The Lower School

Welcome to the Lower School, where every day provides adventures in learning! We begin every day with a group meeting. Students and teachers sing songs, share announcements, and discuss common concerns and current events. After morning meeting children disperse to self-contained classrooms where academic classes are taught at various times during the day. At 11:45 everyone reconvenes for Lower School lunch. This meal is served family style with a teacher heading a table of seven or eight students.

Each student receives instruction daily in Language Arts (reading, creative writing, report writing and spelling), mathematics, science, and social studies. Physical education and fine arts also are scheduled daily. For a more detailed look at the lower school curriculum please click here.

Each year during miniterm (between Thanksgiving and our winter break), a theme is chosen. Children in grades K-5 are immersed in an interdisciplinary study in which they read, write, report, create and make visits to supplement the theme. This year's theme is South America. Past miniterm themes include, Japan, Oceans, Medieval Times, Puppetry, and Ancient Egypt.