Lower School | K-5
ESTABLISHING the FOUNDATION
for a LIFE of LEARNING
Grades K-5
Lower School students learn in joyful ordered classrooms. At a time when their minds are capable of absorbing vast amounts of information and their curiosity is at its peak, students begin to build up a storehouse of knowledge about the world and practice the foundational skills that will serve them throughout their academic careers.
OPENING EYES to the
WONDER of KNOWLEDGE
Kindergarten
Deciding when your child is ready to start kindergarten can be challenging. How will they perform academically? Will they thrive socially? And what should be the focus in their first year of formal schooling?
Our program is rooted in “ordered joy,” which means there’s plenty of time for delight and wonder—and plenty of structure to ensure your child thrives.
CCA Kindergartners Excel Through Our:
Focus on Numeracy & Literacy
We emphasize strong number sense and phonemic decoding skills with our youngest scholars so that they are equipped with the essentials for a lifetime of learning.
Beautiful Classrooms
Our 1,100-square-foot classrooms offer abundant natural light and plenty of room for activities.
Desks face the teacher, who leads students in lessons that build a foundation of knowledge and ignite curiosity—all while improving reading readiness, fine motor skills, and language development.
Active Learning Approach
Students “see it, say it, hear it, write it” in our phonics program.
They also use manipulatives in mathematics to fortify concepts and sing, chant, and recite classic songs and poems to build memory and stir the heart.
Purposeful Teachers
CCA faculty intentionally plan the details of each lesson, filling them with great stories that inspire wonder, foster discussion, and teach the difference between right and wrong.
Highlights of the Lower School Curriculum:
Content-Rich
Academics
Children learn best not by accumulating isolated facts, but by acquiring knowledge in context.
We teach both chronologically and in a way that integrates learning across subjects.
What students are learning in history is connected to what they are reading in literature, what they are sketching in art, and what they are encountering in music.
Intentional
Moral Formation
Students explore the moral dimensions of characters they encounter in classic literature.
They consider the great figures of history in the light of human nature.
And they recite the honor code daily, as a reminder of the virtues they are seeking to develop.
Elevated
Co-Curriculars
Fine art, music, and modern language are part of the core curriculum, and our Lower School students have physical education every day.
Co-curriculars are fully integrated subjects that make up a complete, classical education.
A Classical Curriculum
for Grades K-5
- The Lower School curriculum includes literature, history, math, science, and literacy.
- Formal grammar begins in grade 3, while Latin and Greek roots are taught in grades 4 and 5.
- Teachers read literature books aloud through grade 6 to make great stories accessible to every student, regardless of their reading level.
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See a lower school classroom on your campus tour.
Come experience a classroom and meet a teacher!
