Sacramento Country Day School
| Sacramento Country Day School | |
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| Address | |
| 2636 Latham Drive Sacramento, California, (Sacramento County), 95864 United States |
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| Coordinates | 38°34′09″N 121°23′58″W / 38.56917°N 121.39944°WCoordinates: 38°34′09″N 121°23′58″W / 38.56917°N 121.39944°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Private, co-educational |
| Established | 1964 |
| Headmaster | Stephen T. Repsher |
| Faculty | 72 |
| Grades | Pre-K-12 |
| Number of students | 471 |
| Campus | Suburban, 11 acres |
| Color(s) | Red and Black |
| Athletics conference | Sacramento Metropolitan Athletic League (SMAL) |
| Nickname | Cavaliers |
| Accreditation(s) | Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC);[1] California Association of Independent Schools (CAIS)[2] |
| Newspaper | The Octagon |
| Yearbook | The Medallion |
| Art and Literary Journal | The Glass Knife |
| Website | www.saccds.org |
Sacramento Country Day School (SCDS) is an independent, co-educational, college preparatory school serving pre-kindergarten through grade 12 since 1964. SCDS is located in the unincorporated Arden Arcade neighborhood of Sacramento, California, and serves students from all surrounding areas, including Carmichael, Davis, Elk Grove, Penryn, Folsom, El Dorado Hills, and Shingle Springs. The mission of Sacramento Country Day School is to provide a traditional, college preparatory education to students from a variety of backgrounds who possess both strong academic potential and respect for others, and to develop in them the qualities of self-confidence, creativity, integrity, and responsibility.
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[edit] Middle school
SCDS's middle school consists of grades six through eight. Seventh and eighth grades have specialized teachers for each subject, in addition to a home-room teacher, and a rotating schedule. Each student is required to take two electives per semester. There are no final exams for middle school students. An additional foreign language, Latin, is available for students from seventh grade onwards. This is in addition to Spanish and French.
Each middle school grade spends a week on an educational class trip, including an eighth grade class trip to Washington DC.
[edit] High school
The high school consists of roughly 150 students grades 9 through 12. There are many student clubs. Community service is required to graduate, as well as the completion of a senior project in a subject area of the student's choice. There are many varsity sports teams. Sacramento Country Day School has a no-cut policy. Therefore, if a student meets the academic requirements and is willing to participate fully, he or she will play on the school team. The students must take at least three consecutive years of French, Spanish, or Latin in order to graduate. Arts and drama activities are also available. According to SCDS publications, 100% of students go on to a higher education institution, including universities such as Columbia, Yale, UCLA, Stanford University, Swarthmore College, Princeton University and other top-tier schools.[3]
[edit] Sponsorships
Sacramento Country Day School sponsors the Breakthrough Sacramento program. One of 34 programs that together form the Breakthrough Collaborative, this is a college preparatory program for students from under-resourced schools in selected urban neighborhoods of the city. Each summer over 70 middle school students attend a rigorous academic enrichment program where they are taught by 24 high school and college students. The program's dual goal are to prepare the younger students for success in college-preparatory high school programs and provide support to thrive in university while preparing future educational leaders to schools or advocates of educational equity in their career choice. The program's motto is "Students Teaching Students" and Breakthrough Sacramento's first class started the summer of 1994. The current directors are Adolfo R. Mercado and Marianne Ceballos and the Breakthrough Sacramento Advisory Board is chaired by program alumna, Ms. Jacqueline Wong-Hernández
[edit] Octagon
The Octagon is an established school newspaper with a staff of 22 students. The publication has previously won the Pacemaker award, an award equal in prestige to a Pulitzer Prize for high school journalism, and is a finalist for its 08-09 publications. It is a part of the High School National Ad Network and can be viewed online at SCDS Octagon webpage.
[edit] References
- ^ WASC-ACS. "WASC-Accrediting Commission for Schools". http://www.acswasc.org/directory_searchlist.cfm. Retrieved 2010-03-15.
- ^ California Association of Independent Schools. "California Association of Independent Schools". http://caisca.org/find_school_info.asp. Retrieved 2010-03-15.
- ^ Sacramento Country Day School website
