squared Math (K-5)

📐 Eureka Squared Math – Building Real Understanding Eureka Squared Math helps K–5 students make sense of math by exploring why it works—not just how to solve problems. With hands-on tools, real-life examples, and consistent strategies across grades, students grow confident in their math thinking.

Passport to Social Studies

🗺️ Passport to Social Studies – Learning Through Exploration This K–8 NYC curriculum helps students think like historians as they explore history, geography, civics, and economics. With engaging lessons and diverse resources, kids ask questions, analyze perspectives, and discover their place in the world.

Creative Curriculum (3K-PreK)

🎨 The Creative Curriculum – Learning Through Play and Discovery

The Creative Curriculum guides our 3K and Pre-K students through hands-on studies, long-term investigations of topics young children already wonder about, like seeds, light, and buildings. Children ask their own questions, explore, and find answers together, building language, math, and social skills through play that is both joyful and intentional.