Lower School Principal's Message
Hawthorn students and teachers have happily returned to the routines of school life. As we exercise our fall virtues of orderliness, friendship, obedience and moderation, participate in the CISAA sports leagues, and visits to the local senior citizens’ residence, we keep in mind that we are all working towards a common goal: to speak and act with Truth and Love.
Patricia Clarke
Lower School Principal
Academic Outline: Grade 1 to 7
In the Lower School students develop a love for learning, and build solid study skills and work habits in each area of a well-rounded academic program. In the early grades the curriculum focuses on a systematic approach to cultivate phonetic, literacy and mathematics skills. As students mature and their reasoning capacities increase they are gradually presented with more complex ideas and concepts. The budding intellect is challenged through courses at an advanced level in the humanities and sciences. By the time they reach the Upper School, students have acquired knowledge of the main historical periods with an awareness of the corresponding developments in literature, science and philosophy.