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Coed Pre & Lower
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More than Learning. Adventuring.
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More than Learning. Adventuring.
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More than Learning. Adventuring.
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More than Learning. Adventuring.
Welcome to St. Paul’s Pre & Lower School
St. Paul's Pre and Lower School is a coeducational, independent day school serving children from 6 weeks through grade 4 in two buildings on our Brooklandville campus. At St. Paul's, we commit ourselves to matching the brilliant energy and enthusiasm of our girls and boys with immersive, hands-on opportunities that reward their intrinsic desire for new experiences. With a curriculum that incorporates global awareness, good citizenship, and social-emotional growth, we help our students discover their world—and themselves too. It’s never too early to begin adventuring, and the adventure starts here.
402
Students
10-15
Typical Class Size
31%
Diversity of Student Body
120
Minutes of Physical Activity Per Day
250
Each quarter, students bring in food to be donated through organizations such as the Baltimore Hunger Project.
Packages for the Baltimore Hunger Project packed each quarter by lower school students
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Animals in the Community Garden
Limitless Opportunities
At St. Paul's Pre and Lower School, we offer girls and boys a variety of adventures in the form of hands-on, creative opportunities that reward their intrinsic desire to explore.
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- SPPL Signature Program
This division-wide curricular initiative was established to help students strengthen skills that are crucial to learning – from planning and time management to self-control and sustained attention.
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- SPPL Signature Program
The Lab, the lower school’s immersive science and innovation center, combining a 21st-century makerspace with a community garden where students experience life sciences firsthand by caring for plants and animals.
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- SPPL Signature Program
Our students love coming to school. In preschool, our highly experienced early-childhood experts focus on creating a positive and nurturing setting where children feel safe to explore and adventure.
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- SPPL Signature Program
Throughout the year, lower school students, faculty, and staff assemble non-perishable meals, snack packs, and weekend bags for for children identified as food insecure. These non-perishable meals and snacks are donated to Baltimore Hunger Project.
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- SPPL Signature Program
Our unique WIN (“Whatever I Need”) Program sets aside time each day for our teachers and learning specialists to provide personalized instruction tailored to a student’s interests and progress level.
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