Welcome to Elementary School

The Early Childhood and Elementary School years are a time for students to build a solid foundation from which they will pursue their passion for learning and develop the skills and behaviors necessary to be lifelong learners. The Roosevelt Early Childhood and Elementary School programs are designed to inspire intellectual curiosity, exploration, collaboration, critical thinking, and creativity within a warm and caring environment.  FDR's forward-thinking mission statement, along with our core values, guide all the work that we do.

What We Do

• Focus on the whole child. We provide a strong academic program that includes a focus on literacy, math, the arts, physical education, science, social studies, social-emotional learning, and Spanish.  Along with opportunities for students in first through fifth grade to pursue their passions through our robust After School Activities Program and Condor Activities, Roosevelt Early Childhood and Elementary School students enjoy a well-rounded educational experience.

• Nurture a growth mindset in students and adults. We encourage students to dig in, work hard, and embrace mistakes as we are all capable of achieving our goals. We also foster a growth mindset in our teachers as they continually engage in professional learning in order to enhance student learning.

• Encourage collaboration among our students and adults. We believe that we all gain confidence and grow our thinking through sharing our own ideas and building on the ideas of those around us.

• Partner with parents. We support our students through active participation with our parents. We invest time in educating parents about our program and sharing ways that they can support their children's learning at home.

• Encourage intellectual curiosity. Our units of study are designed so that students engage in hands-on learning experiences that provide them with opportunities to generate questions, seek answers, synthesize thinking, and reflect upon learning.

• Encourage students to take action! Through our mission statement and core values, our students learn that they have an obligation to take action and make the world a better place. Our program encourages students to identify problems at school, in the city of Lima, and across the globe. Students are empowered to design solutions and take action as individuals or in collaboration with others through the curriculum as well as through our school organizations such as the Global Citizenship Program and the Student Council.

Learning in the Early Childhood and Elementary School ensures every child feels known, valued, seen, and heard.

Learning is the development of conceptual understandings, knowledge, skills, attitudes, learning behaviors, and opportunities for action. A range of strategies including inquiry based practices are designed to help scaffold student learning experiences.

Academic, physical, and social-emotional learning targets are aligned with FDR's adopted standards which include the U.S. Common Core in Mathematics and English Language Arts, the Official Peruvian Program (OPP) in Spanish, the AERO standards in Social Studies, and the Next Generation Science Standards in Science. We emphasize student self-reflection, assessment for and of learning, and goal setting to support all students as they become independent learners.

Please visit FDR Curriculum Programming to learn more. 

The social-emotional well-being of students is a priority at FDR.

The EC/ES Counseling team offers services to empower students to pursue their passion for learning, lead lives of integrity, and develop socially responsible solutions.

The EC/ES team consists of 4 counselors, one for Early Childhood and three for the Elementary School. 

Our goal is to help students regulate their emotions, develop positive coping skills, problem-solve, and advocate for their social-emotional and academic needs. Our approach and practices are aligned with the International School Counselor Association (ISCA) model and standards. We also maintain our partnership with the American School Counselor Association (ASCA). 

Our comprehensive, research-based Second Step curriculum is used across all grade levels, from Early Childhood 3 (EC3) through Grade 5, to foster students' emotional intelligence, empathy, and problem-solving skills. Along with this, we have implemented RULER, which is an evidence-based approach to social and emotional learning developed at the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence. RULER seeks to use the power of emotions to create a healthier, more equitable, innovative, and compassionate community. 

Counselors also offer short-term individual and small-group counseling beyond whole-class lessons. These individual and small group services are provided on an as-needed basis to focus on student well-being so that students can be ready to access learning.