Gaudior Academy is a Pre K-8 school located in Inkster. The school has 240 students
and 30 staff members. Instead of grades, the children are divided into 5 levels.
Level 1 has students, ages 5-6 years; Level 2 has students, ages 6-7 years; Level
3 has students, ages 8-9 years; Level 4 has students, ages 10-11 years; and Level
5 has students, ages 12-13 years. In addition to our certified teachers for language
arts, math, social studies and science, there are four specialists teaching art, music, Spanish
and physical education.
Gaudior’s curriculum focuses on teaching that stresses the Multiple
Intelligences as defined by Howard Gardner. This emphasis is summarized
in the school’s curriculum requirements. Every year each child:
- Participates in at least two performances
- Writes and illustrates a book
- Submits a project for the school
science fair
- Submits two pieces of artwork for the school Fine
Arts Night
- Participates in the Presidential Fitness Testing
Program
To guarantee that students gain experience learning
in all nine of the Multiple Intelligences,
core classes of language arts, math, science and social
studies are supplemented with twice-weekly classes
in art, music, Spanish and physical education. Classroom
activities such as class meetings, conflict resolution,
and problem solving use Jeanne Gibb's Tribes' Learning Community principles. The school does not use
textbooks. Rather teachers generate their own materials
and objectives using state guidelines and standards
outlined by national teaching organizations.
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