Science
At The Academy, science begins with the instinct every child already has: to ask why, and to want to find out. We build on that instinct with real inquiry. Our students observe, question, predict, test, and revise, learning that science is not a body of facts to memorize but a way of figuring out the world.
In the early years, that means hands-on exploration and wonder, getting outside, noticing patterns, and discovering that a good question is where everything starts. As students grow, the work sharpens into genuine method: designing experiments, gathering evidence, and reasoning from what they find. By the Upper School, our students think like scientists, connecting hands-on investigation to the math, engineering, and analysis that give science its power.
Through it all, we keep the curiosity alive. We want our students to leave The Academy certain that the world is knowable, and that they are capable of doing the knowing.
Hands on!
At The Academy, science is something you do, not something you watch. Our students learn by getting their hands on the real thing: observing, building, testing, and sometimes getting it wrong and trying again. A concept read in a book is a fact to memorize; the same concept discovered through investigation becomes something a child truly understands. That is why our classrooms are full of experiments, materials, and mess. Real science lives in the doing.
Rooted in the Real World
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