Our mission is to prepare students intellectually, socially, physically, emotionally, and aesthetically to participate in a changing and increasingly complex society.
We seek to develop each child's intellectual abilities in a nurturing environment. To this end we offer an academically challenging program in a non-competitive school climate in which children are encouraged to achieve academic excellence through the development of intellectual curiosity, personal accountability and love for learning.
Our purpose is to prepare students to achieve academically at a level which is commensurate with their abilities. Through traditional curriculum we seek to enable students to be successful in high school and beyond. Through active, positive, and mutually respectful interaction among their peers and teachers, our students learn to honor individuality, embrace diversity and promote leadership and service.
Philosophy
The Mendham Country Day School is an independent, preschool and elementary school with an academic program that is rigorous yet sensitive to the individual needs and abilities of children.
While recognizing and, to the extent possible, accommodating the individual abilities of children, we place a high premium on the academic achievement of every student. The atmosphere is appropriately supportive, actively moral, and challenging.
Students are encouraged, through one-to-one dialogues with teachers and guided classroom discussion, to feel that they belong, that their ideas are respected, and that they are valued members of the group.
Independence is fostered through a traditional academic curriculum that requires diligent, consistent study habits, mindful completion of assignments, and attention to personal responsibility.
The classroom atmosphere promotes open discussion among students and between students and teachers. We seek to encourage intellectual curiosity, aesthetic sensibility, critical thinking, joy in learning, a lasting commitment to physical activity and healthful living, and the realization that learning is a life-long experience. We believe that student's success is best achieved in a cooperative and vigorously non-competitive environment. Through participation in the School's program and activities, the students will develop strong academic skills; sensitivity to the aesthetic; the ability to think and communicate critically; participation in physical activity; and a sense of self-esteem, personal responsibility, and concern and respect for others.
Class Size
We believe that small schools provide big opportunities for children. Class size is limited to 14 students allowing each child one to one teacher time.
A total enrollment of fewer than 225 facilitates a close relationship between teachers and students and ensures participation by every student in the academic and extra-curricular activities of the school.
