Beginning in Kindergarten, learning centers provide opportunities to understand abstract ideas through exploration. In second grade, students learn economic lessons through their own student-run business; and in fourth grade, students learn to collaborate while exploring Tennessee history at James White Fort in downtown Knoxville. We are proud to offer extraordinary learning experiences unique to our school.
The Episcopal School now offers both Mandarin and Spanish in the Lower and Middle Schools, plus Middle School Latin. The goal of our foreign language program is to take full advantage of the heightened receptivity of the young mind.
Helping children meet their social and emotional needs in the school setting has a positive impact on their educational progress.
Students learn positive character traits, problem and conflict solving, study skills, manners, handling anger, relationship building, personal safety and many other developmentally-appropriate skills.
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“I just love going to school! My teachers make learning super fun, one time I even got to run my own business in school!”
– 2010 ESK Alumni
The goal of the music program is to begin to build a lifelong love and appreciation for music. Students are exposed to the classics, contemporary and multicultural music. In the classroom, they will sing, move and play varied classroom instruments. Students will begin the study of reading music, analyzing performances and creating their own melodies through improvisation.
Students explore a variety of instruments including drums, recorders, xylophones and much more. Students also prepare for special performances throughout the year, including a Thanksgiving program, Christmas programs and Folk Dancing Day.
Utilizing a rich selection of quality children’s literature, students learn to locate and use information through activities integrated throughout the core curriculum.
Using an approach that includes songs, games and pictures, world language classes are taught with very little translation.
By the end of fourth grade, students have been introduced to the skills and concepts necessary for them to be successful in the pre-algebra to algebra sequence of middle school.
Students maximize well-being by fostering the development of athletic skills, leadership, perseverance, and fair play.
Art is serious fun. It is serious in the sense that students learn about art concepts and artists through a variety of media. All children are encouraged to develop their own individual artistic potential.
The Lower School gives students the space, time and encouragement to discover the joys of learning in an active environment that offers more than just the basics in literature, math, science and social studies.