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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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