Private Lower School Academics
The Grades K - 4 program creates an intimate educational environment encouraging students to explore and question their world.
Application Process
I’m a career educator, but I entered this community first as a parent. I had a daughter who was at school elsewhere and she was just fine...but she was just fine. She wasn’t thriving. So we came here. And from the moment she started, she was being noticed. She was being nurtured. She was being nudged, regularly. That’s what I want for your children. We want to really understand what makes them tick and what is more challenging for them, and not shy away from that. We want to know and support them with gentle pressure, relentlessly applied.
— Lisa Keeler, P. '15 & '16, Head of the Lower School
Lower School At A Glance
6:1
Student-Teacher Ratio
79%
Teachers Have Advanced Degrees
12
Average Class Size
Highlights
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![A student coding during SAS Class]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1667584166/stab/x3cfbuidhuusrcjnt6bn/DSC08166.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1667584166/stab/x3cfbuidhuusrcjnt6bn/DSC08166.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1667584166/stab/x3cfbuidhuusrcjnt6bn/DSC08166.jpg","width":795}])
![A lower school student looks back at the camera while sitting in a circle with other students to make a poster]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1667584446/stab/cs8yfpxtsrlwdz6vtxl7/DSC08781.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1667584446/stab/cs8yfpxtsrlwdz6vtxl7/DSC08781.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1667584446/stab/cs8yfpxtsrlwdz6vtxl7/DSC08781.jpg","width":795}])
![Lower school student smiling while playing football with saints football player]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1667831105/stab/eyhjmbmtydeky0i3lz2e/DSC_1249.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1667831105/stab/eyhjmbmtydeky0i3lz2e/DSC_1249.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1667831105/stab/eyhjmbmtydeky0i3lz2e/DSC_1249.jpg","width":600}])
![Three lower school students looking over worksheets at a lab table together]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1667833619/stab/epjp5ycn3rgmn5mgmffp/DailyLife-2_1.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1667833619/stab/epjp5ycn3rgmn5mgmffp/DailyLife-2_1.jpg","width":497}])
![Lower school student reading a book at a table in the library]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1667835807/stab/ep9qrwqtf3ranmhvffhg/DailyLife-13.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1667835807/stab/ep9qrwqtf3ranmhvffhg/DailyLife-13.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1667835807/stab/ep9qrwqtf3ranmhvffhg/DailyLife-13.jpg","width":528}])
![Two lower school students posing for a picture in front of their parents after drop off]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1667836272/stab/ka0si3bzcdd2fkrgvrr0/LowerSchoolFirstDay-13.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1667836272/stab/ka0si3bzcdd2fkrgvrr0/LowerSchoolFirstDay-13.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1667836272/stab/ka0si3bzcdd2fkrgvrr0/LowerSchoolFirstDay-13.jpg","width":635}])
![A student writes on a paper at her desk]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1667836527/stab/zlnbxtnqbk0icocjz5xo/DailyLife-4.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1667836527/stab/zlnbxtnqbk0icocjz5xo/DailyLife-4.jpg","width":512}])
![One student giving another a piggy back ride as they walk around outside]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1667836727/stab/tyq7tejdh7b1bnmmbbwr/ChapelBuddies-28.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1667836727/stab/tyq7tejdh7b1bnmmbbwr/ChapelBuddies-28.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1667836727/stab/tyq7tejdh7b1bnmmbbwr/ChapelBuddies-28.jpg","width":773}])
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Video: Lower School Academics
Ready for the Next Step?
Learn more about our application process, affordability, and opportunities for prospective families to engage with us on the Lower School Admission page.
Questions? Please don't hesitate to reach out to admission@stab.org.
