Wakefield Country Day Sch.

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The motto of Wakefield Country Day School, Virtus et Sapientia, indicates our conviction that intellectual and moral development are inseparable in the educational process. The mission of Wakefield Country Day School is to develop each student's character and intellect through active involvement in a structured curriculum founded on classical principles and in an environment that encourages scholarship, diligence, self-discipline, and respect for and service to others. WCDS cultivates an ethic of individual worth, responsibility, and service rooted in the Judeo-Christian tradition, in order to prepare students for the moral and intellectual rigors of citizenship in a free society. We believe that school should be a place for serious intellectual inquiry dedicated to the pursuit of truth, that students achieve the most when they are challenged to excel and held to the highest academic standards. While the ultimate aim of education is individual freedom, to become truly liberated, students must first acquire the precision and self-discipline upon which learning depends. Students perform best in a disciplined, orderly environment that is adjusted to the developing needs of each child and in an atmosphere that fosters a familial sense of community, mutual respect, and responsibility. Essential to such a school are teachers who set a tone of serious intellectual inquiry, who serve as models of responsible citizenship and moral probity, who bring to the classroom enthusiasm.