Lower School – Empowering Bright Futures

Can 10-Year-Olds Change the World? You Bet They Can!

This year, fifth-grade teachers empowered their students to take charge of community-building projects across the Salt Lake Valley. Fifth graders examined what communities need to thrive and learned how change comes through awareness, action, and advocacy. They then identified four areas of interest—environment, unhoused community, arts and community spaces, and trails and parks—and created an impressive array of projects that not only benefited organizations such as Tiny Village, Family Promise, and Crossroads Urban Center, and but also illustrated the many ways students can make a difference.

Curriculum Investments

Computer Science | Coding | Design Thinking | Engineering | Robotics

Higher Academic Achievement Begins with Social-Emotional Learning

At Rowland Hall, we’re committed to building a community where each person thrives, knowing that feelings of safety, inclusion, and connection directly influence students' academic success. To encourage students’ social-emotional growth and sense of belonging, the Lower School continues to utilize Responsive Classroom, an evidence-based, student-centered approach to social-emotional learning that creates joyful, safe, and inclusive classrooms, and helps students take responsibility and ownership in classroom communities. Responsive Classroom fosters social-emotional competencies, including personal responsibility, self-control, and empathy, provides a predictable start to school days, meets students’ need to belong, and offers opportunities to practice listening, speaking, and noticing others, while also reinforcing academic skills.