Lower School Class Pages
Mrs. Dara Tucker
Phone Extension 242
Biography
Dara Tucker, Head of the Lower and Middle School, received a B.S. in Psychology from Virginia Tech and holds a M.Ed. in Educational Leadership from Longwood. She is also a National Board Certified Teacher in early and middle childhood literacy. She has been at Fuqua School since 2013.
Tucker resides in Keysville with her husband, Zach, and son, Dalton, who is in the 10th grade at Fuqua School.
APRIL 2021
April 1: LS/MS Dress Down Day
April 2: Good Friday (School Closed)
April 3: Drive Through Easter Egg Hunt
April 5: Easter Monday (School Closed)
April 19-22: Lower School ERB (CTP) Testing- Friday, April 23: Makeup Test Date
April 21: Lower School Class Picture Day
April 23: LS Only Dress Down Day
Interim Reports Emailed to Parents by 5 pm
May 2021
May 2-4: VAIS 10-Year Accreditation Visit
May 3-7: Scholastic BOGO Book Fair (students and faculty only)
May 7: LS/MS First Friday Dress Down Day
May 10-14: Homecoming Week
May 14: PK-4 Grandparents' Day at 10 am (4 tickets per family)- Gilmer Field
Grade 5 will participate in that evening's Spring Concert
May 21: Yearbook Distribution Day
May 24: LS Field Day (Rain Date May 26)
May 25: LS Awards Ceremony at 9:30 am- Bell Tower (5th graders only- 2 adults per
5th grade student)
5th Grade Pool Party from 11:00 am until 2:00 pm
May 26: MS Awards Ceremony at 9:30 am- Bell Tower (8th graders only- 2 adults per
8th grade student)
8th grade pool party from 11:00 am until 2:00 pm
May 28: Last Day of Classes; Noon Dismissal; Dress Down Day
VALUE OF THE MONTH: COOPERATION
sca
2020-2021 Lower School SCA
President: Wyatt Tucker
Vice President: Page McWilliams
Secretary: Rocco Fortino
Treasurer: Reece Pembelton
Classroom Representatives:
Scott Aldrich
Clay Austin
Maddy Morris