Upper School students focus on academics to prepare for success in college and later in life. We believe that their educational experience should be at the same time both intellectually rigorous and personally stimulating. An outstanding faculty, a beautiful campus, and strong traditions combine to inspire learning while encouraging personal growth.

The most distinctive feature of Country Day is its small size. However, our small size does not limit students' ability to choose from a broad range of options in academics, athletics, or the arts. We provide numerous opportunities for growth, but we also offer an environment where students are known well by teachers and administrators.

The Upper School curriculum is college preparatory-with Honors classes and Advanced Placement options available across all disciplines. Within the classroom, Country Day encourages self expression and independent thought through inquiry-based discussion. Independent study options are available for gifted students or for students with a special interest. More than half of the Upper School's teaching faculty have advanced academic degrees.

Within the framework of small classes that allow individual attention and encourage personal development, teaching styles include discussions, lectures, videos, field trips, writing assignments, special projects, and group work. All Country Day graduates are computer literate and learn in-depth word processing, databases, spreadsheets, PowerPoint, and basic computer language as a means to further learning. A campus local area network connects students with libraries, classrooms, and the Internet.

Country Day produces confident, mature, well-rounded graduates who are prepared to do well in a number of different areas. We take great pride in the scholastic achievements of our upper school students. Although Country Day offers very few internal awards to its students, their academic accomplishments are recognized annually by numerous colleges, universities, and other institutions. We invite you to visit the Academics section of this web site to learn more about the broad spectrum of these awards and honors.

To supplement its strong academic programs, Country Day offers a wide variety of opportunities for personal accomplishment and growth through extracurricular activities and service, where students discover the satisfaction that comes from giving of themselves to others.