Norwood Fontbonne Academy

Primary Elementary Program
(Kindergarten through grade 8)

From kindergarten onward, NFA maintains a student/teacher ratio that supports a warm and nurturing learning environment. The development of basic skills is accomplished through the use of sequential skill-based text programs, teacher-directed and teacher-facilitated lessons, independent study and research , as well as cooperative and peer learning. The core curriculum includes religion, integrated language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies. Art, music, technology, library science, physical education, and Spanish enrich the core curriculum. In fourth, fifth, and sixth grade, all students engage in a mathematics enrichment program designed to promote the development of analytic and critical thinking skills.
Spanish becomes a major subject in grade seven and eight.
Instruction in grades four through eight is departmentalized in order to provide students with the academic and organizational skills necessary to become successful high school students.
NFA teachers utilize multiple forms of assessment and administer standardized tests yearly from kindergarten through grade seven. In our most recent standardized test, students consistently obtained scores in reading and math that were higher than those anticipated by their actual cognitive ability.

“Learning materials more than adequately support the educational process and boast the most current technology.”

— Middle States Association of Colleges
and Schools, November 2001

“The students in the Montessori component of Norwood-Fontbonne Academy are provided with a wide variety of interactive Montessori materials as well as extensions and variations so that the children are free to make choices. They are independent.”

— Middle States Association of
Colleges and Schools, November 2001

Norwood Fontbonne Academy • 8891 Germantown Avenue Philadelphia PA 19118
Phone (215) 247-3811 Fax (215) 247-8405