Lower School Resources (1st – 4th Grades)

Lower School

On any given day, lower school students might partner with older reading buddies in a shady spot on campus, give news presentations on everything from Pony Club to how plants communicate, sing in rounds as part of a holiday celebration, or examine and compare horse and cow skulls as part of a lesson on skeletal systems.

At Good Hope Country Day School young children move from our rich and unhurried developmental program in the Early Learning Center (Pre-School) to our Lower School, comprising Grades 1-6. The Lower School features an integrated curriculum that promotes learning as an active and cooperative process. The curriculum includes Language Arts, Mathematics, Social Studies, Science, Health, Spanish, Art, Music, Physical Education, Swimming, Computer, Music and Library.

Nancy Thatcher, Dean of Lower School