Learning in Legacy

Learning in Legacy blends academic excellence and kindness so children grow with courage, joy, and purpose.

Educational Model

  • Mixed-Age Classrooms (K–2): Encouraging peer mentoring and flexible growth.

  • Low Student-to-Teacher Ratios: Personalized attention so each child is seen and supported.

  • Multicultural & STEAM Enrichment: Standards-aligned curriculum enriched with global history, science, arts, and problem-based projects.

  • Restorative Empowerment: Replacing punitive consequences with repair, reflection, and responsibility.

A young boy sitting at a wooden desk, drawing on a piece of paper with a large crayon.
Two children, a girl with brown hair in pigtails and a boy with curly dark hair, are sitting together looking at a book about Earth and gardening, smiling happily.
A happy young girl with dark skin, big eyes, tied up curly hair with a pink bow, wearing a yellow shirt with a bunny graphic and pink pants, doing a yoga pose with one leg lifted and holding her foot, while pointing with the other arm.
Three children singing and playing musical instruments, with music notes in the foreground.

Assessing Growth

  • Learning Portfolios: Student-led collections of academic and personal growth.

  • Narrative Progress Reports: Stories of progress instead of just grades.

  • Showcase of Learning: Families celebrate student projects and presentations.

  • Growth Conferences: Students, teachers, and parents reflect together.

Belonging and Social & Emotional Learning

At Legacy, we know that academics are only part of a child’s story. Belonging, kindness, empathy, and responsibility are equally important to measure. Instead of traditional grades, we use simple, child-friendly visuals to track growth in these areas:

  • 🌱 Emerging – A child is just beginning to learn and practice the skill.

  • 🌟 Growing – A child shows the skill more consistently and is gaining confidence.

  • 🌻 Thriving – A child demonstrates the skill naturally and may even encourage or model it for peers.

This approach gives students a positive, growth-oriented way to see where they are, while helping families and teachers celebrate social-emotional progress alongside academic progress.

A woman reading books to three children sitting around her on a red surface, with books scattered in front of them.
A cartoon girl with dark hair in a ponytail and big eyes, sitting on the floor with tears in her eyes, holding the hand of another girl with brown hair in buns, wearing a pink top and beige pants, comforting her.

Learning in Legacy means parents walk away with evidence of growth, stories of who their child is becoming, and a true sense of belonging—not comparison.