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Cheyenne Traditional School: Elevating Education with High Expectations

Welcome to Cheyenne Traditional School, an institution within the Scottsdale Unified School District that sets the bar high for academic excellence, character development, and community engagement. At Cheyenne, we believe in fostering an environment of high expectations where students are inspired to reach their fullest potential.

Cheyenne Traditional School Nine Cornerstones:

1. School of Choice
2. Focus on Academics
3. Teacher-Directed, Student- Centered, Standards-Based, Textbook-Driven Instruction
4. Sequential Curriculum including:Spalding Language Arts, Saxon Math, Science, Social Studies, Spanish
5. Elevated Grading Scale
6. Maximum Use of Academic Time
7. Parental Commitment, Involvement, and Support
8. High Expectations for All
9. School Uniform

Cheyenne was established in response to community desire to have a "back to basics" or traditional school.

The core philosophy is academics and less pull out from class time. At Cheyenne, learning and maximum class time go hand in hand. Cheyenne administrators researched other traditional schools in the valley and modeled Cheyenne's curriculum from the schools. At the forefront of the traditional school curriculum are the Spalding Language Arts and Saxon Mathematics programs. Spalding provides students with a total language approach with its integrates instruction in listening, speaking, spelling, writing, and reading. The Saxon philosophy believes that the most effective way for students to learn is through gentle development of concepts and the practice of those concepts extended over a considerable period of time. These two programs are essential building blocks for the foundation of teaching language arts and mathematics through a traditional model. 

Each class is teacher directed, yet student focused. Cheyenne stresses participation and support for the school's philosophy from each family. Parents enrolling their children at Cheyenne sign an Informed Statement of Support for the programs offered at Cheyenne.