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We’re one week into the school year and our boys are already hard at work. Here are some classroom highlights.
Lower School
In Haverford's Lower School, A pre-kindergarten-grade 5 elementary school, your family will be part of a community that strives each and every day to understand your son’s abilities, strengths, and areas of development.
Our best for boys approach to learning, including sensory-rich lessons, open classroom spaces, and twice-daily recesses, celebrates boys’ innate need for movement and activity, resulting in more focused and engaged learning. Through an emphasis on reading and writing, expressive language, fine motor development, and physical, social, and emotional growth, a Haverford boy becomes his best self.
Meet Fisher, fourth grade
Lower School Happenings
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The Haverford School kicked off the 2019-20 school year with time-honored traditions on Sept. 4. Opening Day activities included the annual Walk of Virtues and the announcement of the Virtue of the Year, which is compassion.
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The Haverford School hosted its Lower School closing ceremony on June 3. The Lower School’s closing ceremony featured remarks by Headmaster John Nagl and Head of Lower School Pam Greenblatt. Fifth grade students received certificates of Lower School completion and were honored as they transition to the Middle School next fall.
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HAVERFORD TWP., Pa. (WPVI) -- Students at two local schools shared a special day together after spending the year corresponding as pen pals. The students first met face to face in the fall and then wrote each other letters over the course of the year. This was their second in-person visit. They have found they have a lot in common, like Haverford School's Chase and Timothy School's Zenia, who both love music. See the clip >
By Michael Reichert, consulting school psychologist
When boys shut down and push everyone away, parents often become confused or upset. This can cause parents to pepper their son with questions, making it seem to the boy that their “need to know” is the real issue. Read the story, and register for Dr. Reichert's Best for Boys talk on May 8 >