Lower School Strong Foundations. A Love of Learning.
A place where children are known personally, challenged academically, grounded in biblical truth, and encouraged to discover who God created them to be.
Where curiosity becomes confidence.
The early school years shape much more than academic skills. They shape how children see themselves as learners, how they build relationships, and how they begin to understand God’s world. At TKA, strong academics, meaningful relationships, hands-on learning, and biblical truth work together to build a foundation for lifelong growth.
Known Personally
Teachers recognize individual strengths, needs, personalities, gifts, and potential. Students are more than names on a roster.
Loved Deeply
Students learn in a nurturing, Christ-centered community where relationships matter and each child is valued, encouraged, and cared for.
Equipped to Grow
Strong academics, creativity, character formation, faith, and increasing independence prepare students for Middle School and beyond.
Building skills that last.
Lower School students learn to read closely, communicate clearly, solve problems, ask thoughtful questions, create, collaborate, and see learning through the lens of God’s truth.
Building confident readers and writers.
Reading, writing, phonics, vocabulary, comprehension, discussion, and creative expression help students develop the skills and confidence to communicate well.
Questions become discoveries.
Students build mathematical fluency, scientific curiosity, problem-solving skills, and confidence through investigation, practice, hands-on learning, and purposeful use of technology.
Faith is part of every day.
Biblical truth is not separated from learning. Students are encouraged to understand that all truth belongs to God and to see their studies, relationships, gifts, and choices through a Christ-centered worldview.
A full Lower School experience.
Children need opportunities to worship, create, move, explore, read, serve, and develop their gifts. Those experiences are part of the rhythm of Lower School life.
Chapel
Students worship together, hear Scripture, pray, and learn biblical truth in clear, age-appropriate ways.
Music
Singing, instruments, performance, and musical exploration build creativity, confidence, and collaboration.
Visual Art
Students imagine, design, draw, paint, create, and learn to develop their artistic gifts.
Physical Education
Movement, teamwork, sportsmanship, perseverance, and healthy habits are developed through active participation.
Library
Library experiences strengthen independent reading, curiosity, research skills, and a lasting love of books.
Character & Service
Students practice kindness, responsibility, leadership, service, and Christlike care for others.
We R.O.A.R.
R.O.A.R. gives Lower School students a shared language for what Christlike character looks like in classrooms, hallways, friendships, activities, and everyday choices.
Radical Love for Jesus & Others
Students learn to reflect Christ through kindness, compassion, selflessness, and genuine care for others.
Opportunities to Serve
Students are encouraged to notice needs, help others, and discover that leadership often begins with service.
Attitudes Like Christ
Humility, patience, perseverance, gratitude, and grace become habits students practice in everyday relationships.
Respectful Language
Students learn that words matter and are encouraged to speak in ways that build others up and honor Christ.
“Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord.”
Colossians 3:23
Room to learn. Room to wonder. Room to be a kid.
We want students to work hard and grow. We also want them to look forward to coming to school. Lower School should be filled with discovery, laughter, relationships, traditions, and moments students remember long after they leave the classroom.
- Super Reader Week
- Guest readers and special reading experiences
- Scholastic Book Fair
- Classroom celebrations and traditions
- Leadership and service opportunities
Teachers who know the child, not just the grade.
Great teaching begins with knowing the student in front of you. TKA’s Lower School faculty invest in children academically, spiritually, and personally, creating classrooms where students can be challenged, supported, encouraged, and confident that they belong.
Meet Our Faculty & StaffTKA is a loving, welcoming, and caring environment that has displayed the love of Christ through their actions.Lower School Family
Come see Lower School in action.
Walk the halls. Step into classrooms. Meet our teachers. See what it looks like when students are known, loved, challenged, and equipped from their earliest school years.
