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Three boys sit in front of a window in lotus position with their eye closed and their hands upturned on their knees.
A girl with long brown hair in a ponytail wearing a purple shirt with a pink heart on the front and a headband with a unicorn horn, holds a multicolored clay sculpture in the air with one hand.
A boy with wavy light brown hair wearing a turquoise and navy blue striped shirt, and three girls with dark brown hair, two in pink shirts and one in white, sit at a yellow table drawing portraits on black paper using photos of people in different African tribal dress as models.
A light skinned boy with blond hair and a darker skinned boy with black hair sit at a table. They are counting red beans out of a large container into many smaller containers.
A girl with long, dark blond hair in a ponytail and a girl with black hair in a shorter ponytail lie on the grown, resting on their elbows. They each hold a pencil and are looking at a clipboard on the ground between them.
A girl with short dark brown hair wearing a grey, long-sleeved shirt hugs a girl with shoulder-length medium brown hair wearing a bright pink bandana around her head. They are both looking at the camera.
Two boys with short, black hair and dark skin play basketball.
A person with curly blond hair in a ponytail stands with their back to the camera. They have a young chicken on their head and are supporting it with their hands.
A groups of children sit at a line of desks in a classroom. A boy with dark skin and black hair wearing a purple t-shirt writes in a notebook. A girl with blond hair sits next to him and writes in a notebook. A girl with long, light brown hair reads a book.
A group of children stand on a stage. They are all wearing white shirts and they have their hands in the air with spread fingers.
Cultivating Creativity and Intellectual Curiosity
Berkwood Hedge School is K-5 by choice because we believe that now, more than ever, we must preserve childhood.
Every day we cultivate kids’ natural creativity and intellectual curiosity through our compassionate guidance and expertise, within an environment just right for their age, emotions, and needs. When we help kids grow into their unique selves without growing up too quickly, they develop clarity and conviction for the future, yet still enjoy being kids today.

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What's Happening at Berkwood Hedge School?

Our Culture

A strong, comprehensive and engaging academic program is at the heart of our school.
 
Throughout their years at Berkwood Hedge, students are exposed to a carefully considered curriculum of mathematics, reading, writing, social studies and science, supplemented by a vibrant enrichment program that includes Spanish, visual art, music, drama, environmental science and physical education.
 
We believe students learn best when they are actively engaged in their learning. Much of the curriculum at Berkwood Hedge is organized around collaborative projects. We want our students to think deeply about issues that matter to them, and to understand ideas from all perspectives.
 
At Berkwood Hedge, our approach to teaching supports a child's natural creativity and desire to learn. Students leave Berkwood Hedge as intellectually confident and self-directed learners, consistently successful at the broad range of independent and public middle schools they attend.
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Our Philosophy

Berkwood Hedge School's developmental curriculum is based on the understanding that children construct their knowledge of the world through hands-on, integrated, and active child-centered learning experiences. The strength of the Berkwood Hedge developmental curriculum is that it allows children to develop as creative participants in their own learning. Our teachers support this development across the cognitive, emotional, physical, social, and moral domains.
How We Learn

Our Staff

Our safe and supportive learning community balances a high level of personal accountability with an equally high level of collective responsibility. Our curriculum is not a body of knowledge that our teachers transmit to our students. Instead, learning is approached as a dynamic process in which understanding is developed by experiencing, collaborating, making, and reflecting. This interdisciplinary approach cultivates critical thinking, creative problem solving, and self-expression.
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