Key staff members are professionally trained in the Excelsior principles of education. Support staff includes specialists in reading, science, social studies, Spanish, French, music, art, and computers. Teaching methods are consistent throughout the school, making for a smooth transition as students move from one learning area to another.

Our active, self-directed educational process fosters the utmost in creative thinking. We empower the children via a unique balance of freedom and responsibility, both in and out of the classroom. These early academic success experiences create a joy of learning that lasts a lifetime.

Each child is thoroughly evaluated and personally guided through a self-paced curriculum. This accounts for individual differences and enables the children to progress at their own speed. Thus, the level of stress is minimized, and they are free to set up their own challenges (even choose the order of their work). It has been shown that learning actually occurs faster in the absence of fixed, imposed constraints.

Regarding primary children the school's goal is to be on the cutting edge of quality educational innovation in order to produce high achievement and the best program for it's students. Curriculum is developed with the philosophy that all students can learn and deserve equal access to quality education.