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22ndCenturyMedia.com private school guide<br />

22nd century media | August 9, 2018 | 9<br />

North Shore Country Day focuses on what matters most in education<br />

In 1919, North Shore Country<br />

Day was the visionary answer to a<br />

fundamental question: What matters<br />

most when educating a child?<br />

Since then, <strong>NS</strong>CD has continually<br />

refined its answer to propel the<br />

school’s educational model forward<br />

with purpose and passion,<br />

building a transformative JK-12<br />

community on four essential pillars:<br />

Purposeful Challenge — Truly<br />

knowing each student allows<br />

faculty to challenge and support<br />

them as people and learners.<br />

Intentional Design — <strong>NS</strong>CD<br />

carefully crafts its entire JK-12<br />

program to optimize learning,<br />

develop skills and prioritize<br />

wellness.<br />

Courageous Exploration — The<br />

school pushes students to participate<br />

widely and take risks<br />

regularly, ensuring they stretch,<br />

explore stumble and grow.<br />

Conscientious Community — The<br />

diverse community and collaborative<br />

culture help students<br />

understand themselves and their<br />

obligations to each other, their<br />

communities and their world.<br />

North Shore Country Day is<br />

a place where school is engaging,<br />

interesting, rigorous and fun.<br />

Teachers know each student and<br />

set the bar high in order to build<br />

confident, independent thinkers.<br />

Students balance passions with<br />

responsibilities and learning becomes<br />

a way of life.<br />

Early Childhood<br />

Every moment in <strong>NS</strong>CD’s junior<br />

and senior kindergarten program<br />

is an opportunity for joyful<br />

learning. These youngest students<br />

are known and loved, they’re empowered<br />

and encouraged. Asking<br />

questions, making choices, listening,<br />

participating in discussions,<br />

sharing, reading books, creating<br />

art, making music, speaking Spanish<br />

and moving about.<br />

Lower School<br />

<strong>NS</strong>CD believes that learning is<br />

engaging when it’s meaningful,<br />

awakening the senses and opening<br />

the mind. Students develop a solid<br />

academic foundation, venture into<br />

local communities and are encouraged<br />

to think globally—not only<br />

growing in knowledge but in character.<br />

Students learn to speak up<br />

and become self-advocates. The<br />

goal is to see each child thrive<br />

by helping them develop the selfconfidence<br />

needed to truly blossom<br />

in a challenging program.<br />

Middle School<br />

<strong>NS</strong>CD Middle School faculty<br />

sees the world through students’<br />

eyes, and not only understands<br />

but truly enjoys adolescents. It<br />

also sets high standards and demands<br />

academic accountability.<br />

The school welcomes spontaneous<br />

ideas that enhance learning:<br />

An experiment becomes a Science<br />

Olympiad project, a debate<br />

evolves into a Model United Nations<br />

presentation and a servicelearning<br />

exercise builds awareness<br />

to enlighten others.<br />

Upper School<br />

The North Shore Country Day<br />

Upper School is vibrant, challenging,<br />

engaging and intentionally<br />

designed for learning. The<br />

long-block schedule is just one<br />

example. With four 75-minute<br />

classes per day, students have time<br />

to practice and develop skills, and<br />

understand and analyze material<br />

on a deeper level. It also provides<br />

teachers flexibility to design a<br />

range of learning experiences. The<br />

goal is to support meaningful academic<br />

engagement, inquiry-based<br />

and experiential learning, and a<br />

more balanced and healthy school<br />

experience.<br />

Outcomes<br />

The true outcome of a North<br />

Shore Country Day education is<br />

seen in graduates who advance<br />

into college and the world fully<br />

prepared for whatever comes next.<br />

They are exceptionally equipped<br />

with the skills and the mindsets to<br />

make an impact on their world after<br />

years spent exploring, collaborating<br />

and embracing the school’s<br />

motto, “Live and Serve.”<br />

Submitted by North Shore Country<br />

Day School, 310 Green Bay Road,<br />

Winnetka, www.nscds.org, (847)<br />

446-0674.<br />

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