The curriculum of a school is one of the key ingredients to the educational experience that children will have there. Pear Tree Point School believes that many schools underestimate what children can learn. As a result, we provide a curriculum that sets high expectations in an age-appropriate way.

Reading, mathematics and writing are taught using a carefully detailed sequence of skills, topics and applications that allow children to learn in small groups at a pace that is stimulating to them.

Social studies, history, geography, science, Spanish, art, music, drama and physical education are taught as discrete disciplines, using the Core Knowledge scope and sequence as a way to integrate learning.

For example, when children study the Middle Ages in fourth grade, they read Chaucer, sing Gregorian Chants, create stained glass window illuminations, portray King Arthur's court, enjoy a medieval feast, visit The Cloisters in New York and build castles, trebuchets and other devices of the times.

As a way to measure the learning that our curriculum delivers, we use both group and individual achievement tests to audit program and student performance. Our results reflect high achievement. This year, 67% of the students qualified for the Johns Hopkins Talent Search, recognition reserved for students who score in the top 3% of students in the nation.

Because of our favorable staffing ratios, children learn in settings where there is frequent interaction. As a result, children learn faster, remember more and avoid the boredom and "down time" of waiting so often associated with large classes.

Pear Tree Point School graduates are well prepared for any school they may enter. The majority of our students move on to our area's well-regarded independent schools, while some choose the region's strong public schools. The families that relocate overseas have found that they have access to the best of the International, American or British Schools abroad.

We invite you to visit our school and to learn more about our program of studies first hand.