Lower Elementary Profile

Mixed age classrooms for children in grades 1–3
Interdisciplinary curriculum stresses connections between different study areas
Classroom environment meets both the social and academic needs of the child
Social skills are taught and practiced
Group learning encourages individual contributions, listening, and the ability to compromise

Elementary children want to be together. To them, their friends are more important than their academic skills. We tie the two together; they do the work because their friends are doing it, not the other way around. —Lower Elementary Director