I created extremely strong friendships and bonds with my classmates that will last the rest of my life.
Young alumna
A Pre-Kindergarten - Grade 12 co-educational independent day school in Westchester, New York
A Pre-Kindergarten - Grade 12 co-educational independent day school in Westchester, New York
Grades 9 through 12 at Rye Country Day School are a time for you to discover your passions, explore new opportunities, and pursue interests to depths unavailable elsewhere. At RCDS, you will think, create, and contribute every day in a community with people who will challenge you and, more importantly, support you.
At the core of our Upper School is a commitment to discovering each learner’s potential, and students routinely push the faculty to redefine and rethink perceived bounds of teenager capacity. When you visit the Upper School, you will find classes of diverse students engaging in discussion and debate; you will see students and teachers working one-on-one between classes to further their learning; and you will sense a community in which each student's educational journey happens in partnership with teachers and peers.
The RCDS Upper School is a place where students discover, develop, and refine their interests in remarkable ways. By design, the student body is large enough that the School is able to provide a broad range of opportunities, but small enough that the only limiting factor for student participation is time. Students do not have to choose which of their passions to pursue: they can be a varsity athlete and in the a capella group, they can be on the robotics team and direct a school play, they can be a sculptor and in Model UN, they can participate actively in service learning and machine learning. Further, students are not expected to discover their passion right away; to the contrary, we encourage learners to try as much as possible, and to take full advantage of the opportunities of the School.
I created extremely strong friendships and bonds with my classmates that will last the rest of my life.
Young alumna
The best thing that happened to me at RCDS was discovering what I am truly passionate about.
YOUNG ALUMNA
We promise, if you take advantage of the opportunities at RCDS, you will find something that grabs you, something that makes you think: Wow. This is really for me.
FACULTY MEMBER
Average class size: 15
51 Upper School clubs
2 deans per grade
3 full-time College Counselors
2 Learning specialists
In a recent survey of young alumni, 100% say they were well prepared for college