Keystone School

Keystone's Lower School is made up of kindergarten through fourth grade. As young children embark on their educational adventure, we strive to ensure the development of the total individual: emotionally, socially, and intellectually. Our primary focus is to offer an accelerated academic program that respects the different needs of each student and the developmental needs of the whole child. Our curriculum is aligned across subjects and builds upon itself over the years, and our instructional practice is based on in-depth knowledge of the individual learner, with an understanding of the high standards and benchmarks established for each grade level. While our academic program is challenging, our teaching approach celebrates the joys of childhood, and includes learning through play and experiences outside of the traditional classroom. Lower School students are offered enriching and engaging opportunities in language arts, math, science, and social studies, in addition to frequent enrichment opportunities with Spanish, studio art, music, computer, library and physical education. Keystone also recognizes the need for unstructured play with young children, and all lower school students have recess time daily.