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

K-A Classes

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

K-B Classes

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

1-A Classes

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

1-B Classes

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

2-A Classes

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

2-B Classes

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

3-A Classes

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

3-B Classes

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

4-A Classes

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

4-B Classes

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

5-A Classes

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

5-B Classes

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

6-A Classes

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

6-B Classes

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

7-A Classes

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

7-B Classes

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

8-A Classes

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

8-B Classes

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

Pre-1A Intensive Prep

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

Pre 4A Intensive Prep