A lot of what makes Park Maitland South work comes down to our structure. We have a team-teaching model, and our teachers loop, meaning a kindergarten teacher who has your child this year may also teach that same group in first-grade math. Our enrichment teachers in P.E., art, and music work with the same students from age three through fifth grade. By the time your child reaches second grade, the people teaching them have known them for years. That boosts the quality of relationships and expands what is possible academically.

Our academics are genuinely accelerated. Our third-graders, for example, are currently working through a fourth-grade math curriculum. We don’t push for speed; we push because when the right foundation is in place early, children can go further than expected. Eight specialty classes, including art, music, STEM, character development, and Spanish, give students room to discover their passions.

We’ve also been intentional about the physical environment. Classes cap at sixteen to seventeen students, with a teacher and assistant in every preschool classroom. The campus has a full gym, cafeteria, and outdoor spaces — including a sensory garden built for our youngest students, where the twos, threes, and fours visit weekly to grow herbs, make noise, and get their hands in the soil.

The traditions here matter too — our annual carnival, grade-level pep rallies, and project-based learning result in first graders who can’t wait to become fifth graders and participate in our wax museum, be school ambassadors, and go on a historic field trip to Savannah. These aren’t add-ons. They’re the things families talk about year after year.

I’d love for you to come see it for yourself. Call or email us to schedule a tour.

Sincerely,
Dr. John Courson
Head of School, Park Maitland South