The Fifth Grade Reading program enables students to further their reading skills through literature and poetry. Students refine fluency and expression in both oral and silent reading. The Houghton Mifflin series offers skill work and some stories, but much of the literature comes from trade books. These titles include Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli, Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt, Running Out of Time by Margaret Haddin, From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg, and Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls. Fifth Graders give book shares and formal reports throughout the year. They practice their research skills in all subject areas and give a final Fifth Grade speech as the culminating project. Comprehension is reinforced at all cognitive levels as students focus on character development, setting, plot and other literary devices. There are several opportunities for girls to practice reading at school and they are encouraged to read from an independent book every night.

Fifth Graders produce narrative, expository and creative writings. They are required to use the writing process, which includes prewriting, writing, rewriting, editing and proofreading. They learn techniques in, and practice taking notes from written and orally presented material. Fifth Graders write in their journals as well as having more structured assignments. They learn to write using an introduction, body and conclusion format and are required to follow it for their Fifth Grade speech. The Fifth Grade speech, at the end of the year, involves research, a formal report and an oral presentation given to the whole Lower School.

The curriculum for the Fifth Grade math program is based on the Saxon math series. The program revisits previously taught skills and then introduces new ones. Some of the concepts and skills reinforced are whole numbers, mental math, problem solving, patterns and functions, measurement, statistics and probability, fractions, decimals, geometry, percents and negative numbers. There may be additional work with exponents, square roots, integers, estimation and functions. The five instructional practices implemented are daily warm-up (facts practice, mental math and problem-solving), daily lesson, daily practice, daily problem set and cumulative tests. Students also continue to develop mathematical skills through the use of online services.

The Fifth Grade Social Studies curriculum includes the study of time lines, world geography, map skills, immigration, expansion, industrialization, and technology. Students focus on themes from the Civil War to World War I rather than specific chronological events. Textbooks such as the Our Nation series by National Geographic and Our Country by Silver Burdett are among the resources used. Other supplemental materials help the students gain an understanding of how cultures are interconnected and how communication and transportation caused changes in societies.

Fifth Grade Science involves students in various hands-on activities and projects. They use the scientific method when doing experiments in the lab. Several topics they explore include weather and climate, gravity, friction, simple machines, forces, the human body and age appropriate human sexuality curriculum. The girls make water clocks while studying gravity and apply hands-on research to discovering how simple machines operate. Students create a Science fair in the middle of the year, which gives them an opportunity to do an empirical study of their choice and present it to the rest of the lower school. The Science fair project is both a challenging and rewarding experience, which prepares them for Middle School Science.