NONE OF US KNOW EVERYTHING
Open Hearts,
Open Minds
Learning is a life-long adventure. There is so much to learn: about our world, about ourselves, about our God. We could never begin to know it all. We believe that learning happens best in community. At every age and every stage of life our questions, ideas, doubt, and curiosities all matter.
LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR
Open Doors,
Open Arms
Someone asked Jesus, "What's the greatest commandment?" Jesus responded simply enough: "Love God. Love neighbor."
That's why we're here. We live out our call to service through our decades long partnership with Broadway Community, providing soup kitchen, shelter, medical services, and so much more to our neighbors in need.
PLAY. WONDER. LEARN. GROW.
A Great Little School
Raising children in New York City is an adventure all its own!
We take special joy in offering our own Great Little School as a first learning community for many kids from our neighborhood and beyond. Great Little School (GLS) centers around a Progressive and Project Based philosophy. The Progressive model focuses on understanding each child’s individual development and experiences and providing children with developmentally appropriate, hands-on, learning experiences. Children learn through exploration to inquire, create, and to think abstractly. Through “projects” children delve into areas of interest and teachers build a curriculum based on children’s passions. Children are well prepared for Kindergarten when they leave GLS as they have learned literacy, math, science, music, art, and social emotional concepts through inquiry and exploration instead of simple memorization.
The curriculum at Great Little School is not based in any faith tradition. Our programs are open to families of any faith or non-faith background.