Celebrate the achievement
At Carolina Day School, celebration of achievement is a way of life,
an important component of our educational process. Students are publicly
acknowledged in formal ceremonies at all grade levels. In Lower School,
individual classes have author days when the children share their
published work with other students. In Key School, when students learn they
can read and pick up books for the first time, that becomes a moment of
joyous celebration. In Middle School, students participate in commendation
ceremonies and rituals of completion, moving up to the next level.
The entire school recently celebrated six seniors who qualified as
National Merit Semifinalists.
The upper school math team brings up the first-place trophy from the regional math competition.
Photography, Gingerbread, and Cycling
Just as we focus on more than academics, Carolina Day School celebrates
achievements from outside the classroom and beyond the schoolyard. In
Lower School, teachers celebrate a student photographer by displaying
his photos in the halls and a student who has won a gingerbread-making
contest by announcing her achievement on the marquee sign at the
school entrance. We celebrate an upper school student who is a
world-class cyclist who competes in cycling events across
the country and abroad.
Every Day in Every Way
Carolina Day School goes beyond formal ceremonies and observances; our
philosophy runs deeper. Every single day is a celebration. We celebrate
each other, teachers leading by inspiration, students excelling, and parents
getting involved. We celebrate goals set and met, doing things students
did not think they were capable of doing… or even conceived of doing.
We celebrate the process of learning itself.
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