Vision

The Stanwich School is a place where children are encouraged to reach their full potential in a nurturing environment.  Students, teachers and parents work together to foster a love of learning and an appreciation for the gifts of others.  Through a challenging academic program, combined with a creative approach to the arts, children gain strong skills that build confidence and develop talents.  A varied physical education program introduces opportunities to support healthy growth.  Values based on the Golden Rule and the Ten Commandments are reinforced in daily living and highlighted in morning assemblies where all the children gather together briefly to welcome the day, celebrate a birthday and share news.

Mission

The Stanwich School is a school for children in grades kindergarten through twelfth grade.  It offers a balanced education that builds a healthy mind, body and spirit through a rigorous academic curriculum, a varied physical education program and values emphasizing the Judeo-Christian principles and traditions.  Students, teachers and parents work together to foster a love of learning in a supportive, nurturing environment.

Objectives:

The Stanwich School strives to:

• Build strong academic skills
• Develop physical capacities and interests
• Introduce the visual and performing arts
• Promote awareness of and service to others
• Instill values that build character
• Provide opportunities for parental participation         

  "The greatest strength of Stanwich is the core mission and philosophy of the school which is felt every day from morning assembly throughout!  A sense of inner spirituality, moral awareness and great academic goals... How lucky we are to be here!"                                        - A Stanwich Parent