Foothill Country Day School

Our lower school is a nurturing, developmentally appropriate, and exciting learning environment for our students in kindergarten through second grade.  The dynamic program is complimented by a beautiful, physical plant.  The classrooms are spacious, open and exceptionally well equipped.  The lower school homerooms offer a sense of belonging, which helps students to master the social and emotional skills essential to their satisfying engagement in the world.  At an age of abundant energy and growth, students learn to be honest, responsible, and courteous and have a genuine concern for others. Children entering our primary grades can be assured of a rich and nurturing introduction to formal education.  Curriculum is designed to excite, engage, and challenge each young mind.  Lessons build upon the content, experiences, and skills acquired from one grade to the next.  Curriculum is defined as what we teach and how we teach it.  Support teachers of art, music, technology, science, Spanish, yoga, and physical education, as well as the librarian, enhance the classroom program, providing instruction in each of their specialties.  With our firm mission, wonderful resources, talented faculty, strong leadership, and high academic standards we review our objectives and methods continually.  This allows us to make thoughtful curricular decisions to improve our programs, thus updating our curriculum frequently.  It is our goal that the curriculum should prepare students for life in the twenty-first century.