Language + humanities
Reading, writing, vocabulary, and confident communication, woven into real history that runs from ancient Egypt and Greece to the Vikings and early America.
Private elementary education
CURIOUS LEARNERS. CREATIVE THINKERS. CONFIDENT VOICES.
Starbright’s elementary program connects subjects instead of teaching them in isolation, helping students reason, collaborate, communicate, and see how ideas fit together.
- Grades
- 1–3 at Campbell Campus
- Meals
- Four included daily
- Homework
- Mostly finished at Study Hall
The curriculum, from math to language arts, was exceptional and far exceeded our expectations.
What makes Starbright different
We teach students how to think.
The elementary program is rooted in interdisciplinary learning, individual attention, cooperation, and class discussion. Students practice logical reasoning, active listening, collaboration, and creativity, never rote recall alone.
One unit has students drafting a classroom constitution with elected leaders. Another has them engineering a container that keeps an ice cube from melting. History, science, writing, and public speaking meet inside the same project.
As our children move on to their next school we have no doubt that Starbright provided an exceptional foundation for their continued growth academically and as individuals.
An interdisciplinary curriculum
Core academics meet STEAM, language, and the arts.
Language arts, math, science, and history are strengthened by geography, technology, engineering, Spanish, art, music, and theater.
Singapore Math
Model drawings, mental math, and carefully sequenced concepts help students understand why a solution works.
Science + engineering
Hands-on inquiry and Snap Circuits connect scientific concepts with experimentation, circuitry, and problem solving.
Technology
Students use technology across subjects and discuss privacy, strong passwords, scams, cyberbullying, algorithms, and introductory coding.
Spanish
Beginning in first grade, vocabulary and grammar are paired with songs, games, geography, history, culture, holidays, and cooking.
Arts + theater
Art and art history from da Vinci to Warhol, music literacy, improvisation, stagecraft, and a class musical build creative expression and teamwork.
The curriculum is exceptional (one of the kids skipped a grade, starting school), and the extra-curriculum is top-notch (choir, dancing, theater, arts).
Three years, three chapters
Every grade earns its own adventures.
The curriculum is written down, grade by grade, so you always know what your child is learning. A few highlights from each year:
Grade 1
The world opens
Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, an art-history journey from da Vinci to Warhol, Spanish from day one, simple machines in science, and the first thrill of real reading stamina.
Grade 2
Momentum builds
Multiplication and division, numbers to 1,000, ancient India, China, Greece, and Japan, the American story from the Revolution onward, and the national parks in science.
Grade 3
Range and depth
Numbers to 100,000, poetry devices and play-writing, Rome and the Vikings, the thirteen colonies, and a deep study of California: its geography, nature, and arts.
Now he has started first grade, we find ourselves wishing Starbright had an elementary school program as well.
Performing arts
A class becomes a cast, and a cast becomes a team.
Each class works toward a full-scale musical performed for a live audience in Starbright Theater. Students practice acting, singing, dance, improvisation, stage movement, and voice modulation.
The production is also a lesson in responsibility: every student’s preparation affects the group, and the final performance belongs to the whole team.
Being up on stage is just amazing for the children, and what they get out of it stays with them. To this day, he performs in piano recitals. He ran for student council at St. Andrews, which meant standing up in front of the class to give a speech, and he was completely comfortable doing it.
Our son just started at Starbright for 1st grade and we have had a wonderful experience. He is loving his teachers and enjoys his time there.
A full day that works for families
School, meals, movement, and Study Hall, all in one place.
The full-day schedule includes academic work, reading, seasonal activities, breaks, exercise, social time, and optional extracurriculars. Four meals are provided each day, including a hot lunch.
Study Hall gives students time to finish schoolwork with individual support before the day ends, so most of it is done by pickup and your evenings stay yours.
For us, everything that Starbright gave to our kids was worth the drive, the money, the time and we are very thankful!!
Questions parents ask
Answers before you visit.
Which grades does Starbright Elementary serve?
Grades one through three at Campbell Campus, building directly on the Starbright kindergarten program. Both share the same teachers' culture and the same campus life.
How does homework work?
Most of it is finished before pickup. A supervised Study Hall gives students time to work through their assignments at school, with individual support when they need it, so much less comes home with them.
What does an elementary day look like?
A full school day, 8:30 AM to 5:30 PM: core academics in the morning, connected projects and creative work through the day, physical activity, four meals including a hot lunch, and Study Hall before pickup.
How does technology fit in?
As a tool, taught deliberately: research, presentations, first coding concepts, and Snap Circuits engineering, alongside direct lessons on privacy and internet safety.
What happens after grade three?
Students move on to their next school prepared and confident. Starbright graduates have a long record of strong transitions, and teachers support families through the step.
When we went looking at private Elementary Schools any time we were asked where he will be coming from, when we answered Starbright EVERY SINGLE principal/teacher automatically responded, that he will not have any issues in passing the tests. All children got accepted in the schools of their choice.