Overview

Dawson’s Lower School opened its doors in the fall of 1998 to kindergarten through fourth grade students and since then has been dedicated to educating and nurturing the whole child through a strong academic curriculum, a deeply integrated enrichment program, and experiential education adventures.

All students work in homeroom classes with the core subjects of language arts, mathematics, social studies, and science and thrive through collaboration and frequency of art, music, physical education, library/media skills, and Spanish.

Mentored by experienced faculty whom they will remember forever, Lower School students participate in a variety of diverse activities, including field/overnight trips, class plays, bi-annual choral concerts, and an expansive visual arts show.  Kindergarteners celebrate world cultures.  First grade students learn to dissect, while a study of the rain forest captivates second graders.  After a long day of living the