The Suzuki School

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The Suzuki School is a SACS accredited preparatory school for preschool students with two campuses located in Buckhead, in the heart of Atlanta. Founded in 1976, it was modeled after the highly successful Talent Education Institute in Japan. It is the first school in the United States to offer a comprehensive educational program based on the Suzuki Philosophy. The central location makes it easily accessible to the entire metropolitan area and allows Suzuki to offer the cultural opportunities available in the city while maintaining the advantages of a home-like environment to maximize each child's learning experience.
The Suzuki Program starts at infancy (as early as three months of age) and progresses through an accredited Kindergarten. Many of our students, upon graduation, are accepted into one or more of the exclusive private schools in Atlanta. However, we recognize that there is a good school for every child and our goal is to equip each with the necessary skills for success in any future academic environment.

The Suzuki philosophy states that cognitive stimulation should begin at infancy because we recognize that learning begins at birth - music, art, sensory experiences, language acquisition all are incredibly important in the first year of life in building self-esteem an environment rich in activities and experiences to encourage emerging development in all areas of growth. Each child is afforded an opportunity to interact in consistently novel ways with the environment, peers and adults. During the admissions process we provide parents with the curriculum objectives for each age group. The comprehensive curriculum is presented and reinforced throughout the day.

The Suzuki enrichment programs are carefully structured to instill a love of learning that will last a lifetime. We offer foreign language instruction (French or Spanish), music, arts, special visitors through out the school year, and a variety of community events.
This website has been developed to provide an overview of our school and our classrooms and to provide information on the Suzuki Method of Teaching and an understanding of our philosophy. The Suzuki methodology of teaching incorporates the effective instructional practices developed by Dr. Suzuki (e.g. repetition, praise and reinforcement) and is supplemented by child-directed learning approaches (similar to the practices of Reggio and Montessori) to encourage creativity and provide the most stimulating and enjoyable academic environment.

The history of our schools is one rich in growth and promise, and encompasses a wonderful community of parents and children in fact, we now have Suzuki parents who were once children at our school! Since our inception in 1976, the development of the school has been an ongoing labor of love, exploration and innovation. As the only Suzuki preschool in the United States, we are defined by and carefully preserve Dr. Suzukis time-tested principles in the best ways of educating the very young.