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What a Beit Rabban educational experience looks like:
- A low student-teacher ratio and frequent opportunity for small group and independent exploration
- Attention to children's individual interests, learning styles, strengths, and needs
- A commitment to progressive pedagogical methods characterized by problem-based inquiry, where curiosity is nurtured and students are intellectually challenged
- Dedication to working in partnership with families
- Combination of both interdisciplinary and discipline-based curriculum models
- A Hebrew immersion program and serious study of classical Jewish texts to build fluency and a commitment and ability to engage in the Jewish tradition and community
- A supportive, non-competitive environment, with a strong focus on the social-emotional development of the children in their classroom and school communities
- Non-graded evaluation of student work with collaboration between teachers and individual students on setting expectations and evaluating achievements
- Ongoing involvement in community service projects to heighten children's awareness of the needs of others and of their responsibility toward others
- Art and music to foster children's confidence as creators and performers
- Physical education designed to build children's self-confidence, coordination, and health
