LOWER SCHOOL TRADITIONS

Lower School students take part in a diverse assortment of traditions through the school year. These cross-curricular activities integrate lessons from different subject areas to provide another fun and engaging way for students to learn.

Here are just a few of the many traditions that students look forward to:

Kindergarten

• Manners Tea Party
• Creation Pageant
• Bear Hunt
• 100th Day of School
• Chinese New Year Feast
• Kite Day
• Field trip to Dewberry Farm and Moody Gardens

1st Grade

• Johnny Appleseed Day
• Christmas Around the World
• Famous American Day
• Robot Day
• Career Day
• Field trips to Houston Zoo and Interactive Theater

2nd Grade

• Token store
• Moses and the Ten Commandments
• Dinosaur Unit
• Home Reader Projects
• Texas Unit
• Field trips to San Jacinto Monument, Battleship Texas and the Houston Museum of Natural Science

3rd Grade

• Summer/Winter Olympics and Presidential election (correct years)
• Planet Unit
• Little House in the Big Woods thematic study
• Endangered Animals
• Field trips to Space Center Houston, Heritage Homes and Interactive Theater

4th Grade

• Points for Pages Auction
• Tracking Hurricanes
• Christmas Around the World
• Science Fair
• Field trip to Washington-on-the-Brazos and Taste of Texas