• Character education in the elementary grades focuses on the development of positive study and personal habits as well as experiencing the joy of sharing, caring and taking responsibility for one's behavior. • Academic excellence is a direct result of the parent-student-teacher partnership. Children develop best when there is a strong home, school and community bond. A challenging academic program coupled with home support lends itself to a complete approach to educating each child. • Good citizenship is fostered through monthly service projects including: visiting the local nursing home, fundraising for UNICEF, and planting a garden. World citizenship is fostered in friendship among students from a variety of cultural backgrounds. Teachers make special note of Jewish, Christian, Unification, Buddhist, African and Asian holidays. If you need to download the latest Acrobat Reader for viewing PDF, click here. Gradual Implementation of Graphemic with Phonemic Awareness Over a Time Period in a Small School - Elizabeth Deshotel 6/20/02 (PDF, 110KB) Click the title above to download. Bridgeport Hope School is proud to offer the comprehensive curriculum found in the Core Knowledge Sequence, as well as the "incremental development and continual review" provided in Saxon Math. Writing and Spelling Road to Reading and Thinking, a multisensory approach to teaching language arts, combines graphemic with phonemic awareness.