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Dedham Country Day School

90 Sandy Valley Road, Dedham, MA, 02026-0202 -

School Notes Overview:

DCD, founded in 1903, is an independent day school for boys and girls in Pre-Kindergarten through Grade Eight. The broad range of educational activities--academics, arts, and athletics--is carefully balanced to ensure that each child will explore the fullest possible range of his or her potential. Risk-taking and occasional failure are valued as much as success; at DCD children learn by doing. The school's developmentally based approach assures that challenges and experiences will be age-appropriate, meeting children where they are and guiding them towards new discoveries about their individual capacities and gifts. The school's motto, Learning Is a Way of Life, reflects a collective commitment to helping children become creative, independent learners....

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School Overview:

	Dedham Country Day School
School Membership(s)	Association of Independent Schools in New England (AISNE) National Association of Independent Schools Institute for Independent Education
Religious Affiliation	Nonsectarian
Grades Offered	Grades Prekindergarten - 8
Year Founded	1903
County	Norfolk County, MA
Student Body
Total Students	246 students
Student Body Type	Co-ed
	This School	(MA) School Avg.
% Students of Color	16%	21%
Students by Grade
	Pre-K - 20 students
	Kind - 24 students
	Grade 1 - 24 students
	Grade 2 - 23 students
	Grade 3 - 24 students
	Grade 4 - 24 students
	Grade 5 - 30 students
	Grade 6 - 28 students
	Grade 7 - 28 students
	Grade 8 - 21 students
Academics and Faculty
Total Classroom Teachers	40 teachers
% Faculty with Advance Degree	75%
Classroom dress code	Casual
	This School	(MA) School Avg.
Teacher : Student Ratio	1:7	* Ntl. Public School Avg. » 1:16
School Days in Calendar Year	170 days	180 days
Hours in School Day for Students	7 hours	6 hours
Finances and Admission
Admission Deadline	None / Rolling
Tuition Notes	Tuition varies by grade as follows: Pre-K & K: $19,620 Grades 1-3: $22,990 Grades 4 & 5: $25,965 Grades 6-8: $29,625
% on Financial Aid	16%
Head of School	Nicholas S. Thacher
Admissions Director	Ellen Tretter
Admissions Associate	Gail Schnopp
Sport
Total Sports Offered	8
	Sports
	Baseball	Basketball
	Cross Country	Field Hockey
	Ice Hockey	Lacrosse
	Soccer	Softball
Extracurricular
Total Extracurricular Organizations	1
	Extracurriculars
	Private Music Program

School Notes:

Dedham Country Day School
Provides to each child a unique educational balance of challenging academics, arts, and athletics;
Embraces an inclusive, interdependent community of students, teachers, and parents that fosters trust and encourages children to take risks;
Creates independent, resilient, lifelong learners through engaging, developmentally-based teaching designed to meet varied learning styles;
Inspires students to become caring, ethical members of the larger world by emphasizing thoughtful citizenship and respect for self and others.
Profile last updated: 07/17/2009

In the News:

Horizons program helps bridge educational gap for low income Roslindale kids (Roslindale Transcript)
posted on August 10, 2009 at 12:40:52 pm
Using a "phonics flipper," Patricia Hicks turns over a series of cards that show different animals and objects to her young students, who are just learning to read and write. When a dog's head appears, the 11 kids say "da-da-da," sounding out the first letter of "dog."
Program attacks summer learning loss (The Daily News Transcript)
posted on July 28, 2009 at 02:23:00 am
Using a "phonics flipper," Patricia Hicks turns over a series of cards that show different animals and objects to her young students, who are just learning to read and write. When a dog's head appears, the 11 kids say "da-da-da," sounding out the first letter of "dog."
Dedham kids on field trip felled by illness (The Daily News Transcript)
posted on April 30, 2009 at 06:08:35 am
About half of the 20 Dedham Country Day School fifth-graders who came down with salmonella poisoning after a field trip to a New Hampshire camp have returned to class, with the rest expected back at school by Monday.
Dedham Country Day School opening its doors (The Daily News Transcript)
posted on April 2, 2009 at 06:17:08 am
A national summer enrichment program for low-income students is expanding this June to Dedham Country Day School, which will host six weeks of academic, cultural and recreational activities to counter a summertime "achievement gap."
FREE SUMMER ENRICHMENT PROGRAM ANNOUNCED FOR DEDHAM AND BOSTON AREA CHILDREN (dBusinessNews.com)
posted on April 1, 2009 at 11:08:28 pm
DEDHAM, Mass. – Dedham Country Day School is the newest affiliate of Horizons National to offer a tuition free academic and cultural summer enrichment program for qualifying elementary school students. The program will open with a class of kindergartners in June 2009.

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School Zip Statistics:

About This Zipcode (02026)	School Zip (02026)	(MA) State Average
Population (Approximate)	23,494 people	6,349,048 people
% (age 25+) w/College Degree	40%	43%
Population Average Age	40 years old	36 years old
Average Household size	2.6 persons	2.5 persons
Median Household Income	$61,631	$52,143
Avg. # of Rooms in Household	6.2 rooms	5.4 rooms
Median Age of Housing Structure	60 years old	56 years old
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% Owning / % Renting	80% / 20%	58% / 42%