Lower School

The
Best
Beginning

Consider how the first formal learning experiences set the stage for a child’s enjoyment of learning and future academic development. The PK, Kindergarten, and elementary years are when children first learn to think and make connections, laying the neural pathways for more complex cognitive growth. Consider, too, how a child’s first school influences his or her sense of self and experience of community. At Brimmer, we nurture the whole child for the best possible beginning. We seek to develop intellectual, physical, social, and emotional skills to ensure that our youngest students feel valued as individuals, connected as community members, and supported every day as they learn with joy and grow in every way.

Kimberly Formisano, Head of Lower School

There is nothing better than the hum of a classroom community at work. Students who are engaged and invested in their work to the point of being unaware of the passage of time is when the magic of learning and growing happens.

Upcoming Lower School Events

List of 4 events.

  • Dec
    13

    Grade 3 Open Band Rehearsal

  • Dec
    16

    Early Dismissal — PK- Grade 2

  • Dec
    16

    Early Dismissal — Gr. 3-5

  • Jan
    20

    Pre-K, K Informance

    Snow date 1/27/23.

What I am Reading Now

Lower School News

  • LS Apple Picking 2022

    The Lower School Apple Picking Field Trip is always one of our favorite days of the year!

  • Lower School is off to a Great Start

    Lower School students were happy to be on campus for Gator Greetings and the first day of school!

  • Lower School Closing Ceremony

    Brimmer's Lower School Closing Ceremony was a wonderful event marking the end of Lower School for our fifth graders and the end of the school year for our students.

  • PK Food Truck Festival

    The Food Truck Festival is a collaboration between art, drama, and music classes that gives students a chance to bring their own food truck, full of their favorite treats, to life.

  • Grade 3 French Plays

    See photos from this year's Grade 3 French Plays: The Children Who Cried Wolf/Les enfants qui criaient au loup and The Three Billy Goats Gruff/ Les trois Boucs Bourrus.

  • The Claw Photos Are In!

    Congratulations to the 4th and 5th graders on their amazing performance of The Claw.

  • Announcing our New LS Head

    Brimmer is pleased to announce that Kimberly Formisano will be our next Lower School Head beginning July 1, 2022.

  • FourthFest 2022

    We were thrilled to have our Annual FourthFest back in person this year!

  • Lower School Playhouse

    A new playhouse was constructed on the Mugar Family Playground & Outdoor Learning Space, and students are loving it!

  • Lower School Apple Picking

    The Lower School community enjoyed a beautiful day of apple picking with their Buddy Groups at Belkin Family Lookout Farm in Natick.

  • LS Gator Greetings & Meet the Teachers

    We were so happy to have our Lower Schoolers on campus for Gator Greetings and Meet the Teachers.

  • 5th Grade Celebration

    Congratulations to our 5th Grade students for completing Lower School!

  • PK Butterfly Release

    Pre-Kindergarten students dressed like butterflies and sang a butterfly song before releasing their classroom butterflies on the Head's front lawn.

  • Blue Block Building in Lower School

    See what Lower School students are building with Big Blue Blocks during recess!

  • Pre-K is Here to Make you Smile!

    The children in PK made a video for their community service project. Knowing that this has been a tough year, they decided to make a video telling jokes, being goofy, and having dance parties!

  • Celebrating our Amazing Faculty & Staff

    Each January, we gather to honor our colleagues for their long-term service to the School. This year, we celebrated the milestone anniversaries of 14 Brimmer faculty and staff.

  • LS Community Service Assembly

    Our Lower Schoolers took part in a very special Share assembly on Zoom to talk about their community services projects for the year. Our students' understanding of kindness, responsibility, and empathy shined through the screen as they spoke passionately about the organizations they've chosen to support.

  • New Lower School Playground

    Introducing the Mugar Family Playground and Outdoor Learning Space — designed intentionally to take advantage of outdoor space for recreation as well as an extension for learning.

  • Grade 5 Capstone Presentations

    Congratulations to our Grade 5 students on their outstanding Capstone speeches.

  • Grade 3 Virtual French Plays

    Grade 3 performed the first ever virtual French plays for an audience of their family members and a few faculty members.
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Brimmer and May School

69 Middlesex Road
Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
617-566-7462
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