Our Classes
Our classes begin with kindergarten and continue through 8th grade. Each grade is divided into two semester-long classes. Most classes are offered in the spring, fall, and summer.
To learn more about a class, select it from the table below.
Visit the Fall Classes page for a list of classes and times
To access placement tests, please visit the Placement page.
| First | Second | |
| Grade | Semester | Semester |
| Kindergarten | K-A | K-B |
| First grade | 1-A | 1-B |
| Second grade | 2-A | 2-B |
| Third grade | 3-A | 3-B |
| Fourth grade | 4-A | 4-B |
| Fifth grade | 5-A | 5-B |
| Sixth grade | 6-A | 6-B |
| Seventh grade | 7-A | 7-B |
| Eighth grade | 8-A | 8-B |
Overview: This is the first semester of our kindergarten course. It is open to 4- and 5-year-olds. Sample problems (pdf)
Meets: Once a week for 1 hour.
Note: Classes are longer and/or meet more frequently during the summer.
Topics:
- Capacity
- Count to 5
- Different
- Equal Sets
- Length
- Less
- More
- Number Order
- Numbers to 5
- Numbers to 10
- Patterns
- Same / Different
- Sets
- Shapes
- Size
- Weight
Overview: This is the second semester of our kindergarten course. It is open to 4- and 5-year-olds.
Meets: Once a week for 1 hour.
Note: Classes are longer and/or meet more frequently during the summer.
Topics:
- Addition
- Comparing Numbers
- Counting On
- Counting Back
- Fact Families
- Making 10
- Number Bonds
- Numbers to 20
- Ordering
- Ordinal Numbers
- Parts and Whole
- Part-Whole Models
- Subtraction
- Ten and Ones
- Writing addition sentences
- Writing subtraction sentences
- Word Problems
- Comparison Models
Overview: This is the first semester of our first grade course. It is open to and 6-year-olds. Younger children who have successfully completed our K-B class may also take this class.
Meets: Once a week for 1.5 hours.
Note: Classes are longer and/or meet more frequently during the summer.
Topics:
- Review of Counting within Ten
- Number Bonds
- Review of Addition Within Ten
- Review of Subtraction within Ten
- Fact Families
- Mental Calculations
- Ordinal Numbers
- Counting and Comparing within 20
- Adding and Subtracting within 20
- Whole-Part and Comparison Models
- Geometry: Common Shapes
- Weight
- Length
- Word Problems
- Problem solving strategies
Overview: This is the second semester of our first grade course.
Meets: Once a week for 1.5 hours.
Note: Classes are longer and/or meet more frequently during the summer.
Topics:
- Comparing Numbers
- Picture Graphs
- Counting within 40
- Addition and Subtration within 40
- Mental calculations
- Multiplication
- Division
- Multiplication and Division Models
- Word Problems
- Numbers to 100
- Addition within 100
- Subtraction within 100
- Problem Solving Strategies
- Geometry: Halves and Quarters
- Time
- Money
Overview: This is the first semester of our second grade course.
Meets: Once a week for 2 hours.
Note: Classes are longer and/or meet more frequently during the summer.
Topics:
- Numbers to 1,000
- Addition without Regrouping within 1,000
- Subtraction without Regrouping within 1,000
- Modeling
- Addition with Regrouping within 1,000
- Subtraction with Regrouping within 1,000
- Mental Calculations
- Length
- Weight
- Word Problems
- Balancing Equations
- Multiplication by 2 and 3
- Division by 2 and 3
- Problem Solving Strategies
Overview: This is the second semester of our second grade course.
Meets: Once a week for 2 hours.
Note: Classes are longer and/or meet more frequently during the summer.
Topics:
- Mental Addition and Subtraction
- Multiplication by 4, 5, and 10
- Division by 4, 5, and 10
- Mental calculations
- Money
- Fractions
- Time
- Capacity
- Word Problems
- Graphs
- Geometry: Flat and Curved Surfaces
- Area
Overview: This is the first semester of our third grade course.
Meets: Once a week for 2 hours.
Note: Classes are longer and/or meet more frequently during the summer.
Topics:
- Numbers to 10,000
- Addition within 10,000
- Subtraction within 10,000
- Multiplying Ones, Tens and Hundreds
- Quotient and Remainder
- Dividing by Hundreds, Tens and Ones
- Multiplication and Division by 6
- Multiplication and Division by 7
- Multiplication and Division by 8
- Multiplication and Division by 9
- Mental Calculations
- Money
- Word Problems
- Order of Operations
Overview: This is the second semester of our third grade course.
Meets: Once a week for 2 hours.
Note: Classes are longer and/or meet more frequently during the summer.
Topics:
- Mental Calculations
- Length
- Weight
- Capacity
- Bar Graphs
- Fractions
- Time
- Word Problems
- Geometry: Angles
- Geometry: Area and Perimeter
- Problem Solving Stragegies
Overview: This is the first semester of our fourth grade course.
Meets: Once a week for 2 hours.
Note: Classes are longer and/or meet more frequently during the summer.
Topics:
- Whole Numbers to 100,000
- Multiplication by a 1-Digit Number
- Division by a 1-Digit Number
- Multiplication by a 2-Digit Number
- Mental Caclulations
- Fractions
- Tables and Graphs
- Word Problmes
- Measuring Angles
- Geometry: Perpendicular and Parallel Lines
- Geometry: Area and Perimeter
- Problem Solving Stragegies
Overview: This is the second semester of our fourth grade course.
Meets: Once a week for 2 hours.
Note: Classes are longer and/or meet more frequently during the summer.
Topics:
- Decimals
- Addition and Subtraction of Decimals
- Multiplication and Division of Decimals
- Mental Calculations
- Multiplication and Division of Measurements
- Word Problems
- Problem Solving Stragegies
- Symmetry
- Geometry: Solid Figures
- Geometry: Volume
Overview: This is the first semester of our fifth grade course.
Meets: Once a week for 2 hours.
Note: Classes are longer and/or meet more frequently during the summer.
Topics:
- Whole Numbers to Millions
- Multiplication and Division by 2-Digit Whole Numbers
- Fractions
- Mental Calcuations
- Geometry: Area of Triangles
- Ratios
- Word Problems
- Geometry: Measuring Angles
- Problem Solving Strategies
Overview: This is the second semester of our fifth grade course.
Meets: Once a week for 2 hours.
Note: Classes are longer and/or meet more frequently during the summer.
Topics:
- Decimals
- Percentage
- Mental Calculations
- Average
- Rate
- Word Problems
- Line Graphs
- Problem Solving Strategies
- Geometry: Triangles
- Geometry: 4-Sided Figures
- Geometry: Tessellations
- Geometry: Volume
Overview: This is the first semester of our sixth grade course.
Meets: Once a week for 2 hours.
Note: Classes are longer and/or meet more frequently during the summer.
Topics:
- Algebraic Expressions
- Geometry: Solid Figures
- Ratio
- Percentage
- Speed
- Word Problems
- Problem Solving Strategies
Overview: This is the second semester of our sixth grade course.
Meets: Once a week for 2 hours.
Note: Classes are longer and/or meet more frequently during the summer.
Topics:
- Fractions
- Mental Calculations
- Pie Charts
- Geometry: Circles
- Geometry: Volume
- Geometry: Triangles and 4-Sided Figures
- Cummulative Review Word Problems
Overview: This is the first semester of our seventh grade course.
Meets: Once a week for 3 hours.
Note: Classes are longer and/or meet more frequently during the summer.
Topics:
- Review of Whole Numbers
- System of numeration
- The four operations
- Approximation
- Estimation
- Laws of addition and multiplication
- Mental calculation
- Factor and multiples
- Prime numbers and prime factorization
- Greatest common factor
- Least common multiple
- Number patterns
- Fractions and Decimals
- Four operations on fractions
- Four operations on decimals
- Units of measurement (length, mass, time, capacity)
- Profit and loss word problems
- Approximation and estiamtion
- Significant figures
- Conversion between decimals and fractions
- Problem-Solving Heuristics
- Real Mumbers
- Negative numbers
- Integers
- Squares and square roots
- Cubes and cube roots
- Rational and irrational numbers
- Order of calculation
- Mental calculation and estimation
- Algebraic Expressions
- Writing algebraic expressions
- Algebraic notation
- Evaluation of algebraic expressions
- Algebraic terms
- Use of brackets
- Collecting like terms
- Equations and Formulae
- Eqivalent equations
- Solving equations
- Equations with decimal and fractional coefficients
- Evaluation of formulae
- Algebraic word problems
- Rate, Ratio and Percentage
- Rate
- Speed
- Ratio
- Scale
- Direct and inverse proportions
- Percentage
Overview: This is the second semester of our seventh grade course.
Meets: Once a week for 3 hours.
Note: Classes are longer and/or meet more frequently during the summer.
Topics:
- Financial Transactions
- Earning, profit and loss, commissions, and discounts
- Simple and compound interest
- Hire purchase
- Taxation and money exchange
- Collection and Presentation of Statistics
- Tabulation
- Fequentcy tables
- Pie charts
- Bar charts
- Pictograms
- Line graphs
- Dot diagrams
- Histograms
- Stem and leaf diagrams
- Introduction to Geometry
- Lines, line segments, rays and angles
- Angle properties related to straight lines
- Perpendicular and parallel lines
- Angle properties related to parallel lines
- Constructions
- Polygons
- Angle properties of triangles
- Isosceles and equilateral triangles
- Construction of quadrilaterals
- Properties of quadrilaterals
- Spatial Visualization
- Patterns and designs
- Constructing geometric patterns from number patterns
- Tesselations
- Three-dimensional figures
- Vertical and horizontal lines and planes
- Nets of solids
- Area and Perimeter
- Perimeter and area of polygons
- Circumference and area of circles
- Volume, Surface and Density
- Volume and surface area of prisms and cylinders
- Density
Overview: This is the first semester of our eighth grade course.
Meets: Once a week for 3 hours.
Note: Classes are longer and/or meet more frequently during the summer.
Topics:
- Scientific Notation
- Scientific notation
- Calculators and scientific notation
- Number sequences
- Algebraic Manipulation and Formulae
- Polynomials
- Expansion and algebraic equations
- Factorisation of algebraic equations
- Algebraic fractions
- Formulae
- Solutions of Equations
- Linear equations
- Word problems involving simple linear equations
- Simple fractional equations
- Word problems involving simple fractional equations
- Simultaneous equations
- Word problems involving simultaneous equations
- Cartesian Coordianates and Graphs
- Rectangular coordinates
- Scales and graphs
- Practical applications - straight line, conversion and travel graphs
- Graphs of equations
- Graphs of linear equations
- Lines parallel to x- or y-axis
- Graphs of quadratic equations
- Graphical solutions of linear equations
Overview: This is the second semester of our eighth grade course.
Meets: Once a week for 3 hours.
Note: Classes are longer and/or meet more frequently during the summer.
Topics:
- Applying Mathematics
- Earnings
- Spending
- Simple and compound interest
- Profit and loss
- Discounts
- Commissions
- Foreign exchange
- Hire purchase
- Taxation
- Average speed
- Rate, ratio and proportion
- Percentage
- Financial transactions
- Mensuration
- Arc length and sector area
- Spheres
- Pyramids
- Cones
- Geometry
- Congruent figures
- Similar figures
- Angle properties of polygons
- Tesselation patterns of polygons
- Scale drawing.
- Symmetry
- Line symmetry
- Rotational symmetry
- Symmetrical properties of regular polygons
- Plane symmetry
- Symmetrical properties of prisms, cylindrs, pyramids and cones
- Statistics
- Arithmetic mean
- Mode
- Median
- Problem-Solving Heuristics
- Simplify the problem
- Act it out
- Before and after concept
- Use and equation
Topics:
- Comparing Numbers within 10
- Tens and Ones
- Numbers to 20
- Number Bonds
- Addition
- Counting On
- Subtraction
- Parts and Whole
- Counting Back
- Addition and Subtraction