Neighborhood School, JP

Neighborhood School provides transformative, personalized, justice-centered learning to children from all family structures and of all economic means. Intentionally small, Neighborhood School is a 60 student, K-6, independent school with a commitment to creating a learning community that promotes social justice and helping children flourish to their fullest potential. The school is divided into four classroom levels, containing grades K-6. This approach offers children an opportunity to develop a two-year relationship with their teacher and exposure to multi-age groupings. Our youngest students are in a class of 12, older students class size is 16, and our student:teacher ratio is 4:1. In these classes, students learn about themselves, others, and how to form an authentic community in a setting that allows for deeper and broader relationships between students and teachers. Teachers at NS take advantage of curricular autonomy to design learning environments where Students indiv...