Lucy School recently announced we will be offering a full preschool through fifth grade program beginning with a new fourth grade class this coming fall, 2012! The addition of fourth grade (with fifth grade to follow) was driven by parent and community research. Students will now be able to receive a consistent, complete, high quality elementary education in preparation for secondary school.

Lucy School honors diversity in its students and has an open admission process without regard to race, sex, color, religion or ethnic origin. Children, however, must be fully potty-trained before they can enroll in the preschool. Parents and/or guardians are encouraged to visit the school with their children. Monthly open houses are held at 9:00 on the second Tuesday of each month beginning in November and continuing through May. Space is limited and visits are by appointment. Please call the school at 301.293.1163 or contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

We are currently enrolling for for the 2012-2013 school year. To register download and return:

• Preschool Program Application
• Primary Program Application

When you walk through the grounds of Lucy School you often hear children and adults saying, “Lucy School is a peaceful school.”  Daily our teachers model and teach respect for nature, ourselves, each other, and the greater community.  Calming, quiet times are built into our day.  Singing Bowls, breathing, yoga, Brain Gym, music, stories, and visualization are some activities that invoke a sense of peace into our active school day.   On September 21 each year, we take time to celebrate peace in a special way by recognizing The International Day of Peace.

This year, we started our day by a school-wide Singing Meeting; singing and moving to “Teaching Peace” by Red Grammer. We created a peace spiral dance as we moved and sang in community. 

Throughout the week, teachers lead class discussions, read books, played games, and led activities that recognized the importance of peace in our daily lives. Preschool teachers created a forest of “Peace Trees” in our block area.  Each class wrote and drew about what peace means to them.  Our kindergarten classes created peace flags that are hanging in our Primary School hallway windows.  First and Second Grades created books about peace to be shared with each other and our younger students.

Lucy School students talk about peace:

Peace is having time alone - Simon

Peace is being nice to people - Lilli

Peace sounds like tiptoe music (overheard)

When I feel peaceful, I like to draw and think of dogs - Gavin

Peace sounds like laughter - Sadira

Peace sounds like wind blowing - Lucas

Books about peace recommended by Lucy School teachers

A Quiet Place by Douglas Wood
Only One You by Linda Krantz
We Are All Alike, We are All Different by Chetenham Elementary School Kindergarten
The Peace Book by Todd Parr
Only One Neighborhood by Marc Harshman
What Does Peace Feel Like? By V Radunsky
Peace Begins With You by Katherine Scholes
Ted Studebaker:  A Man Who Loved Peace by Joy Hofacker Moore

Admissions

Lucy School honors diversity in its students and has an open admission process without regard to race, sex, color, religion or ethnic origin. Children, however, must be fully potty-trained before they can enroll in the preschool. Parents and/or guardians are encouraged to visit the school with their children. Monthly open houses are held at 9:00 on the second Tuesday of each month beginning in November and continuing through May. Space is limited and visits are by appointment. Please call the school at 301.293.1163 or contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it to schedule a visit. 

We are currently enrolling for for the 2012-2013 school year. Download the 2012-2013 Preschool Program Application, the 2012-2013 Primary Program Application.

Tuition costs and payment plan options are listed on the back of the enrollment form. Discounts are provided for siblings attending at the same time. A nonrefundable registration deposit of ten percent of the annual tuition cost is required when the enrollment contract and related documents are signed and returned to the school. Please note that admission to the school is not completed until the school receives these items. There are no other costs or fees, except for a $200 material fee for children in the kindergarten/elementary program.

Financial Aid

Need-based financial assistance is available. Requests for financial assistance will be processed in April of each year, provided that the requisite financial aid forms have been returned to school by March 1. Tuition assistance applications are available at the school.

Visiting Lucy School

The best way for families to truly experience what makes Lucy School such a special place is to visit the school in session. During a tour of the school and grounds you will be able to ask questions about the school, and assess whether Lucy School is an appropriate choice for your child.

Please call the school at (301) 293-1163 to schedule an appointment.