Lower School Curriculum

At John Paul the Great Academy, our Lower School classical curriculum (PreK3-6th grade) focuses on the building blocks of learning and the importance of cultivating a deep sense of wonder in each child. Students memorize poetry, learn phonics, study Greek and Latin roots, train in music, investigate the world through science, develop a love for the stories of history, and learn to think logically. All these components work to provide an unparalleled classical foundation for the work of the Upper School.

The curriculum of each division (Lower & Upper School) is unified by three pillars: (1) using reason to inform the gift of faith granted to us by God; (2) pursuing in depth, not just in breadth (i.e., superficiality), the core disciplines; and (3) tracking the development of Western Civilization from Jerusalem to Athens, then to Rome, then to London, and ultimately to Philadelphia in 1787.