My daughters first school doing great work. Sad daughters no longer there.

'Lowell celebrates Indigenous Peoples' Day by learning about the heritage of the Nacotchtank and Piscataway people who stewarded the land that now contains our campus, including practices that are thousands of years old and still in use today. Some of our youngest students reviewed what they learned last year about growing companion crops when they established a Pre-Primary School garden. The Three Sisters crops—corn, beans, and squash—all thrive when supporting each others' growth.

This understanding of harmony in nature is just one of the many contributions by Indigenous people that Pre-Primary friends will explore this year, including delving into all parts of a land acknowledgment. And they're not the only students engaging with and modernizing land acknowledgments—stay tuned for an in-depth look at how the Class of 2027 truly dug into this process, coming soon in The Lead magazine.'

Lowell is an independent day school in the heart of NW Washington, DC.