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KINDERGARTEN THROUGH 5th GRADE

Lower school

COME SEE THE DIFFERENCE

DEVELOPING AN UNDERSTANDING

SETTING THE FOUNDATION

Learning at Woodlawn School is rooted in project-based learning. This means that students learn and apply content knowledge and skills by creating projects designed to develop their understanding of the world around them. They work collaboratively to create something that demonstrates their new understandings to a real audience, and each project culminates in a formal presentation.

UNDERSTANDING TEAMWORK

LOWER SCHOOL

Through project work, sources of information are not limited to traditional textbooks. Instead, students examine information from “expert” adults, field experiences, primary source documents, nonfiction books, and Internet resources. Keeping in line with our methodology, technology is integrated into the classroom in developmentally appropriate ways, rather than provided as a discrete subject area in a computer lab environment.

In addition to meeting our academic standards, students leaving our Lower School program are equipped with the skills necessary to be successful in Middle School. Lower School students are developing the ability to:

+ act responsibly and respectfully

+ demonstrate integrity

+ solve problems and think critically

+ organize and analyze information

+ cooperate with groups of peers

+ recognize and respect each other’s points of view

PROJECT BASED LEARNING ESSENTIALS

CURRICULUM

At Woodlawn, Lower School students are immersed in the process of learning: exploring, discussing, designing, creating, reflecting, and refining. Lower School core classes consist of language arts, social studies, and mathematics. Students experience enrichment classes in Spanish, visual arts, life sports, science lab/gardening, life skills, and music. Woodlawn offers an integrated curriculum where students make connections between subject areas to facilitate greater understanding. Frequent off campus experiences such as field trips and community service opportunities allow our students to learn in real-world settings.

The Lower School curriculum is developmentally appropriate and rigorous, providing the foundation for a successful transition to middle school. The curriculum is guided by Essential Questions:
+ Pre-K Explorers: Why is it important to explore the world around us and how does it shape us as lifelong learners?

+ Kindergarten: Who am I and what is my role in the community?

+ First Grade: What is a community?

+ Second Grade: How can I make a difference in my community?

+ Third Grade: How do communities change over time?

+ Fourth Grade: How does where/when we live influence how we live?

+ Fifth Grade: How do people make a difference in the world they live in?\

LOWER SCHOOL CURRICULUM

LOWER SCHOOL EXPERIENCES

DISTINCTIVE ELEMENTS

Woodlawn students are offered real life experiences in a range of categories from organic gardening, experiential learning opportunities, life skills to the visual and performing arts. Each experience provides a new perspective and approach in what it means to be a responsible lifelong learner.
LIFE EXPERIENCES

Lower School

LEADERsHIP

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ASSOCIATE HEAD OF SCHOOL
SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST + COUNSELOR

Holly Honeycutt

PK-8th ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
+ FACULTY DEAN

KATIE VERLIN

LOWER SCHOOL
PBL DESIGNER

SHANNON HOCKSWENDER

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Woodlawn students are offered real life experiences in a range of categories beyond the classroom from organic gardening, performing arts, life sports and service based learning.
GO OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM
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WHY I LOVE WOODLAWN

“Everyone at Woodlawn makes you feel welcome and like you are part of a really big family. Classmates are always looking out for each other and the teachers always take their time to explain a lesson when we feel unsure about the way to answer a question or solve a problem. I love project based learning because it helps me to see what skills were used and needed in history and in todays world.”

 – Mila P. ’31
Fourth Grade

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THE WOODLAWN EXPERIENCE

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Project Based Learning approach.

Woodlawn is a private school providing a project based learning curriculum for early explorers preschool, lower, middle, and upper school academics. Our historic 61-acre campus is located just north of Charlotte, NC in beautiful Mooresville, and within driving distance of Davidson, Cornelius, Huntersville, North Mecklenburg, and Concord.

Woodlawn School admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sexual orientation, or national, ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs.

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