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North Shore Country Day focuses on what matters most in education
The whole child is important at Rose Hall Montessori School
In 1919, North Shore
Country Day was the visionary
answer to a fundamental
question: What
matters most when educating
a child? Since then,
NSCD has continually refined
its answer to propel
the school’s educational
model forward with purpose
and passion, building
a transformative JK-12
community on four essential
pillars:
Purposeful Challenge —
Truly knowing each
student allows faculty
to challenge and support
them as people and
learners.
Intentional Design —
NSCD carefully crafts
its entire JK-12 program
to optimize learning, develop
skills and prioritize
wellness.
Courageous Exploration
— The school pushes
students to participate
widely and take risks
regularly, ensuring they
stretch, explore stumble
and grow.
Conscientious Community
— The diverse community
and collaborative
culture help students understand
themselves and
their obligations to each
other, their communities
and their world.
North Shore Country
Day is a place where school
is engaging, interesting,
rigorous and fun. Teachers
know each student and
set the bar high in order
to build confident, independent
thinkers. Students
balance passions with re-
Rose Hall Montessori
School has been educating
young children for over 30
years. Based on the philosophy
and educational
methods of Maria Montessori,
Rose Hall’s mission is
to educate the whole child
by providing a stimulating
and nurturing environment
that allows children to
grow socially, emotionally
and intellectually. The ultimate
goal is to help children
reach their highest potential
and gain a lifelong
enthusiasm for learning.
This holistic focus is still
at the heart of Rose Hall
Montessori School today.
At Rose Hall the priority
is to help each child
become the person that
he/she is meant to be; to
develop a strong sense of
self and confidence. The
teachers and staff work
hard to provide a supportive,
caring, peaceful environment
in which young
sponsibilities and learning
becomes a way of life.
Early Childhood
Every moment in
NSCD’s junior and senior
kindergarten program is
an opportunity for joyful
learning. These youngest
students are known and
loved, they’re empowered
and encouraged. Asking
questions, making choices,
listening, participating in
discussions, sharing, reading
books, creating art,
making music, speaking
Spanish and moving about.
Lower School
NSCD believes that
learning is engaging when
it’s meaningful, awakening
the senses and opening
the mind. Students
develop a solid academic
children feel safe to explore,
grow, learn and become
independent.
Academically, the classroom
is separated into
5 key curricular areas –
Practical Life, Sensorial,
Math, Language and Cultural.
The core Montessori
principals of order,
coordination, concentration
and independence
are priorities throughout
the classroom. The staff
at Rose Hall believes that
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the development of these
core executive functioning
skills will assist in building
lifelong learning skills.
In addition to the five
key areas, the curriculum
is enhanced with a variety
of additional units including
botany, art history,
music, cartography, zoology
and more. Each unit
is taught with a hands-on
approach – concepts are
first learned from the most
concrete perspective, moving
to the more abstract. A
child will learn the parts
of a root, for example, by
first spending time outside
in the garden, digging up
roots and dissecting them.
He will later look at vocabulary
enrichment cards
and research books.
Rose Hall enriches its
core curriculum with a
weekly French class and
monthly yoga. Each day
begins with student and
teacher greeting each other,
followed by a period
of work and ending with
foundation, venture into
local communities and
are encouraged to think
globally—not only growing
in knowledge but in
character. Students learn
to speak up and become
self-advocates. The goal
is to see each child thrive
by helping them develop
the self-confidence needed
to truly blossom in a challenging
program.
Middle School
NSCD Middle School
faculty sees the world
through students’ eyes,
and not only understands
but truly enjoys adolescents.
It also sets high
standards and demands
academic accountability.
The school welcomes
spontaneous ideas that enhance
learning: An experiment
becomes a Science
Olympiad project, a debate
evolves into a Model
United Nations presentation
and a service-learning
exercise builds awareness
to enlighten others.
Upper School
The North Shore Country
Day Upper School is
vibrant, challenging, engaging
and intentionally
designed for learning. The
long-block schedule is just
one example. With four
75-minute classes per day,
students have time to practice
and develop skills, and
understand and analyze
material on a deeper level.
It also provides teachers
flexibility to design a range
of learning experiences.
The goal is to support
meaningful academic engagement,
inquiry-based
and experiential learning,
and a more balanced and
healthy school experience.
Outcomes
The true outcome of a
North Shore Country Day
education is seen in graduates
who advance into college
and the world fully
prepared for whatever
comes next. They are exceptionally
equipped with
the skills and the mindsets
to make an impact on their
world after years spent exploring,
collaborating and
embracing the school’s
motto, “Live and Serve.”
Submitted by North Shore
Country Day School, 310
Green Bay Road, Winnetka,
www.nscds.org, (847) 446-
0674.
a fun line time with songs,
dancing and peace curriculum.
Gross motor play is
an important component of
every day as well.
While the school takes
academic rigor seriously,
it recognizes that there are
other equally important
life skills that are formed
and cultivated in the early
childhood years such as patience,
humility, empathy
and compassion. At Rose
Hall a strong emphasis is
placed on Maria Montessori’s
passion for peace
and community. Teachers
invest a significant amount
of group class time at
“Peace Circle”, where they
help the children address
issues of compassion, conflict,
respect and problem
solving. Rose Hall teachers
believe that fostering
an environment of peace
in the classroom not only
aids in the children’s academic
success but also
enables them to begin the
long work of becoming responsible,
respectful and
loving members of our
larger communities.
Rose Hall sees each
child as a unique, special
person with their own interests,
learning style and
personality. Teachers adhere
to the core Montessori
principal of “following
each child.” Through
constant observation and
assessment, teachers are
able to understand how
children react, what motivates
them and what areas
need more focus. In Montessori,
teachers guide the
curriculum for each child
based upon their own
needs and wants.
Rose Hall’s classrooms
are a place where your
child can feel at home, feel
loved and feel the freedom
to explore and grow.
Submitted by Rose Hall Montessori
School, 1140 Wilmette
Ave., Wilmette, (847) 256-
2000, www.RoseHallMontessori.org.