our educational philosophy

- Emphasis on learning by doing hands-on projects, expeditionary learning, experiential learning
- Integrated curriculum focused on thematic units
- Strong emphasis on problem solving and critical thinking
- Group work and development of social skills

- Understanding and action as the goals of learning as opposed to rote knowledge 

           - Collaborative and cooperative learning projects

- Integration of practical life lessons in the daily curriculum

- Selection of subject content by looking forward to ask what skills will be needed in future society

- De-emphasis on textbooks in favor of varied learning resources

- Assessment by evaluation of child's projects and productions

        

           

                

all about us

          The school is named after Dr. Howard Gardner, a Hobbes Professor of Education and Cognition at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He developed the revolutionary Theory of Multiple Intelligences in 1983.

The theory maintains that very individual is intelligent in his own right, and IQ scores should not be the sole basis for measuring one's mental abilities.

Gardner further outlines the eight basic "kinds of smarts" - linguistic, logical-mathematical, spatial, bodily kinesthenic, musical, interpersonal, intrapersonal and naturalist - and says that every one possesses each to a certain degree.