Lower School Curriculum

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Grade 1

First grade is an especially important year in a child’s school career. Beginning the school year with unbridled enthusiasm and an eagerness to learn, 1st graders start their academic journey with the major goal of becoming full-fledged readers. It is meant to be a year of success, in which the child experiences the feeling of being of empowered through reading and writing. The daily schedule includes small-group work in reading and mathematics, so that students receive individual attention for optimal progress.

Faculty

  • Photo of Collin Murphy
    Collin Murphy
    Grade 2 Associate Teacher
    Bio
  • Photo of Sadé Sullivan
    Sadé Sullivan
    Grade 1 Associate Teacher
    Bio
  • Photo of Summer Syphax
    Summer Syphax
    Grade 1 Head Teacher and Lower School DEI Director
    Bio
  • Photo of Michelle Wu-Buchenholz
    Michelle Wu-Buchenholz
    Grade 1 Head Teacher
    Bio