What students learn at Simpson.

Simpson Elementary academics — page intro

This is the per-school intro paragraph that runs above the 3-6 timeline scrubber on Simpson's academics page. The timeline itself reads from the same district GOOGLE_SHEET_ACADEMICS Sheet that powers /academics — only the rows for grades 3, 4, 5, and 6 appear here.

ISR is 5 minutes — Doc edits propagate within that window.

Simpson Elementary is the middle of your child's elementary years — third through sixth grade. The work shifts from learning to read into reading to learn. Writing gets longer. Math gets meatier. Friendships get bigger and more important.

Pick a grade in the timeline below to see what your student will learn this year — written in plain language. Three pillars per grade: what students learn (the standards), materials & programs (the curriculum teachers use), and assessments (how we check progress).

Simpson's academic program builds reading comprehension and analytical writing across subjects, math fluency that holds up at the middle school level, and the early science / social studies inquiry skills students need by 7th grade.

What teachers focus on at Simpson

Simpson is where independence starts. Students carry planners, manage their own Chromebooks (in 4th grade up), and follow multi-step assignments. We teach those skills explicitly — they don't just appear.

Family role

The reading habit you started at Beacon still matters. The shift now is from reading aloud to a child who is decoding to letting them read silently and then talking about what they read. Ask "what happened in the book today?" at dinner — the answer tells you a lot.

Curriculum questions

For Simpson-specific questions about a particular grade or program, contact the principal at (360) 249-4331. For district-wide curriculum questions, contact Stephanie Klinger, Director of CTE, Curriculum, and HR, at (360) 249-3942.