Over the past dozen years Regional District 13 has worked very hard to develop and implement quality curriculum in every subject area. As with all aspects of the educational program, our beliefs about curriculum align with our Strategic Plan:

• Curriculum should encompass every grade level at which the particular discipline is taught. Most of our curriculum guides represent kindergarten through grade twelve.
• Curriculum is WHAT we teach. Each curriculum guide delineates what students should know and be able to do. We do not include instructional methods in our curriculum guides.
• Assessment and curriculum go hand in hand in order to ensure that our students learn what they are taught. Our progress reports and report cards in grades K-8 include student progress toward important curriculum benchmarks in each subject area.
• Quality professional development is necessary when new curriculum is being implemented.

Our Curriculum Management Cycle includes the evaluation, revision, and implementation of curriculum. Each curriculum is reviewed every five to seven years. During the 2006-2007 school year we are evaluating and revising our language arts curriculum and implementing new curricula in science and mathematics.

District curriculum guides are available for review at Central Office, in the Curriculum Office at Brewster School, and in the town libraries. We will also be posting our curriculum guides to the District website in two formats: by discipline and by grade. Once this process is complete you will be able to review an entire subject area K-12, or you will be able to review the total curriculum for a particular grade level.