Tag Archives: Lower School

New Year’s Resolutions Throughout Collegiate

By Maddie McComb As the clock ticked closer to midnight on December 31, the year 2023 was coming to a close, and…

Honors Feature: Robby Turner–Coach, Teacher, Mentor

By Mary Ann Zyglocke I walk into the Lower School music room with a trail of excited and unknowing five-year-olds behind me….

Jamie Chambers: Teacher and Humanitarian

By Nicholas Chambers Many times, when a new teacher comes to a school, their entrance to an ever-giving community of learning is…

Exit Interview: The Lower School’s Lauren Brown

By Emily Merchant Lower School teacher Lauren Brown, who has taught third grade and kindergarten, will be retiring this school year. Out…

Online Learning in the Lower School

By Cate Hill With the recent outbreak of the coronavirus in the U.S., Virginia Governor Ralph Northam (D) made the decision to…

Aster Kidane: More Than A Kindergarten Teacher

By Emma Blackwood Lower School teacher and Collegiate parent Aster Kidane is a Kindergarten assistant, but her job entails much more than…

The Latest In Lower School Science

By Maddie Ball As Lower School students, 3rd and 4th Grade classes are required to go to science classes a few times…

Effectiveness Through Separation: The Gender Divide in the Middle School

By Ann Ross Westermann Since the 1986 restructuring of Collegiate’s Mooreland Road campus, when the Girls and Boys Schools merged, Collegiate’s Middle…