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Two of the hallmarks of our school are the diversity of its students and, most distinctively, our small size.  The Malborough Street building has 96 children grades 1-6, and a block away in The First Baptist Church we have rental space for our Kindergarten Program, which will open with between 12 to 16 children in the fall of 2006.  Learning Project children come from all over Boston, and they bring to our school community different abilities, interests, and backgrounds.

Because the school is of the size and scale that it is, it is a place where all the students are known to each other, and known by all of the teachers. It is a place where students are cared for, and expected to care; where children of different ages socialize across age lines and where the older children look out for the younger children, and the younger ones look up to the older ones. And—precisely because of these things—it is a place with an exceptionally strong sense of community and an exceptionally loyal group of alumni parents and students.

Our curriculum is structured, often multi-faceted and carefully sequenced. It is guided by the principle of incrementally developing skills and knowledge in age appropriate measure, then later spiraling back to the same (or related) topics when the children are ready for a broader or deeper understanding. We do a considerable amount of direct instruction (we do use textbooks) and the children are also frequently involved in experimental learning—doing projects, working collaboratively, going on field trips, or integrating their studies with the arts.