[Sponsored] This fall, BASIS Independent Brooklyn will be bringing you a series of posts focusing on their philosophy and approach and what they are doing that is new and noteworthy in education. They are a PreK-12th independent school with an impressive new building in Red Hook over by Ikea. With other BASIS Independent schools in Manhattan (opening next fall) and around Silicon Valley, this new school is on the forefront of redefining private education and college preparation.
At BASIS Independent Brooklyn, a PreK – 12 private school, students are educated with expert instruction in the liberal arts and sciences. The program is known for accelerated, rich offerings to students in every discipline from foreign languages to drama. The science and engineering department, in particular, has grown to become a favorite of both parents and students.
What makes the sciences at BASIS Independent so special? Subject expert teachers, meaning faculty with degrees in the subject they are teaching, show kids how cool and exciting science is, and students take more science and engineering classes than at any other school, earlier on in their education. Many of the teaching faculty previously taught in the college or university setting, and there is a real drive among them to make science exciting for children at an early age when they are very receptive to it.
In Kindergarten and the lower grades, students explore engineering concepts daily, and continue to focus on experiential learning; they even encourage preschool parents to incorporate science principles at home. Beginning in 5th grade, students take two sciences – Introduction to Science and Physical Geography. As they continue on through 6th, 7th, and 8th grade, students study Chemistry, Physics, and Biology simultaneously as three separate classes. Perhaps most crucial to developing a love for science, teachers bring complex concepts alive through unique projects and demonstrations.
Throughout the high school years, BASIS Independent students embark on Honors Science, Biology, Chemistry and/or Advanced Placement Physics. The final academic challenge culminates with a Senior Project, an independent project that allows them to explore their individual path of learning, their passion, and their potential future course of study.
An underpinning of the BASIS.ed philosophy is the notion that students are able to achieve more than what is typically expected of them. The way the sciences are taught at BASIS Independent Schools is certainly no exception.
With the opening of their K-8 sister campus, BASIS Independent Manhattan on the horizon, it is an exciting time to learn more about BASIS Independent Schools. Visit www.basisindependent.com/nyc to register for an admissions event or tour.
This series is brought to you by BASIS Independent as a sponsored series for A Child Grows in Brooklyn,