LOWER SCHOOL

• Pre-Kindergarten
• Junior-Kindergarten
• Senior-Kindergarten
• Grade 1
• Grade 2

Pre-Kindergarten

1. Grade 6 Big Friends
2. Gardening and bird watching
3. Checking out books from the Library
4. Science and Spanish classes
5. Yoga & Movement
6. Walking field trips to Forest Park
7. Lunar New Year celebration
8. Attending all-school assemblies
9. Hatching chicks in the classroom
10. Participating in May Day

Junior-Kindergarten

1. Grade 5 Big Friends
2. Young Naturalist Program walking field trips to Forest Park
3. Cultural celebrations: Posada, Lunar New Year, and more!
4. Ice skating and day camping field trips
5. Science, Spanish, and P.E. every other day
6. Learning African dance
7. Monthly cooking projects in the Fillmore House kitchen
8. Performing on stage at Grand Friends Day
9. Running a mile on the track at Washington University
10. Writing and performing during Drama Workshop

Senior-Kindergarten

1. Grade 4 Big Friends
2. Friendship Assembly performance
3. 3 Piggy Opera performance for families
4. Flying Squirrel on Challenge Day
5. Music and Drama classes
6. P.E. every day, plus Yoga & Movement
7. Special Person of the Week
8. Reading bags
9. Field trips to the Saint Louis Art Museum, pumpkin patch, and ice skating rink
10. Creating self-portraits in Art

Grade 1

1. Grade 3 Big Friends
2. If I Lived in Spain Assembly performance
3. Attempting the high ropes course
4. Yearlong study of local and international communities
5. Introduction to Chromebooks
6. Field trips to The Magic House and Saint Louis Zoo
7. Special guests including a tai chi instructor and flamenco dancers
8. Creating 3D shapes in space in Art
9. International food tasting
10. Grade 1 Finale with poetry readings and country celebrations

Grade 2

1. Writer's Workshop and Publishing Parties
2. Heifer International Assembly performance
3. Yearlong St. Louis study and photography project
4. Field trips to historic St. Louis neighborhoods: Cherokee Street, Downtown, Forest Park, The Hill, Soulard, University City, and The Ville
5. Arthropod study and Bioblitz survey in Science
6. Morgan Engineering & Science Fund: Designing a Knee Brace biomedical engineering
7. Weekly homework
8. Creating a business model to sell St. Louis-themed products
9. Independent access to the Leveled Library
10. Creating pastel flowers in Art