Lower School: Tree House
The Tree House strives to create a safe and fun after-school environment for all Lower School students provides enriching activity options for our K-4 students and maximum flexibility to accommodate our parents’ schedules.
The daily program consists of supervised indoor and outdoor play, projects, and occasional access to the Lower School labs and studios. At the heart of our program is the belief that students benefit when they play and learn with multiple age levels. Developing skills across a spectrum of ages and abilities, younger students may try new skills earlier while older students gain a sense of responsibility and empathy as student leaders.
We offer a variety of projects and activities including:
- Arts and crafts
- Story/share/game days
- Board games and dramatic play
- Approximately one hour and 15 minutes of outside play
- After-school computer, art, and science taught by Burke’s teachers on specified days
The Tree House is open from dismissal to 6 p.m. daily (unless otherwise noted in the calendar or in Tuesday Notes) and there is no Tree House for kindergarten during the first week of school and on Pansy Day, the last day of school.
On Lower School early dismissal days, the Tree House is offered when there is a minimum enrollment of five students.
Burke's mission is to educate, encourage and empower girls. Our school combines academic excellence with an appreciation for childhood so that students thrive as learners, develop a strong sense of self, contribute to community, and fulfill their potential, now and throughout life.
Burke's admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs.