Lower School

The only girls’ school in the St. Louis area for Grades 1 through 6, Visitation provides a unique environment where students feel free to express opinions, ask questions, make mistakes, excel in academics and sport, develop talents in the arts, and assume leadership roles.
Students learn to:
- Live Jesus according to Gospel values and Salesian spirituality
- Show respect for God’s creation in all its diversity
- Transfer knowledge and skills across the curriculum and adapt them to real world situations
- Solve problems analytically, logically and creatively through independent thinking
- Use technology and other resources competently
- Synthesize and evaluate information to communicate effectively
- Apply effective study skills to academic work
- Express respect for the community by acting courteously and resolving conflicts appropriately
- Demonstrate responsibility and self-direction when participating in individual and group learning
- Model responsible leadership inside and outside the school
- Show appreciation for cultural diversity
- Practice a healthy lifestyle in daily habits