Jackson Campus
Lower School
Students Help Lead the Way in their learning journey
Everything our Lower School students experience is rooted in how to take risks in our nurturing setting where making mistakes is embraced as part of the learning journey. Our students are known, understood, supported, and free to be their very best selves.
Students learn to excel as critical thinkers and collaborators in order to prepare them for a lifelong love of learning. Parents receive daily documentation to show the progress we are making in our classrooms.
Empowered
Students
Everything we do builds upon inspiring curiosity, engagement, and leadership in your child. By empowering students to direct their own projects, we tie place-based education to the interests of our students and bring learning to life in meaningful, relevant ways.
Academic Engagement
Character Development
Community Focus
“Our daughter just started at Mountain Academy a few months ago and we have already noticed how much more she is enjoying – and growing from – her new school. The individualized approach is just what she needed. As parents, we are so grateful to see her thriving in both her social and academic development. As a student, she is excited to be able to pursue customized creative writing projects and stretch her comfort zone in an extra-challenging math group. Thank you for seeing her whole self and meeting her needs in such supportive and thoughtful ways.”
Lower School Parent '31
Specialized Classes
A robust Lower School education is one that teaches different strengths and learning styles and builds a comprehensive foundation for schooling. We provide specialized classes in Spanish, Fine Arts, Outdoor Education, and Science to provide students the opportunities to explore different interests through varied content areas. Each of these classes is incorporated into a regular weekly schedule and aligns with our place-based educational model.
Eureka Math is made to inspire moments of joy and curiosity through a combination of coherence, rigor and focus for our students to understand the why behind the numbers. Great Minds Literacy program involves a comprehensive curriculum to allow students to gain knowledge and skills to critically think as readers, writers and communicators.
About Our Schedule
Kindergarten Daily Schedule
(Sample daily schedule)
8:00 – Warmup
9:00 – Literacy and Snack
10:30 – Recess
11:00 – Math
12:00 – Lunch
12:45 – Music/Art/Science/Explorations
1:30 – Recess
2:00 – Science/Explorations/Social Emotional Learning/Project Lab/Outdoor Education/Spanish
2:45 – Hands to Work
3:15 – Dismissal
1st/2nd Daily Schedule
(Sample daily schedule)
8:00 – Warmup
8:30 – Morning Meeting
9:00 – Literacy and Snack
10:30 – Recess
11:00 – Math
12:00 – Lunch
12:45 – Art/Music/Science/Character and Leadership
1:30 – Recess
2:00 – Project Lab/Outdoor Education/Learning Lab/Science
2:45 – Hands to Work
3:15 – Dismissal
3rd/4th Daily Schedule
(Sample daily schedule)
8:00 – Morning Work
8:30 – Morning Meeting
9:00 – Literacy and Snack/Music
10:30 – Recess
11:00 – Science/Outdoor Education/Character & Leadership/Art
12:00 – Lunch
12:45 – Math
1:30 – Recess
2:00 – Music/Capstone and Project Lab/Spanish
2:45 – Hands to Work
3:15 – Dismissal
