Grade Levels

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Little Rock Junior Cotillion

Four-Year Curriculum Guide

Etiquette • Confidence • Character • Social Grace

Little Rock Junior Cotillion provides students with a progressive four-year experience designed to build confidence, refine manners, develop leadership, and cultivate social ease. Each year introduces age-appropriate instruction so students steadily grow into poised young ladies and gentlemen prepared for school, community, and life.

Our Core Pillars

  • Respect for self and others
  • Confident communication
  • Social awareness and grace
  • Dining and event etiquette
  • Ballroom and social dance skills
  • Leadership and character
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5th Grade | Foundations of Confidence & Courtesy

Students begin with essential manners, introductions, conversation basics, and first social dance experiences.

Highlights

  • Handshake and eye contact
  • Proper introductions
  • Please, thank you, excuse me
  • Basic table manners
  • Posture and presence
  • Introductory waltz and mixers
  • Kindness and sportsmanship

6th Grade | Building Social Confidence & Responsibility

Students strengthen independence, social confidence, and situational etiquette.

Highlights

  • Small talk and conversation flow
  • Invitations and RSVP etiquette
  • Guest and host manners
  • Restaurant confidence
  • Waltz advancement
  • Foxtrot and swing basics
  • Inclusion and responsibility

7th Grade | Leadership, Presence & Maturity

Students refine personal presence and begin leadership-centered training.

Highlights

  • Reading social cues
  • Respectful disagreement
  • Digital etiquette
  • Formal dining skills
  • Banquet and event manners
  • Foxtrot refinement
  • Cha-cha basics
  • Integrity and accountability

8th Grade | Poise, Leadership & High School Readiness

Students graduate prepared for formal events, interviews, leadership roles, and mature social settings.

Highlights

  • Professional introductions
  • Interview manners
  • Networking basics
  • Fine dining confidence
  • Formal correspondence
  • Waltz, swing, and foxtrot polish
  • Mentorship and initiative
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Signature Skills Reinforced Every Year

  • Handshake
  • Eye contact
  • Introductions
  • Respectful conversation
  • Saying “No, thank you” with confidence
  • Gratitude and thank-you notes
  • Dance confidence
  • Self-respect and composure

Why Families Choose Little Rock Junior Cotillion

Our program teaches timeless skills often overlooked in modern life. Students leave with confidence, courtesy, and practical tools that benefit them in classrooms, interviews, friendships, and future leadership opportunities.

Little Rock Junior Cotillion

Where confidence meets character.