About Lower School
Class Structure supports the goals set for Eastminster School's students...
- There are two classes per grade
- There are 15-18 students per class
- There is a full time aid per class
The lower school curricula will prepare younger students for the demands of middle and high school work. Eastminster maintains that all students can successfully complete rigorous high school work as long as they receive proper preparation in the lower school. Hence, the lower and middle school coursework will rely heavily on students reading, critiquing, and debating the central moral themes of great literature.
Emphasis will be placed on all kindergarten students reading well and comprehending by the end of the first semester. All lower school students will leave fifth grade having mastered works by authors such as Charles Dickens, George Orwell, Jane Austen, Frances Hodgson Burnett, and J.R.R. Tolkien.