About our Academics

BridgePrep Academy’s curriculum is rigorous, challenging and focuses on creating global leaders who have an enthusiasm and passion for learning. To accomplish this, our faculty engages in practices that promote and encourage exploration, inquiry and discovery. Students are active learners and teachers guide their learning. Together with the student, the teacher sets learning goals based on data, classroom and teacher observations. Parents receive information in the form of emails, newsletters, teacher websites and our online grading system.

Grades K-2 ELA: BridgePrep Academy provides a strong foundation in English Language Arts (ELA) for students in grades K–2 through the Wonders program from McGraw Hill, a comprehensive, standards-based curriculum that develops reading comprehension, vocabulary, grammar, and writing skills. In addition to Wonders, all students will receive Reading Mastery, a direct instruction program designed to build decoding, fluency, and comprehension. Together, these programs ensure all students grow into confident, independent readers and writers.

Grades 3+ ELA: BridgePrep Academy provides all students with a rigorous, knowledge-driven curriculum, integrating a novel studies program with Wonders (grades 3-5) and My Perspectives (6-12). Students that need targeted intervention receive Corrective Reading to ensure students have the phonics base necessary for deeper literature analysis. The combination of strong phonics and a high volume of on-grade level reading in authentic literature builds critical thinking and strong comprehension across subjects.

Grades K-5 Math: BridgePrep Academy’s math pathway begins with HMH Go Math in K-5. Go Math uses a spiral approach, meaning key skills return many times during the year, each revisit adding a bit more challenge This program moves students from concrete manipulatives to pictorial models and then to abstract reasoning, always linking concepts to real‑world contexts. Teachers keep a daily focus on fact fluency and number sense.

Grades 6-12 Math: From grades 6-12, students learn with Savvas enVision. Its problem‑based lessons, visual learning supports, and the Savvas Realize online platform offer multiple ways to explore, practice, and demonstrate understanding, keeping math rigorous, relevant, and engaging throughout middle and high school.

BridgePrep Academy provides all students with a rigorous, concept-driven curriculum that integrates cross-curricular skills from Reading and Mathematics. McGraw Hill Science (K-8) and Miller & Levine (Biology) textbooks create a strong foundation that helps students reinforce these skills and better engage with science content. In the Kinder-4th Grade program, students build a solid foundation in Life, Earth, and Physical Science by reading about and exploring natural phenomena. Students in 5th grade and above take ownership of their learning through Interactive Science Notes, which develop their ability to engage with the reading, evaluate meaning in texts for effective notetaking, and think critically to design and engage with hands-on activities.

At BridgePrep Academy, Social Studies delivers the impact of historical concepts through reading and dissecting texts to build individual perspectives and create modern historians. Our Kindergarten through 5th grade students use the Nystrom Young Citizens program. This program is a hands-on, comprehensive elementary social studies curriculum designed to foster active citizenship and deep learning through engaging, multidisciplinary lessons. Our 6th through 12th grade students use the McGraw Hill program that aims to foster critical thinking, global awareness, and active citizenship by engaging students with rigorous learning experiences. The program features World History in 6th grade, Civics in 7th grade, US History in 8th grade, and US History in 11th grade.

Every student has the opportunity to use technology in a safe and proficient manner. Teachers have access to the computer lab, where students can research and work on specific programs to strengthen their skills such as Achieve 3000 and Gizmos. It is BridgePrep’s philosophy that technology is an important tool that students need to become successful in the working world.

Muy Bien is a Spanish program for non-native and native speakers in grades K-5. In the lower grades, the language comes alive through music, puppets, big books, posters, picture cards, theater, felt board, a trivia game, a bingo game, and interactive CD Rom. In the higher elementary and secondary grades, Spanish vocabulary and grammatical concepts continue to be developed to achieve a higher level of conversation, reading, and writing skills. All students receive daily Spanish. It is BridgePrep’s philosophy that students who practice speaking, reading and writing Spanish will become more fluent as they progress through the program. Our proficiency-based Spanish program enables students to master all aspects of foreign language, from listening and speaking to reading and writing. By providing more than just exposure to a second language, the Spanish faculty inspires students to engage and understand the cultures and traditions of the Spanish-speaking world. Through this exploration of language, students are able to communicate meaningfully and effectively in a globalized world.

The physical education program builds and develops cardiovascular strength, muscle, agility and athletic fundamentals through several activities and sports. BridgePrep’s physical education program continuously builds on a foundation for lifelong health and wellness. Good sportsmanship is expected and emphasized. BridgePrep has a state-of-the-art gymnasium and a large fenced in field for students to participate in several different sports such as soccer, basketball and basketball.

Students experience art through a variety of hands-on projects that encourages creativity. In addition to acquiring skills and concepts, students learn to explore and experiment with a range of materials. Students are encouraged to incorporate self-expressions in their projects. During events such as Hispanic and Black History weeks, art is infused into the curriculum and displayed.

It is BridgePrep’s goal to promote life-long enjoyment and appreciation of music. Students are involved in singing and movement while learning musical skills.

Our Gifted program offers acceleration and enrichment for our gifted students. Project based learning is encouraged to build organizational skills and to stimulate the students’ minds. The aim of the Gifted program is to teach the standards with in-depth knowledge of the topic while challenging the students in the process. We envision that this program will assist our students in fostering a love for science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics.

At BridgePrep Academy the STEAM curriculum is infused throughout the day. Students will be exposed to an interdisciplinary curriculum that includes Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (STEAM). The curriculum will address multiple intelligences and individual learning styles to meet the diverse needs in the 21st century. Students will be challenged with project-based activities and real-world connections throughout the academic school year.

STEAM is proving successful in schools all around the world to better teach academic and life skills in a standards-based, reality-based, personally relevant exploratory learning environment. It is backed with the major educational philosophies, classroom management and assessment strategies. It promotes deeper understanding and transference of knowledge across the subjects. It is used for developing model educational programs to create functionally literate people by increasing the depth and breadth of proficiency in all students and educators and the communities they influence. It works by expanding a program’s current lesson plans into STEAM plans for more realistic discovery and innovation for all types of learners.