STRENGTHENING EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION : KINDERGARTEN TO GRADE TWO
Subscribing to the belief that the first three years of a child's schooling is important, Pax et Lumen has started a teaching program to strengthen its focus on the early years of a child's development. The program will be led by Teacher Anna Marie Ternida, a pre-primary teaching expert with 15 years of teaching experience in China, Indonesia, and Singapore. Teacher Marie will herself teach Grade 1 students at Pax et Lumen, but she will also mentor the Kindergarten and Grad
TEACHING THE SCIENCES IN AN EXPANDING SPIRAL
What makes the sciences interesting and special to Pax et Lumen students is that the students get to study the four major sciences-- earth science, biology, chemistry, and physics-- every year, each one taught for one quarter, and not just for one straight year as done in most schools. So instead of struggling with chemistry for one year during one's sophomore or junior year, chemistry is taught starting Grade 7 for one quarter, then on to Grade 8 to 10. This gradual but st
