The Fifth Grade curriculum is both place-based and inquiry-based. Girls build an understanding of the world around them through authentic learning experiences focusing on researching natural ecosystems, exploring perspectives and restoring natural systems. Fifth Graders engage in book groups, interdisciplinary units of inquiry, and differentiated mathematics groups while continuing to focus on reaching their individual and community promise. During Fifth Grade,  girls complete student-led research and restoration projects. The units integrate proposal writing, academic research, scientific inquiry and applied math skills. As the girls learn about different cultures through a global-minded lens, they connect their own experience at the Butler Campus to the world around them. The year culminates with our Research at  Butler unit. This inquiry-based unit is student-guided, utilizing the research and writing skills developed over the course of the year. The girls inquire about and research the needs of our Butler community. Using the data collected, they write and present a proposal for improving our campus focusing on restoration or sustainability.