Susan Odell Taylor School promotes project-based learning rooted in problem-solving, academic risk-taking and the courage to lead.

The development of a steadfast sense of self is paramount to each child’s educational experience. Through their experiences, the children will come to know and understand themselves in a way that is personal and unique. Each child will be encouraged to develop a sense of trust, a sense of competence, and a sense of initiative. Positive self-esteem and self-confidence will be nurtured within each student.

Susan Odell Taylor School Academics

Early Learners
Our Early Learners are children in Prekindergarten and Kindergarten. We are thrilled to offer our students prekindergarten and kindergarten programs accredited by the New York State Association of Independent Schools (NYSAIS). Early education at the Susan Odell Taylor School is anything but ordinary. Proceeding at his or her own pace, each child discovers how to make connections between their skills and the world around them.

Elementary Explorers
Our Elementary Explorers are children in first through fourth grade. We are thrilled to offer our students an elementary school curriculum accredited by the New York State Association of Independent Schools (NYSAIS). At the Taylor School, our emphasis is on fostering children’s curiosity and creativity while enabling them to become highly literate students with strong mathematical, scientific and social understandings. Our elementary school classrooms are multiage. Multiage classrooms offer a natural approach to education — enabling each child to progress at their own pace and also strengthen developing skills and concepts through interaction with their peers.

Middle School Scholars
Our Middle School Scholars are students in fifth through eighth grade. We are thrilled to offer curriculum accredited by the New York State Association of Independent Schools (NYSAIS). At the Taylor School, our emphasis is on fostering students’ curiosity and creativity while enabling them to become highly literate students with strong mathematical, scientific and social understandings. Our middle school classrooms are multiage. Multiage classrooms offer a natural approach to education — enabling each child to progress at their own pace and also strengthen developing skills and concepts through interaction with their peers. Literacy, the humanities and science are taught in multiage groupings. Math and Spanish classes are taught in grade-level cohorts, in keeping with the foundational nature of these subjects.

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