Academics

• LITERACY:  A balanced approach to the Common Core English Language Arts State Standards. This includes Readers Workshop, Writers Workshop, Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Word Study, and access to diversified and robust classroom reading libraries.
• MATHEMATICS:  Math Expressions is our current adoption for accessing the Common Core Math Standards. Students learn and practice the Standards of Mathematical Practices through Cognitively Guided Instruction (CGI) and Math Workshop classroom systems and structures.
• SCIENCE: Interactive and hands-on learning plays an essential part in understanding science and the environment. At Arroyo, students engage in monthly interactive, outdoor, NGS standards-based, experiential science with a specialized and highly qualified teacher. Our science curriculum is Twig Science, NGS. 
• SOCIAL STUDIES:  Our inquiry-based Savvas social studies curriculum promotes democratic values, community, and cultural diversity, while supporting the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)  and the C3 Framework.

  The curriculum features digital content and multimedia resources to make learning interactive, current, and life-changing.

• PHYSICAL EDUCATION:

• STEM: Arroyo 

• ART:

• MUSIC:

Engaging STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) and Maker education offerings and an award winning Robotics Team! The Mustang Maker Space has Beebot and Ozobot coding robots, Osmo interactive learning tools, a green screen studio and more!

Arts education in all grade levels with Meet the Masters and FIBO art programs, as well as John Yeiser music assemblies. All 3rd-5th grade students participate in a weekly music program, including voice, strings, and recorders.

Arroyo Library

Librarian: Keli Villegas kvillegas@tustin.k12.ca.us

Library Committee Chair: Ali Posner aliposner@me.com