Fresno Innovative Charter School

Dailey elementary Charter School implements the international baccalaureate primary years program (pyp). Pyp incorporates the best educational practices from throughout the world. Its premise is based on conceptual, inquiry-based units of instruction which focused on structured questioning, methods that promote high-level questioning and global mindedness that encourages and enhances a child's natural curiosity. The pyp provides an opportunity for learners to construct meaning, principally through concept-driven inquiry. Traditional academic subjects are part of the program; however, an emphasis is on the interrelatedness of knowledge and skills through a transdisciplinary program of inquiry. The pyp focuses on the heart, as well as the mind, and addresses social, physical, emotional and cultural needs as well as academic ones. Through a comprehensive and balanced curricula coupled with challenging summative assessments, dailey develops the individual talents of young people and teachers them to relate the experiences of the classroom, to the realities of the world outside. Beyond intellectual rigor and high academic standards, strong emphasis is lace in the ideals of internation understanding and responsible citizenship.