Our curriculum model sets high expectations for our students. The performance assessments written into curriculum assure our students can use the skills they are developing in practical ways to solve a variety of problems and create an assortment of products..

Our first curriculum to be developed was mathematics. A team of teachers from all three school clusters spent several weeks researching and writing the curriculum expectations for each of the 12 levels. The curriculum covers all of the strands identified by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. Our unique component is the Navajo Language and Culture strand. Mathematical skills play a key role in traditional life and our students learn to function in both worlds.

The Language Arts curriculum covers reading and writing and incorporates speaking, listening and media literacy. Our students are expected to become critical consumers of communication materials presented in a variety of formats. Technology plays a central role in the mastery of skills and the presentation of knowledge.

Science curriculum includes specialty strands like biology and physics and covers the nature and history of science as well. Scientific process is as valuable to the students as encyclopdia knowledge and our students develop and complete science projects ranging from experimental to comparative. Check out the science fair gallery for a taste of these projects.

Social Studies is so much more that history these days. Students master government and civics issues, learn about economies and uncover civilizations of the past through reading, research and media. Overall the cultural perspective of the Navajo is compared and contrasted in settings from local community to the global market place.

Navajo Language and Culture is a separate curriculum and students develop true bilingual skills and practice traditional crafts as they develop their personal identity as Navajo people.

Arts and Technology are not forgotten. A variety of visual and performance arts fill the day. Digital photography and computer enhanced visual art encourage students to explore broader uses for the myriad technology that surrounds them. Students develop 21st century skills like word processing and communication as they use CAI tools to support the content of academic subjects.