About Us
Our Mission
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A Shady Hill day mixes academics, activity, and downtime for deeper learning outcomes and richer socio-emotional development.
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Shady Hill wants children to be joyful, active learners who develop the intellectual discipline necessary to become contributing, ethical citizens. To accomplish these ends, we believe in the primacy of exploration and discovery, we advance the mastery of skills, and we help students shape meaning from knowledge.
12 ways we live our mission
12 ways we live our mission
Sustaining the Mission
The School:
- Knows and honors the individual character and spirit of each child
- Respects the pace of childhood and understands that true exploration takes time
- Creates a safe environment that allows children to be curious, take risks, and make mistakes
- Challenges prejudice, respects difference, and recognizes that multiple perspectives inform human experience
- Encourages children to be independent thinkers who can transform ideas into meaningful action
- Advocates learning through cooperation and collaboration
- Designs and uses Central Subject, an interdisciplinary curriculum with a deep focus on a single theme or year-long topic
- Emphasizes contact with primary sources and actual materials
- Cultivates the power of creative thinking and academic excellence
- Promotes the leadership of teachers and invests in their professional development
- Offers an inspiring teacher training course for those preparing to enter the profession
- Forges a lively, interdependent community of students, teachers, parents, alumni and administrators who work together to achieve the school's mission.
The Mission in Action
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The program brings the Mission to life.
These books, magazines, and Insights off-prints tell Shady Hill's story in a variety of ways. The books provide an overview of the people, events, and influences shaping the School over its first century. The magazines showcase key curricular initiatives and celebrate faculty innovation. The Insights off-prints offer a window into how the program plays out for students in the classroom.
