Lower School (Grades K-4)

Time to Connect the Dots

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Teaching Across Disciplines Sharpens Critical Thinking Skills

In Lower School, girls learn to take intellectual risks, ask questions, and challenge themselves to come up with creative solutions to problems. Small groups allow individualized instruction that can be tailored to each girl’s own style of learning.

Teachers collaborate to weave common themes through various disciplines so girls learn to appreciate issues from various vantage points. A literature-based reading program is integrated with science and social studies. Experiences with technology, math, science, engineering, and creative writing, require girls to collaborate and learn to identify their strengths as they work together.

Hutchison’s supportive environment inspires confidence, character, and a love of learning.

- To the Moon!
  
  Emmy Walton ’23, an aspiring rocket scientist who is currently attending astronaut Neil Armstrong’s alma mater, explains how Hutchison fueled her dreams.

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Katharine Kent

Lower School Head

Upcoming Admissions Events

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Nov

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Early Childhood Family Open House

Join us to meet Early Childhood Head Elizabeth Jordan and watch your daughter engage in classroom activities as you learn more about our early childhood program. (For girls ages 2* to 4 years old.)
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In the News

Astronaut Hayley Arceneaux’s Visit Was Out of This World

The youngest American to orbit the Earth and a St. Jude physician assistant and cancer survivor spoke with our fourth and fifth graders after they read her memoir.
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Neuroscientist, Hutchison Parent Talks Impact of Technology on Students

Parents heard from Eraina Schauss, Ph.D., one of the nation’s leading experts in the field of pediatric mental health, about the evidence that supports Hutchison’s new cell phone policy.
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Goodbye, Butterflies: First Graders Culminate Life Cycle Study with Butterfly Release

Every year, each first grade class nurtures and observes butterflies as they learn about life cycles.
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Strengthening Skills Through Interactive Learning
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Katie Berretta Aims to Build Confidence in Her Girls

Meet Katie Berretta, one of Hutchison's third grade teachers. Mrs. Berretta enjoys taking on a challenge in the classroom and the freedom to follow her students' interests. She encourages her students to become lifelong learners.
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Hutchison Ballet Dancers Spread Holiday Cheer in “The Nutcracker” Performances

If you are planning to attend a production of "The Nutcracker" this holiday season, you might see a Hutchison girl in the performance!
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Renee Grinder: From Hutchison Parent to Kindergarten Teacher

Meet Renee Grinder, a beloved kindergarten teacher at Hutchison. Before she had her own classroom, she served as an assistant in pre-kindergarten for two years and a substitute teacher for two years. Her experiences as a parent inspired her to come back to the classroom at Hutchison.
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A Spirit of Service: Fourth Grader Leads Service Project for Lower School

With the leadership of Katherine Pace ‘30, lower school girls collected hundreds of gently used stuffed animals for children in need as part of the Fuzzy Friends project.
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Life at Hutchison

Learn more about the Hutchison experience and why a girl's school is your daughter's best opportunity to excel.

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Learning by Doing

Hands-on experiences improve reasoning and problem-solving skills. The farm, with a full-time horticulturist, is a student favorite. Girls collect honey from beehives and experiment with composting.

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Greet and Lead

If you visit a lower school class, you will promptly be greeted by a poised young lady who will introduce herself, make eye contact, shake your hand and proceed to explain the lesson of the day. Lower school provides many opportunities for girls to develop leadership skills.

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Awesome Authors

Class presentations begin in kindergarten when girls share the result of their research projects. At the first grade Awesome Authors Tea girls read to parents from their collection of stories. Performing for an audience is a valuable life skill that lower school girls practice through fourth grade.

Modern History

Everything is possible in the innovation lab – even sturdier lifeboats for the Titanic! After reading about the ill-fated ship, girls re-created life on the ship. The lab taps into a girl’s ability to solve problems creatively.
Modern History

Everything is possible in the innovation lab – even sturdier lifeboats for the Titanic! After reading about the ill-fated ship, girls re-created life on the ship. The lab taps into a girl’s ability to solve problems creatively.

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Create, Communicate, Collaborate

Technology extends and enhances the curriculum as girls use Google Chromebooks to create and edit videos, including third graders’ animated movies based on the book, The Invention of Hugo Cabret.