The Shipley Lower School is a rare blend of nurture and strong academics which encourages and stimulates students to achieve to their highest potential. In small classes teachers know each child well and help to identify and maximize individual talents and strengths. Our experienced faculty and staff give attention to every aspect of the child’s life-in the classroom, on the playing field, and in the visual and performing arts. With the strong and consistent support of our families, we encourage students to value learning, seek knowledge, and take risks.

The Lower School fosters a commitment to others through community service and cultivates an appreciation of people from a variety of cultural, religious, and socioeconomic backgrounds. Our goals are expressed in an anagram of the School mascot, the Gator, which was developed by the faculty to express Shipley’s mission in terms readily understood by Lower School students:

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