Xavier University Lab School

What to expect in the Classroom

Discover a comprehensive, student-centered approach to education at every level, with small class sizes, expert Ohio-licensed teachers, and a curriculum designed to foster holistic growth and academic excellence.

  • Highly-qualified, experienced, Ohio licensed teachers with expertise in early childhood education 
  • Focus on building foundational skills like language, literacy, numeracy, problem-solving, and critical thinking 
  • Holistic instruction focusing on the socio-emotional developmental needs of children 
  • Discovering mathematical concepts through exploration (e.g. counting and operations) 
  • Exploring children’s thinking through measurement and data 
  • Social studies engagement through awareness of self, family, and community 
  • Enrichment through university and community resource visits 
  • Weekly instruction in art, music, physical education, and library 
  • Extended school care is available until 5:30 p.m. 
  • Highly-qualified, experienced, Ohio licensed teachers with low teacher-student ratio 
  • Focus on building foundational skills like language, literacy, numeracy, problem-solving, and critical thinking 
  • Emphasis on whole child development while differentiating to meet students’ needs 
  • Engaging in mathematics through hands on learning with a focus on geometry, measurement and data, operations and algebraic thinking 
  • Curriculum is aligned with Ohio learning standards to set a foundation for lifelong success  
  • Fieldtrips and guest programs 
  • Classes with specialty teachers in art, music, library, physical education, and technology 
  • Extended school care is available until 5:30 p.m. 
  • Highly-qualified, experienced, Ohio licensed teachers 
  • Student-centered learning with small class sizes 
  • Robust literature-based reading lessons and writing process instruction based on the Ohio English Language Learning Standards and the National Writing Project 
  • Mathematics curriculum fostering reasoning, Algebraic thinking, problem-solving, conceptual understanding, and operational proficiency, aligned with Ohio Mathematics Learning Standards 
  • Active learning and exploration of biology, earth science, botany, and the solar system and align to Ohio Science Learning Standards 
  • Social Studies program emphasizing family and community, while engaging with history, map skills, conservation, and ecology and align to Ohio Social Studies Learning Standards 
  • Weekly classes in music, physical education, art, and world languages 
  • Extended school care is available until 5:30 p.m. 
  • Highly-qualified, experienced, Ohio licensed teachers 
  • Student-centered learning with small class sizes 
  • Rigorous academic programs cultivating critical thinking and problem-solving skills 
  • Focus on reading comprehension, the writing process, creative expression in both oral and written form, and fostering a love for literature 
  • Mathematics instruction emphasizing logical reasoning, innovative problem-solving, deep conceptual understanding, fractions, measurement & data, as well as computational fluency and align to Ohio Mathematics Learning Standards 
  • Social studies programs that include engagement with geography and history and align to Ohio Social Studies Standards 
  • Inquiry-based learning in physical life and earth science that incorporates experiments and is aligned to Ohio Science Learning Standards 
  • Weekly classes in music, physical education, art, and world languages  
  • Extended school care is available until 5:30 p.m.  

Enrichment and Specialty Classes 

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