What Does Mastery Mean? How Do We Accomplish It in Elementary Education?
At East Hills, we want our students to demonstrate mastery of particular skills, concepts, and facts in their assigned grades to ensure they are set up for success as they progress in school and in life. What is mastery? How does one achieve mastery? How do we ensure our students have mastered a concept or […]
Reading Mastery: What is it? Why We Chose It and Our Strategy and Goal
East Hills Academy is proud to use Reading Mastery Signature Edition (RMSE), a reading program built entirely on the science of reading. This means we don’t leave learning to chance; instead, we use a proven, step-by-step approach that teaches children exactly how to connect sounds to letters and build them into words. By focusing on […]
Head and Heart: A Framework for Curriculum Selection
If there is one word to describe East Hills’ academic program, it is “intentional.” We know that what goes in the minds of our students imprints on their hearts. This requires tremendous care in, attention to, and discernment of the content we teach the students– from the stories we select to read to our students, […]