McNair School serves preschool through fourth grade students.  It is located on Honeycutt Road in Fort Bragg, NC.

Here is McNair's cafeteria.  The students choose from two entrees each day and select from several fruits and vegetables.  Salads are also available.  Students can choose whole, reduced fat, or chocolate milk.  Students are supervised during lunch by staff members.

Pictured is a typical first grade classroom.  Students work on group projects as well as individual tasks.  Teachers use developmentally appropriate, hands-on activities.
 

McNair's multimedia lab is used by K-4th classroom teachers and their students.  The lab is networked for printing and the Internet is available on all twenty five computers. The Internet is used by our students to gather information and conduct research.

Software is available to develop multimedia projects, create graphic images, make spreadsheets and develop reading and math skills.

Teachers focus on teaching students the technology standards integrated into the curriculum.  Parents assist classes in the lab as they work. The multimedia lab is used by the staff after school and for staff development activities.
 

McNair's courtyard is an outdoor science/nature learning center.  The courtyard is home to frogs and turtles, birds, butterflies, and a rabbit named Roger.
 

Pictured above is a fourth grade classroom.  Students complete projects in groups and individually.  Their work is assessed using rubrics developed by the teacher. 
 

McNair's Butterfly Garden was built by parents, students, staff members, and our military partners.  Students researched what plants grew well in North Carolina and attracted butterflies.

The plants in the garden were all donated or purchased with donated funds.  The garden is maintained by the students, parents, and staff.
 

McNair has playground areas for the primary wing as well as the upper grade wing.  The school also has a large outdoor field for track and soccer.  McNair is scheduled to receive new playground equipment in the near future.
 

McNair's preschool students are provided opportunities to explore the world around them and interact with others.  Centers give the students a chance to involve their whole bodies in learning.
 

Preschool students can choose the centers that interest them. 
 

McNair's media center is pictured above.  Students check out materials to use at home.  They also take Accelerated Reader tests, are taught research skills and use the online card catalog (OPAC).
 

A  second grade classroom is pictured above.  They are learning to be responsible, independent learners.  The class was discussing a guest speaker's presentation who had just visited their classroom.
 

 McNair's art teacher uses the new art textbooks to talk with her students about a famous artist.  The students learned about the artist's life and creative style.  K-4th grade students work with the art specialist on a weekly basis.
 

A third grade class is involved in creating bubble maps about the water cycle.

McNair's music teacher allows time for individual students to play a song for the rest of the group.  They enjoyed the performance.

These kindergarteners are building a ship together during centers.  The students choose their own centers and decide how much time they want to spend in each center.

At the end of a busy day our students prepare for home.  Their excited faces let their parents know they've had a great day.