OUR APPROACH

Academic Rigor, Personalized Support

Personalized Instruction & Small Class Sizes

All children love to learn. It’s in their nature. So why do some children struggle so much with their studies? The answer, sadly, is a simple one: adults set expectations without providing the support they need. At KAIS, we consider each child’s abilities and learning style, offering each child the right support so that she or she can fall in love with learning again. At KAIS, our classes are small by design, helping to best support the children in our care while making sure nobody flies under the radar, falls through the cracks, or gets left behind.

High Academic Standards & Expectations

Children love challenges and naturally strive to achieve the expectations set for them. They love to make progress and know that they are appreciated for it. This is why at KAIS, we keep our students on their toes, continuously raising the bar so they can achieve their greatest heights. Under no circumstances will we maintain low expectations for your child. Make no mistake: though we are a small school, we do not have small dreams for our students. We aim to empower them with the competencies, skills, and appetite for learning necessary to achieve their best in school and beyond.

Creative & Engaging Pedagogical Approaches

How many students come to associate the learning process with boredom, or have been rendered callous to new ideas through a litany of monotonous drills? Our approach at KAIS, informed by Visible Learning, alleviates this through tailoring creative and engaging lessons and projects that stimulate the interests of the students. In our lessons, we roll out a variety of gold-standard activities to scaffold learning, and target a variety of skills, including art, debate, critical opinion writing, poetry, music, presentation, and more. Our educators help students navigate difficult obstacles and achieve their goals, ensuring that students remain intrinsically motivated and enthusiastic about the tasks at hand!

Culture of Care & Social-Emotional Support

At KAIS, our team is proactive in building a culture that actively cares and supports its students and staff. It is our job to know and value all students and to express that care in ways that are meaningful to them. Students are encouraged—and expected—to care for one another, embracing differences in background, personality, and other traits. Through weekly Social Awareness lessons from Pre-Kindergarten to Grade 12, we follow a curriculum that equips students with essential skills for building healthy relationships, maintaining an anti-bullying culture, practicing respect and empathy, understanding and managing emotions, and minimizing conflicts that can disrupt learning.

Positive Approach to Behavior Management

A large part of our success is due to our ability to establish positive relationships with our students. Rather than overload our school with a complicated system of rules, we confront the vast spectrum of behaviors and situations with a Love and Logic® approach — a system which allows our students to learn from the results of their own decisions or mistakes. Our approach is based on empathy and understanding in order to intelligently manage behavior. Bad choices have natural consequences in life; these mistakes should not be ignored or forgotten, but nor should they be harshly reprimanded. Instead, through the Love and Logic® approach, we build positive relationships with our students by setting enforceable limits, sharing control, and giving students the opportunity to reflect meaningfully on their decisions.