Sabot at Stony Point is a democratic community that supports collaboration so that children, teachers, staff members, and parents gain understanding together. In our approach, everyone teaches and everyone learns. As one student put it, “See, because knowledge is so big, just one person can’t know it all; we have to work together.” Our Reggio-inspired, social constructivist curriculum is inquiry-based and driven predominantly by the children’s interests. They are able not only to meet the challenges we set before them, but also to set challenge before themselves. We believe that children’s spirit of inquiry, as well as their investment in and ownership of their work, are sustained when adults treat the children’s interests and questions with seriousness and respect. We favor concepts and questions that help students acquire the tools of research in a variety of disciplines and achieve specific learning objectives, yet provide latitude for students to explore related questions and themes. Our approach is one that recognizes the whole child and focuses first and foremost on social-emotional learning and relationships as the necessary educational foundation.

Read more about our approach at www.sabotatstonypoint.org/approach