About the Lower School

The Lower School provides a nurturing environment and a challenging program to children from junior kindergarten to fourth grade. We focus on the total child by recognizing that the arts, foreign languages, science, physical education, and technology are as important in a child's development as language arts and math. We encourage creativity and critical thinking, teach research skills, and build confidence through public speaking, and theatrical productions, as well as small group and individual research presentations in the classrooms. Our goal is to have children develop a level of curiosity that motivates them to become strong independent learners with a wide variety of skills at their fingertips.

Community building in every classroom is intentional. Children become compassionate, respectful, thoughtful class members who value each other and learn from their peers. An important component of the Lower School is service. Every grade level crafts a program of service that is developmentally appropriate. In the Lower School, we believe that when parents and teachers work together on behalf of each child, all the children here will maximize their learning and development, and achieve success in all aspects of school.