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Grades 4–6

Grades 4–6

Where Confidence Grows Into Indepedence

Grades 4–6 mark an exciting transition as students take greater ownership of their learning while embracing new academic challenges. With increasing independence, organization, and responsibility, students deepen their understanding across every subject. These years serve as an important bridge between childhood and adolescence, preparing students to meet increasing expectations with confidence, curiostiy, and character.

 

Academic Growth

Students build upon their strong foundation through increasingly rigorous coursework in literature, writing, mathematics, history, science, French, and public speaking while developing critical thinking and problem-solving skills.

Confidence & Responsibility

As expectations grow, students develop organization, study habits, self-advocacy, and personal responsibility, learning to manage their work with increasing independence.

Learning Through Experience

Field studies, hands-on projects, performances, and outdoor education complement classroom instruction while broadening students' understanding of the world around them.

Preparing for Junior High

Each year builds the skills, confidence, and resilience students need to navigate successfully the academic and personal challenges of the next stage of their educational journey.

A large group of students smiles and gives thumbs up in a school hallway.

Two people stand behind a table, holding up a poster board with images.
Four people smile while gathered around a table.
A group of students work together at a table, smiling and engaged.
An American flag hangs in a decorative archway.
A group of children practice yoga poses on a covered walkway.
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Signature Experience

Throughout Grades 4–6, students participate in experiences that complement the curriculum, encourage curiosity, and foster lasting friendships.

  • Mission San Juan Capistrano
  • California Fiesta
  • Jacks Tournament
  • AstroCamp Outdoor Education Trip 
  • Norton Simon Museum
  • Cla-Val Science Experience
  • Tom Sawyer Celebration
  • Poster Parade
  • Public Speaking at Assemblies
  • Grade-Level Service Projects

 

 

 

 

 

  • A group of students in uniform stand on a sidewalk in front of a building decorated with red, white, and blue streamers.
  • A group of children in matching vests and headbands perform outdoors.
  • Students observe a science demonstration involving a large flame in a classroom.
  • A tour guide in a blue dress explains the Liberty Bell to a group of students sitting on stairs and the floor.
  • A smiling boy in glasses sits in front of a diorama of a cave scene from 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer'.
  • A group of schoolchildren in uniform stand in front of a weathered stone wall with arched openings.