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school
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Overview
The Suzuki School is a preparatory preschool,
committed to providing the very young with the
best in Early Childhood education. Our belief
in the innate ability and talent of every child
has guided us to create an environment rich in
language, discovery and stimulation. The school,
located in the heart of Buckhead, operates from
7:00 AM to 6:00 PM Monday through Friday. The
hours of 9:00 AM to
4:00 PM constitute the academic portion of the
day; the hours before and after this time incorporate
times of child-centered learning and play.
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Our school
educates and cares for children from infancy
through Kindergarten.
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Early
stimulation of a child’s brain
has been shown to maximize the child’s learning
potential; this is at the core of the Suzuki philosophy.
We find that our students thrive when they are
exposed to appropriate and stimulating materials
and programs. We believe that early stimulation
should start at infancy since the lessons learned
at that age will shape the child’s subsequent
learning ability.
Our
Teachers
are trained in early childhood development, and
each teaching team collaborates to plan lessons
and provide an enriching and stimulating experience
for our students. These teams, comprised of five
to seven teachers, collaborate to provide a highly
interesting and stimulating learning environment
for our students. Our experience has found that
when a teaching team interacts with your child,
each teacher can recognize and nurture something
unique and valuable in your child’s developmental
journey. A Master Teacher,
a highly qualified Suzuki educator, or a Mentor
Teacher, an experienced Suzuki teacher,
are assigned to each classroom in the role of
guide. Each team member teaches a specialized
subject while collaborating with co-teachers in
every other area. Our low pupil-teacher ratio
enables our teachers to provide our children with
sensitive, responsive care and academic preparation.
Such individualized care and instruction provides
a secure foundation for a child’s emotional
and cognitive development and prepares each student
for the educational journey ahead.
Thoughtfully
designed classrooms
expose children to a deep appreciation for creative
endeavors, order and tranquility. Each classroom
is designed to be aesthetically beautiful as well
as functional. As children are exposed to beauty
in color, form and context, they are imbued with
an appreciation of the object. That, in turn,
stimulates their perception and understanding.
Quality
materials, designed to stimulate and
develop physical, language and cognitive growth,
are central to our program. We develop or acquire
top quality educational materials from a variety
of sources.
A
spiral curriculum,
tailored to the needs of each class level, allows
our students to build and reinforce skills previously
learned. Each school year the curriculum taught
and materials used are tailored based on the age
ranges of the children in the class level. Keeping
these factors in mind, we have designed each classroom
to be flexible in arrangement and usage and in
the classroom’s goals and the associated
curriculum for each school year.
Most of our students
have been in our enriched
environment since infancy. Because
our Suzuki philosophy states that the teacher
will be guided by the student as she or he seeks
new experiences or knowledge, you will find that
the materials and curricula used in the classrooms
are very often more advanced than those found
in more traditional environments. For example,
our Kindergarten students use materials for math,
handwriting and phonics which were developed for
first grade classrooms; our four-year old students
learn with materials developed for Kindergarten.
The Suzuki philosophy
and teaching method allow our program to evolve
and grow as the children inform us.
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