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  • 1

    OVERVIEW from ADMISSIONS

    • ***Watch: How to navigate Paideia 101 (1 minute)

    • Read: Welcome to your Paideia admissions course (1 minute)

    • Explore + read: Website and viewbooks (10 minutes)

    • Create: How to begin the application process (5 minutes)

    • Register: Ask admissions (2 minutes)

    • Register: Ask parents (2 minutes)

    • Read: Age cut-off policy (1 minute)
  • 2

    INTRODUCTION

    • Read: Conversation between two heads of school (3 minutes)

    • Read: Framework of Values (5 minutes)

    • Explore + read: College list (3 minutes)

    • Explore: Interactive map of campus (2 minutes)

    • Register: Meet Tom Taylor, head of school (2 minutes)

    • ***Watch: Fireside chat with Paul Bianchi, founding head of school (6 minutes)
  • 3

    DISCOVER + EXPLORE OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY

    • ***Read: Faculty voices (5 minutes)

    • ***Read: Parent involvement (2 minutes)

    • ***Read: Building community (1 minute)

    • Read: Parent affinity groups (1 minute)

    • ***Read: Introducing our Latino community (1 minute)
  • 4

    DISCOVER + EXPLORE OUR DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION, AND BELONGING INITIATIVES

    • ***Watch + read: Our commitment to DEIB work (5 minutes)

    • ***Watch: Resources and support for students and families (4 minutes)

    • ***Read: DEIB in the elementary curriculum (2 minutes)

    • *** Read: Days of Dialogue (1 minute)
  • 5

    DISCOVER + EXPLORE OUR HALF DAY (3 - 5 years old)

    • ***Watch: Welcome from Half Day Coordinator (2 minutes)

    • ***Watch: Introducing our Half Day program (25 minutes)

    • Read: Our kindergarten options (1 minute)

    • Read: Inside the classroom - art and Kid of the Week (2 minutes)

    • Explore: Teacher picks - stories for children + books for parents (2 minutes)

    • ***Make: Playdough (10 minutes)

    • Read: Decision notification options (1 minute)

    • Register: Campus tour (3 minutes)

    • Read: Why and how Half Day? (1 minute)

    • Register: Half Day Open House (2 minutes)
  • 6

    DISCOVER + EXPLORE OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (K - 6th grades)

    • ***Watch: Welcome from elementary principals (2 minutes)

    • ***Watch + read: Reading and the library (4 minutes)

    • Read: Outside the classroom - fresh-air break (3 minutes)

    • ***Watch: Meet our specialists (11 minutes)

    • *** Watch: Inside the science classroom - building cells (3 minutes)

    • Read: Librarian's tip - reading aloud (3 minutes)

    • ***Read: After-school offerings (1 minute)

    • Register: Campus tour (3 minutes)

    • Register: Elementary admissions events (5 minutes)
  • 7

    LOWER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (K - 1st grades)

    • ***Watch and read: Inside the classroom - class business (3 minutes)

    • Read: Our kindergarten options (1 minute)

    • *** Read: Inside the classroom - exploring feelings (1 minute)

    • ***Read: Inside the classroom - mindfulness activities (5 minutes)

    • Explore: Teacher picks - homegrown (2 minutes)
  • 8

    MIDDLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (2nd - 4th grades)

    • ***Watch: Inside the classroom - literacy (2 minutes)

    • Read: Inside the classroom - how to choose the right book (2 minutes)

    • ***Explore: Teacher picks - talking race (2 minutes)

    • ***Read: Inside the classroom - central subject (2 minutes)

    • ***Read: Inside the classroom - mystery reader (1 minute)
  • 9

    UPPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (5th - 6th grades)

    • ***Read: Inside the classroom - central subjects (4 minutes)

    • ***Watch: Inside the classroom - creating community (2 minutes)

    • ***Read: Inside the classroom - independent reading (2 minutes)

    • ***Watch: Inside the classroom - creating community v.2 (1 minute)
  • 10

    DISCOVER + EXPLORE OUR JUNIOR HIGH (7th - 8th grades)

    • ***Watch: Welcome from junior high principals (4 minutes)

    • ***Read: Inside the classroom - class agreement (1 minute)

    • ***Watch: Inside the classroom - literature (5 minutes)

    • *** Read: Faculty spotlight - our published poet (2 minutes)

    • ***Read + Watch: Clubs (3 minutes)

    • Read: Inside the classroom - haiku (2 minutes)

    • ***Read: Inside the classroom - transition to high school (5 minutes)

    • Read: Inside the classroom - what is justice? (1 minute)

    • Register: Junior high admissions events (2 minutes)
  • 11

    DISCOVER + EXPLORE OUR HIGH SCHOOL (9th - 12th grades)

    • ***Watch + read: Courses (10 minutes)

    • ***Watch: Slice of Pi - math and social studies (10 minutes)

    • ***Watch: Block schedule (2 minutes)

    • ***Watch: Inside the classroom - English (5 minutes)

    • ***Watch: Faculty spotlight - collaboration (5 minutes)

    • ***Read + watch: Clubs (6 minutes)

    • ***Watch: Inside the classrooms - short term offerings (9 minutes)

    • ***Read: Teacher tip - how to write a paper (3 minutes)

    • ***Read: Librarian's tip - guide to good Googling (3 minutes)

    • Register: High school admissions events (10 minutes)

    • ***Read: Graduation vignettes 2023 (5 minutes)

    • Read: Graduation vignettes 2022 (5 minutes)

    • ***Watch: Throwback student video (7 minutes)
  • 12

    DISCOVER + EXPLORE OUR OTHER PROGRAMS

    • *** Read: STEAM at Paideia (4 minutes)

    • Read: Arts and athletics (5 minutes)

    • *** Watch: Meet athletic director (2 minutes)

    • ***Watch: Visual arts (1 minute)

    • ***Watch: Virtual chorus (6 minutes)

    • ***Watch: Student-run musical (1 hour)

    • ***Watch + read: Urban Ag (5 minutes)

    • ***Watch: Outside the classroom - extracurricular pursuits (2 minutes)

    • Watch + read: iLe@p (5 minutes)

    • ***Read: Teacher picks - mindfulness (1 minute)

    • ***Read: #WinAtSocial (1 minute)

    • Read: Lunch (1 minute)
  • 13

    STILL WANT MORE? (for extra credit)

    • ***Read: Our mascot is born (3 minutes)

    • ***Read: On becoming a reader (3 minutes)

    • ***Listen: School song sing-along (3 minutes)

    • ***Watch: Golfcart tour down South Ponce and Memory Lane (34 minutes)

    • ***Read: Backyard Bird of the Day (1 minute)