Saratoga Academy of the Arts & Sciences offers a faculty-designed, standards-based curriculum, fully integrating the arts and sciences, with an emphasis on developing critical thinking, questioning and problem solving skills. Specific grade level curricular objectives are achieved primarily through small group instruction. The curriculum is designed to enable each student to achieve his/her maximum potential. The intellectual foundation for instruction is based on Howard Gardner's research on multiple intelligences and is geared toward the individual needs of each student. Co-curricular programs for students in Kindergarten through sixth grade include instruction in Spanish, Art, General Music, Music lessons (piano and guitar), and Physical Education. Co-Curricular programs for students in Pre-Kindergarten include instruction in Art and Physical Education.