The Upper School Program at Woodstock Day School excels at place-based, environmental education. Our 30-acre campus is loved and utilized as an important resource for History, English, Art, Physical Education, and Science. Woodstock Day School teachers encourage wonder, exploration and academic skill in students. It is this combination of open-eyed wonder, student freedom to explore topics and issues, and academic rigor that sets WDS apart from other schools. Our campus serves as a classroom, as do the many field trips students take. Teachers balance experiential education and classroom academics in order to achieve a more complete curriculum.

Our program focuses on educating our students to become citizens of the world. Students are often asked to broaden their perspectives from our own community and its concerns to the larger world. To facilitate understanding of greater global issues, students are required to demonstrate an advanced understanding of a foreign language. Students also engage in the development of week-long intensive service learning projects as well as more regular community service commitments. This connection to the community at large allows our students to be action-oriented and learn to develop and trust their own voices.

The student-to-teacher ratio is quite small. We often have 6-10 students in a class. Classes are organized around a student's ability and desire for challenge, and may often be composed of multiple ages. This insures that students are able to develop, and be appreciated for, their strengths and use them to focus on improving their weaknesses. Small class sizes and creative scheduling allows individual instruction and personal attention to student learning and needs. Students are celebrated as individuals and are encouraged to develop strong and lasting relationships with their teachers. Teachers will follow students throughout their six years in the Upper School.

We take very seriously our charge to prepare our students for life after Woodstock Day School. Our juniors and seniors receive personal attention in their college preparation process.

If you have any questions about the program offered at the Upper School at Woodstock Day School, please contact our Upper School Coordinator, Linda Oehler-Marx at loehler-marx@woodstockdayschool.org or 845-246-3744 extension 126.

Admissions

Applications are available for students who will be entering Grades 7-12 in September of 2006. Please contact Liza Mones, our Admissions Director, by e-mail at admissions@woodstockdayschool.org or by phone at 246-3744, extension 103, to receive our folder of application information and to schedule an appointment for you and your child to visit the school.

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