The Country Day School movement is a movement in progressive education that originated in the United States in the late 19th century.
Country Day schools seek to recreate the educational rigor, atmosphere, camaraderie and character-building aspects of the best college prep boarding schools while allowing students to return to their families at the end of the day. To avoid the crime, pollution and health problems of the industrial cities of the early 20th century, the schools were sited in the 'country,' where wealthy families owned large homes in what would later be known as suburbs.
The Country Day School movement shared many values with the Arts and Crafts movement. School buildings and campus landscaping were designed with the goal of creating an inspirational atmosphere that would foster learning and culture. In keeping with this holistic view of the student learning environment, various "after-school" programs promoted student development, including athletic programs, choir and religious studies, and monitored study time. Students were given opportunities to develop leadership skills through clubs and student organizations.
The first Country Day Schools were Poly Prep Country Day School, University School, Detroit Country Day School, The Gilman School, Summit Country Day School, and The McDonogh School. These six college preparatory schools provided the structure and campus location format that would guide many more country day schools that would be built around the country for the next 100 years.
Along with those listed above, prominent Country Day Schools include the following:
- Almaden Country Day School (San Jose, California)
- Beaver Country Day School (Brookline, Massachusetts)
- Berkshire Country Day School (Lenox, Massachusetts)
- Berwick Academy (South Berwick, Maine)
- Bryn Mawr School (Baltimore, Maryland)
- Canton Country Day School (Canton, Ohio)
- Charlotte Country Day School (Charlotte, North Carolina)
- Cincinnati Country Day School (Indian Hill, Ohio)
- Columbus Academy (Gahanna, Ohio)
- Costa Rica Country Day School (La Guacima, Costa Rica)
- The Country Day School (King City, Ontario)
- Cranbrook Kingswood School (Bloomfield Hills, Michigan)
- Evansville Day School (Evansville, Indiana)
- Far Hills Country Day School (Far Hills, New Jersey)
- Forsyth Country Day School (Lewisville, North Carolina)
- Fort Worth Country Day School (Fort Worth, Texas)
- Fox Chapel Country Day School (Fox Chapel, Pennsylvania)
- Glenelg Country School (Ellicott City, Maryland)
- Good Hope Country Day School (Kingshill, Saint Croix, US Virgin Islands)
- Green Fields School (Tucson, Arizona)
- Greenwich Country Day School (Greenwich, Connecticut)
- The Grove School (Madison, Connecticut
- Hamden Hall Country Day School (Hamden, Connecticut)
- Hawken School (Gates Mills, Ohio)
- Keith Country Day School (Rockford, Illinois)
- Kentucky Country Day School (Louisville, Kentucky)
- The Key School (Annapolis, Maryland)
- Kingswood-Oxford School (West Hartford, Connecticut)
- La Jolla Country Day School (La Jolla, California)
- Lake Forest Country Day School (Lake Forest, Illinois)
- Lancaster Country Day School (Lancaster, Pennsylvania)
- Madison Country Day School (Waunakee, Wisconsin)
- Mary Institute and St. Louis Country Day School (Ladue, Missouri)
- Marin Country Day School (Corte Madera, California)
- The Masters School (Dobbs Ferry, New York)
- Maumee Valley Country Day School (Toldeo, Ohio)
- Metairie Park Country Day School (Metairie, Louisiana)
- New Canaan Country School (New Canaan, Connecticut)
- Newton Country Day School of the Sacred Heart (Newton, Massachusetts)
- North Shore Country Day School (Winnetka, Illinois)
- Miami Country Day School (Miami, Florida)
- The Park School of Buffalo (Amherst, New York)
- Park Tudor School (Indianapolis, Indiana)
- The Pembroke Hill School (Kansas City, Missouri)
- Phoenix Country Day School (Paradise Valley, Arizona)
- Pingry School (Basking Ridge, New Jersey)
- Princeton Day School (Princeton, New Jersey)
- Providence Country Day School (East Providence, Rhode Island)
- Riverdale Country School (Bronx, New York)
- Riverfield Country Day School (Tulsa, Oklahoma)
- Roland Park Country School (Baltimore, Maryland)
- Rolling Hills Country Day School (Rolling Hills Estates, California)
- Rumson Country Day School (Rumson, New Jersey)
- Rye Country Day School (Rye, New York)
- Sacramento Country Day School (Sacramento, California)
- The Savannah Country Day School (Savannah, Georgia)
- Scarborough Country Day School (Briarcliff Manor, New York)
- Seattle Country Day School (Seattle, Washington)
- Seacrest Country Day School (Naples, Florida)
- Shady Side Academy (Fox Chapel, Pennsylvania)
- Shore Country Day School (Beverly, Massachusetts)
- Stuart Country Day School (Princeton, New Jersey)
- Westchester Country Day School (High Point, North Carolina)
- University Liggett School (Grosse Point Woods, Michigan)
- University School of Milwaukee (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
- Wooster School (Danbury, Connecticut)
- York Country Day School (York, Pennsylvania)
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