Beloved traditions and rich experiences all year long bring out the childlike spirit in us all.
KINDERGARTEN CIRCUS
In May, our kindergartners delight their families and fellow Lower School students with the annual Kindergarten Circus. Clowns, bodybuilders, wild animals, acrobats, and more take the stage to entertain the audience. Our older students enjoy reminiscing about their roles in the circus.
LOWER SCHOOL CAROLS
During the month of December, Lower School children and faculty work together to create a beautiful musical tribute to the winter season. This event offers a rich combination of time-honored carols as well as songs celebrating cultures near and far. While this program is steeped in school tradition, new and innovative works are included each year. Lower School Carols always proves a joyful way to send everyone off for the winter holidays.
VIRGINIA DAY
Each spring, second graders conclude their study of different perspectives and technologies from Colonial America with an experiential day that offers hands-on exploration and promotes critical thinking. We work in the herb garden, make candles, build a model of a traditional colonial home, and debate the Treaty of Middle Plantation, a primary source document that is still referenced today by the Pamunkey people.
FIELD DAY
Field Day marks the end of the school year with a morning of relay races, collaborative games and dancing. Students rotate through a series of fun activity stations, which are led by faculty members and parent volunteers.
LS HALLOWEEN ASSEMBLY
Each Friday before Halloween, we gather in the Langstaff Auditorium to share in a musical celebration of the season as all Lower School children perform for friends and family. We endeavor to be very sensitive to our differences while protecting our traditions.
SHARING ASSEMBLIES
Since our founding in 1904, our community has gathered together to celebrate learning during Friday Assemblies. Parents are welcome to join these weekly occurrences, where students come together to sing, practice public speaking, showcase their studies, and learn to be active listeners in an audience.
GRADE 3 SCIENCE FAIR
One of the capstone events for our third-grade students is February's Science Fair. Parents and students are invited to learn from our young scientists, who display their work and explain their findings from experiments in which they used the scientific process to form a hypothesis, collect data, and draw conclusions.