Every year, the Lower School experience is enhanced by activities designed to broaden students' exposure to the subjects they are studying. Class trips to the museums and historical sites in the area, farms and nature preserves, plays and festivals enrich the curriculum for students in all grades. Friday assemblies offer students the opportunity to meet authors and illustrators, enjoy dance and musical performances, and talk to scientists and historians. From listening to the music of a "one-man band" to being dazzled by the adventures of a real NASA astronaut, Lower School students are challenged to think and to dream.

As the faculty strives to meet the stated goal of educating the "whole child," they seek to broaden the opportunities offered to students. Class trips and visiting performers and lecturers enhance the curriculum and make the subjects more real and tangible for students. Class cohesion days, where students and faculty participate in grade level activities, help students hone their problem solving skills, learn to work together, and develop the camaraderie necessary to coexist in a community. A weekly Life Skills curriculum addresses moral and ethical issues in the safety of our advisor/advisee format.

Learning in the Upper School is by no means limited to the lessons taught in the classrooms. Students are challenged to broaden their experiences and explore areas of personal interest as they participate in a wide range of extra-curricular activities- from arts and athletics to individual clubs and organizations. Weekly assemblies and frequent guest lecturers expand the viewpoints represented on campus and provide "food for thought" as students ponder the complexities of modern-day issues. Participation in service projects encourages students to recognize the value of working in service to others - a lesson we hope they will carry with them when they leave Friends' Central School.