Lower School

Holy Trinity School provides a distinguished program that focuses on the education of the whole child. A key aspect of the curriculum is Cura Personalis, a Latin term for “care of the person.” It is the conscious commitment to meet the academic, physical, social-emotional, and spiritual needs of the individual learner. Influenced by the charism of St. Ignatius, it is a hallmark of Jesuit education.

Exploring community and building an understanding of the interaction of all living things

Our 2nd grade students:

• Become confident and enthusiastic readers and writers through a variety of texts and experiences
• Acquire logic and number sense through multi-step, open-ended questions
• Introduce scientific method and apply inquiry skills through exploring simple machines
• Investigate citizens’ rights and responsibilities and cultivate a sense of global citizenship
• Prepare for and receive First Reconciliation and First Holy Communion

Fostering joyful, student-centered learning and growing, guided independence

Our 3rd grade students:

• Gain independence in reading, both for knowledge and pleasure

• Develop research and planning skills through an ocean animal research project

• Master multiplication, division and cursive

• Manage more challenging and complex tasks independently through collaborative learning

• Sing, dance and play in active music classes inspired by the Orff-Schulwerk approach to music education

Cultivating leadership and collaborative learning through World Studies

Our 4th grade students:

• Develop individual responsibility and practice successful team-building skills
• Begin to think critically about writing through annotation and analysis of literary techniques
• Develop solid fluency in areas of geometry, data analysis and number sense
• Become independent readers through exploring various genres and participating in literary discussions
• Experience a wide variety of music, learn folk dances from around the world and discover classroom instruments