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Lower School Social

Our Private Independent Elementary School

18 Months - Grade 4 where students are known


Welcome to our Lower School. Our talented faculty maximizes children’s propensity to learn during their highly formative years by ensuring that each student is known as an individual with unique qualities and needs. In warm and welcoming classrooms, students learn by doing—the most effective and lasting type of learning. Our youngest scholars are introduced to academics in a joyful way, which optimizes learning and fosters students who are engaged, curious, and excited about tackling new ideas and concepts. We value the parent partnership to ensure that each child’s needs are uniquely met as working in tandem increases students’ confidence, social, emotional, and academic growth. Students develop into active thinkers and doers, eager to continue their learning journeys in our Middle School and beyond.

Parent-Child Programming

Our play-based learning programs allow students to experiment, negotiate, create meaning, take risks, hone skills, follow instructions, build relationships, and feel good about themselves in a safe, supportive, and fun setting. These opportunities are designed specifically for non-enrolled students ranging in age from 10 to 36 months and for our enrolled and pre-primary students and families.

Come play with us!

Early Childhood Center (ECC)

18 months to 3 years. Our preeminent early childhood program in Cincinnati, Ohio emphasizes the development of the whole child. Programming in our Early Childhood Center (ECC) is offered as three, four, or five-day options. 

ECC in the woods

PreK & Kindergarten

A three-year path that includes Pre-K I, Pre-K II, and Kindergarten.

Playing outside

Montessori

The Montessori Room is a three-year program for children ages 3-6. 

Montessori classroom

Grades 1-4

Increased independence, collaboration, self-exploration, self-discovery, risk taking, and more advanced reasoning/critical thinking skills are the hallmarks of our Lower School.

group of students smiling

Extended Day

Early AM, Extended PM, Learning Lab, and After School programs for EC - Grade 6 students. 

Four Cincinnati Country Day students playing on the playground.

Quick Facts

Grades: Early Childhood (18 months) - Grade 4
Students: 380
Faculty/Staff: 62
Primary (K-4) class size maximums: Kindergarten: 14; grades 1-2: 16; grades 3-4: 18
Pre-primary (EC/Pre-K/Montessori) student-to-faculty ratios*: 6:1 for children up to age 3; 9:1 or 10:1 for ages 3 and older 
Head of Lower School: Mark Morawski
Director of Pre-Primary: Kathi Bagnoli
Contact: (513) 979-0229

* ratios based upon classroom, collaborative (assistant), and specials teachers and in accordance with state guidelines

Admissions inquiry? 
Click here to complete an online inquiry. You can also request information by contacting us directly at (513) 979-0220 or admission@countryday.net.