Academics

Preschool

 

JOYFUL LEARNING

The students may be small, but big things happen in Greenhill Preschool. These young minds experience education for the first time and learn what it's like to love school.
 
Greenhill provides the optimal learning environment for our youngest students as they begin to define themselves as thinkers and learners in a school setting. The curriculum and learning spaces are carefully designed to foster creativity, start to build independence, and provide the foundation for life-long learning.
 
In the Preschool classrooms, we approach learning in an integrated manner, bringing science, math, language arts, and visual and performing arts to bear as we cultivate the knowledge, skills, and habits of mind required to thrive in today’s world. Every aspect of the Preschool curriculum reflects our vision of our students as engaged, thoughtful, empathic, and curious learners.
 

PLAY IS WORK

Our Preschoolers love to explore and play in spaces that are carefully designed to support their cognitive, social, and emotional growth. Reading nooks in each classroom, maker spaces for hands-on experiences with STEM, garage doors that open to the outdoors, indoor and outdoor play spaces, and a teaching kitchen are just a few of the ways that we tailor the learning environment to Preschoolers’ developmental needs.
 
In their play, children are exploring and experimenting with the physical and social worlds in which they live. As they work with materials in their play, and encounter the ideas of other children, questions arise, and new possibilities are imagined.
 
Highly trained early childhood teachers model oral language, literacy, math problems, and investigation throughout the day. Children are provided with many opportunities to represent their thinking, ideas, and questions through learning experiences that provide deep intellectual challenge. It is in Preschool that they build the foundation for the rest of their educational journey.
 

Project-Based Learning in Preschool

Preschool students engage in project-based learning: they work on a project over an extended period of time that engages them in solving a real-world problem or answering a complex question. They demonstrate their knowledge and skills by creating a public product or presentation. Throughout this process, students develop deep content knowledge as well as critical thinking, collaboration, creativity, and communication skills. Project-based learning unleashes a contagious, creative energy among students and teachers. See for yourself in the examples listed below:
Kinder Clinic
After visiting a local doctor, Kinder students opened their own clinic, using writing skills to register visitors, math to count bones, and science to understand X-rays.
Post Office
PreK students created a post office, all the while learning about the role of the USPS (social studies), cost of stamps (math), and delivering mail on campus (science and engineering).
Rainforest
Kinder students turned their classroom into a rainforest (complete with trees, vines, and animals) and learned about preservation along the way!

Upcoming Events

  • Winter Hornet Night

    Hornet Nights are one night each season where most or all teams are playing games throughout campus on the same night.  We will have activities for the whole family and celebrate our Hornet Athletes! 

  • 8/9 Grade Transition Night

    All eighth-grade students and their families are invited to hear from Head of Upper School Trevor Worcester and Upper School faculty and administrators about life in the Upper School including how to manage the details of a smooth transition.

  • Valentine's Improv Show

    Location: MPAC Studio Theater

  • PS/LS/MS Sports Recognition Night

    Location: Athletic Center Lobby

  • Dean’s Colloquium

    Location: MPAC

    Presented by College Counseling, this event is open to
    sophomores, juniors, and their parents. The Colloquium will include a panel of college admission deans from around the country that will answer questions about the college admission process.

    The program will begin with a panel discussion. After that, our experts will each lead a session on a specific topic:
    • How to conduct your college search
    • Common mistakes in the college process
    • Building an admission class
    • How to tell your story in a college application

  • US Chamber & Sinfonia Concert

    Location: MPAC Rose Hall

  • 5th and 6th Grade Strings Concert

    Location: MPAC Dance/Choral Hall

  • SPC Winter Championships

    Dallas, TX

  • 2nd Grade Poetry Café

    Location: PS/LS Library Classroom

  • Winter Break

    School Closed
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Greenhill School

A coed independent day school for prekindergarten – Grade 12
4141 Spring Valley Rd.  |  Addison, TX 75001  |  (972) 628-5400
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