Category Archives: Lower School

News from the Lower School

Spend A Morning With Kenzie DeAlto’s 2nd Graders

By Dylan Callaghan As you step past the doorway of this Reynolds Hall classroom, not only are you greeted by sprawling maps…

More Than Sports: Page Chapman’s Role as a PE Teacher and Coach

By Mace Funkhouser This is Page Chapman’s 25th year at Collegiate as a Lower School physical education teacher and soccer and futsal…

Middle School Highlight: Link It & Live It

By Aanika Sethi If you have ever seen students dressed as vegetables, there is a superb chance they are a part of…

Ton Of Coins & The Halloween Parade

By Annie Reed It’s the first period of the school day on October 31, and it’s not long before the Upper Schoolers…

Stepping Back In Time: A Return Visit to Mrs. Garnett’s Classroom

By Madelyn Morgan   Walking into 4th Grade teacher Heather Garnett’s classroom felt like stepping into a time machine. The walls, coated…

After-School Fun at Cougar Quest

By Clare Aman If you venture downstairs to the lower level of the Lower School’s Luck Hall in the afternoons, you will…

Teaching 4th Grade With Heather Garnett

By Mary Mason Ingold Collegiate 4th Grade teacher Heather Garnett distinctly remembers that, even in her adolescence, “I always knew I would…

Building Leaders and Fostering Independence in Mrs. Chambers Fourth Grade Class

By Michael Chambers My recent visit to Jamie Chambers’ 4th Grade classroom in the Lower School was an inspiring experience. As both…

Seven Years Later: A Trip Back in Time to Emma Harrison’s Classroom

By Macy Boyer As I meandered my way through the perimeter of the classroom, a single photo in a small frame under…

Dr. Antenette Stokes, Collegiate’s New Director of Inclusion and Belonging

By Mary Mason Ingold This past summer, former Upper School counselor Dr. Antenette Stokes became Collegiate’s new Director of Inclusion and Belonging….