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Educating students in PreSchool through Grade 12

Lower School News

List of 5 news stories.

  • Grade 6 students with their diplomas following their graduation ceremony.

    Sixth-Graders Say Goodbye to Lower School

    Dressed in their spring best, 36 sixth-grade students said a bittersweet farewell to their Lower School journey as they celebrated a graduation ceremony in front of parents, families, and faculty hosted in the Taylor Performing Arts Center.
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  • Student curators in the Visual and Performing Arts Exhibit.

    Power of One: Grade 5 Students Curate Living Museum

    Swain Library was filled with curated exhibits featuring Florence Nightingale, Josephine Baker, Albert Einstein, Muhammad Ali, Tyrus Wong, Elijah McCoy,  Milton Bradley, and other historical figures as fifth-graders took on the personas of inventors, activists, athletes, visual and performing artists, scientists, and writers in the recent Changemakers Living Museum.
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  • Grade 3 students and teachers following their performance in the Taylor Performing Arts Center.

    Grade 3 Production Dives into Underwater Adventure

    An underwater adventure through the coral reef and its creatures awaited parents and the Lower School community as third-grade students performed their original play titled Reef Harmony, a Tale of Unity, in the Taylor Performing Arts Center.
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  • Grade 5 students performing Frederick for the guest audience in their storybook performance.

    Grade 5 Transforms Tales into Live Theatre

    Fifth-grade students turned four timeless tales and illustrations of children’s author Leo Lionni into a heartwarming live performance and art show for their Kindergarten buddies along with PreSchool and PreKindergarten students.
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  • Judge William Bright and Benjamin Schimelman with the Grade 4 students following their presentation.

    Understanding the Principles of Democracy with Grade 4

    Fourth-grade students in Emily Schimelman 2002 and Stephanie Riedel’s class welcomed special guest speakers Judge William Bright and Benjamin Schimelman for a presentation titled Rules, Fairness, Democracy, & You.
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Did You Know?

Our Lower School classrooms have a 7:1 student-to-teacher ratio. In our PreSchool through Kindergarten classrooms the student-to-teacher ratio is 6:1.
Our Lower School students spend at least 160 minutes per week engaged in physical education, and our Grade 6 students participate in Middle School athletics.
Students in Kindergarten through Grade 6 explore the arts - both the performing arts and visual arts - for 140 minutes each week!
 

Views from the Lower School

  • 2022-2023 Slideshow

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  • Valentine's Day Bake Sale

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  • End-of-Year Slideshow

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  • Grade 1 Planting Seeds of Kindness

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  • A Million Dreams - Reading with Mrs. Wilonski

    A Million Dreams - Reading with Mrs. Wilonski

    A Million Dreams - Reading with Mrs. Wilonski

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  • First Day of School 2021

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  • 6th Grade Graduation 2021

    6th Grade Graduation 2021

    6th Grade Graduation 2021

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  • Living History Museum Commercial

    Living History Museum Commercial

    Living History Museum Commercial

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  • Maypole Assembly

    Maypole Assembly 2021

    Maypole Assembly

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  • At The Game Virtual Band Performance

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  • "What A Wonderful Life" Grade 2 Signing

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  • JA in a Day 2020

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  • Chinese New Year 2020

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  • STEM Family Night 2020

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