Grade Levels: K–3 and Beyond

We plan to open with kindergarten through third grade, then add one grade level each year until we serve kindergarten through eighth grade.

Opening grades

The proposed experience in each opening grade

Kindergarten

Building routines, friendships, and a love of school. Children develop letter-sound knowledge, early writing, number sense, and first Spanish words, with plenty of play and exploration.

First grade

Becoming readers and writers. Students strengthen decoding and fluency, write in complete sentences, work with addition and subtraction, and investigate the world through science and social studies.

Second grade

Growing independence. Students read longer texts, write with more detail, deepen place value and problem-solving, and take on bigger roles in classroom projects.

Third grade

Reading to learn. Students tackle richer texts, multiplication and fractions, research projects, and leadership roles — preparing to move up as the school adds fourth grade.

These overviews are proposed. Specific curriculum materials have not yet been selected.

Planned grade expansion

Growing one grade at a time

We plan to open with kindergarten through third grade, then add one grade level each year as our founding students move up — until The Village serves kindergarten through eighth grade.

2028–2029
Opening year
K
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
K–3
2029–2030
Adds 4th grade
K
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
K–4
2030–2031
Adds 5th grade
K
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
K–5
2031–2032
Adds 6th grade
K
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
K–6
2032–2033
Adds 7th grade
K
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
K–7
2033–2034
Adds 8th grade
K
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
K–8

Planned timeline, subject to charter approval.

Growing with our students

Upper elementary and middle grades

As our founding students move up, we plan to add fourth and fifth grade, then sixth through eighth grade. Plans for the upper grades — including deeper Spanish, expanded MicroSociety roles, and greater student leadership — will be developed and shared as we approach each new year.

Planned grade expansion is subject to charter approval.

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