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Curriculum
STEMS students are required to study the core academic subjects' guidelines provided by the Florida Department of Education Sunshine State Standards. The academic content areas include Reading/English, Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, Physical Education, Music and Art (within the guidelines of Islamic tradition), a foreign language (Arabic/Urudu), as well as Islamic Studies/Qur'anic Studies. Creative Writing and Writing Skills will be incorporated into the curriculum, with particular emphasis on critical thinking skills and cross-curricular connections.
The curriculum is divided into three (3) broad areas:
Islamic Studies
Academic
Enrichment
These areas of study are offered from Pre-K 3 to Grade 8, with Islam constituting the curricular perspective. Every subject is related to Islam and the concepts taught are reinforced by the Islamic principles. The objective of the implementation of the curriculum is for students to learn the concepts and develop the attitudes within the spirit and teachings of Islam.
Pre-School (Pre-K3/Pre-K4)
This is the entry point of the curriculum at STEMS. The Pre-K students start to study, acquire skills, and form attitudes from this level and then move on through the elementary school. The individualities and abilities of the students guide teachers as the emergent literacy and socio-emotional development of the student progresses. Age-appropriate materials and tasks are provided in a caring and stimulating environment.
The Pre-K student is guided at his or her individual pace to acquire mastery in the major areas of:
- Motor Skill: gross and fine motor skills, eye-hand coordination, audio-visual perception, memory/recognition and retention, hammering, fixing puzzle, drama;
Communication Skills: verbalizing, listening, making signs, letters and words mimicking sounds, writing, speaking, facial expression;
Emergent Literacy Skills: alphabet recognition (Arabic and English) and writing, sounds of letters, sound recognition, rhyming, singing, story telling;
Mathematical Reasoning Skill: manipulation of objects, shapes, numbers and numeration, puzzles, matching, arranging, measuring, solving problems, sets, notation, grouping;
Writing Skills: letter formation, rhythmic movement, eye-hand coordination, artistic activities, creative expression, show and tell;
Language Skills: oral skills, listening, writing, drawing;
Science: things around us, living and non-living; and
Social/Emotional Skills: Sharing, caring, personal awareness, interaction, greeting others, respect and courtesy.
Elementary and Middle School (Kindergarden through Grade 8)
The STEMS Kindergarten through Grade 8 curriculum is implemented through the concept approach that considers each child as an active and engaged learner. The teachers act as guides and facilitators who encourage and challenge the students to meet and maintain excellence in academic achievement. The STEMS curriculum is aligned with yet exceeds the Florida Sunshine Standards. The standards link the curricular content and instructional methodology with student assessment. These standards are also designed to empower the students to foster critical thinking skills and become lifelong learners in a global and technological 21st century context. The "Florida Curriculum Framework" provides the content to be covered in each subject at each grade level. The Framework gives description of samples of performance which are in harmony with the Florida Education Goal 3 and sets the standards for the practices of instruction when implementing the program to meet the Grade Level Expectations. Each student must at minimum reach the standards of performance, at each grade level in each content area, as listed under Goal 3 in Florida's System of School Improvement and Accountability.
Goal 3 states:
"Students successfully compete at the highest levels nationally and internationally and are prepared to make well-reasoned, thoughtful and healthy lifelong decisions."
The Goal 3 standards are:
Information managers
Effective Communication
Numeric problem solvers
Creative and critical thinkers
Responsible workers
Resource managers
Cooperative workers
Effective leaders
Multicultural sensitive citizens
Involvement of families.
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