Topanga Elementary offers a wide range of supplemental and enrichment programs for children. Many of the supplemental and enrichment programs are sponsored by the parent group Topanga Enrichment Programs (off-site link). Other programs are part of the enrichment package sponsored by the school district. Some programs are class specific and are simply the result of the efforts of parents, teachers and students working together.
As a whole, Topanga Elementary offers students a rich diversity of opportunities to learn and grow well beyond what most public and many private schools can provide. A few of the more high profile enrichment opportunities are listed below.
Supplemental and Enrichment Activities and Opportunities
- Differentiated instruction
- Increased individual instruction time through the use of instructional aides in each classroom
- Ongoing assessment to monitor progress and ensure growth
- Arts integrated curriculum
- School Garden Project
- Prescribed use of technology
- Instrumental Music Program featuring woodwinds, brass, strings and guitar instruction
- Music Teacher and upper grade chorus
- Summer intervention program
- Science Resource Teacher and Science Center
- Apple laptops in each classroom
- Arts Prototype Program in Drama, Music, Art and Dance
