Essential Concepts

Each subject is broken down into the smallest units of knowledge, identified as "essential concepts." Essential concepts are considered the building blocks of learning; thus, mastery of each concept is necessary to ensure that the student will move on to the next level of learning. In the charter proposal, the founders of our school stressed that gaps hinder learning; therefore, the teaching methods employed identify these gaps in a child's education as soon as they form and address them before they interfere with future learning. Tutoring is a means through which we address such gaps, and when needed, a teacher will often turn to Student Life to seek peer tutoring for his/her students.

One student in the SABIS Student Life Organization^® is responsible for running the peer-tutoring program, which includes seeking tutoring referrals from teachers.