Trinity’s Lower School provides a wonderful foundation for our youngest learners.

Class sizes in Transitional Kindergarten and Kindergarten are 12-14 students. In addition to the homeroom teacher, each class has a dedicated full-time assistant. First grade through sixth grade classroom ratios are 10:1.

Lower School students benefit from our Singapore Math curriculum; a strong language arts curriculum; weekly classes in music, art, and PE; field trips and special celebrations; and outdoor play.

Here more about the passion for teaching at Trinity from one of our first grade teachers, Megan Wright.

Transitional Kindergarten (TK) is designed for younger five-year-olds (TK students must be 5 years old by December 31). TK may match a child’s developmental age and stage in a way that helps him or her master the foundations of oral language, literature, pre-reading, and number-sense skills through hands-on and play-based activities and experiences. Group lessons are brief to keep the attention of TK students. We create a classroom atmosphere in which our youngest children have space and time to grow and thrive as they delight in learning. Learn more about TK curriculum here.

Here more about TK students from our TK teachers, Louise Holland.

Partial-day TK and Kindergarten programs are designed to align with National Association for Early Childhood Education research and Charlotte Mason’s work that shows that: 1) that the optimal time for learning is in the morning, 2) kids need time to be kids - to play, to rest, and to recharge for the next day.

Trinity Neighborhood offers structured play, activities, and outside time after the school day ends for families whose schedules require a later pick-up. Whether your child comes home at 1:00 p.m. or later in the day, we believe he or she will leave school brimming with ideas, happy not overwhelmed, and excited to return for another great day at Trinity.

Sixth grade is designed specifically to support and challenge students as they adjust to the initial stages of adolescence. The sixth graders are the leaders of the Lower School and are given more time to practice switching classes and adjust to a different Middle School schedule to ensure a smooth curriculum. They also have the opportunity to compete on middle school interscholastic sports teams unlike many of their peers at other schools.

Hear from our Head of School, parents, and students about what makes Trinity’s sixth grade unique in our academics, athletics, and more!