The Talent Within

Inspired by the same ambition as the generations who built the campus where our community thrives, we embark on a multi-year endeavor to expand the financial health and campus effectiveness of The Country School. 

As a STEAM school, we emphasize each of the five elements of STEAM and are proud of how our curriculum has evolved. We now have the elevated concept of building a modest but appropriate Engineering Center that will provide students with two innovative Makerspace classrooms adjacent to our maintenance crew and all our scattered equipment. This model is the only of its kind in the Country–where the real engineering work of the school is housed along with the student engineering learning space.

Hands-on learning will happen in our two student Makerspaces. They will bring design thinking to life for students to create interdisciplinary projects. The new Makerspaces and Maintenance Facility will bring design thinking to life for students to create meaningful and relevant interdisciplinary projects. In these two new classrooms, students will learn the process of imagining, creating, evaluating, and trying again. They will be equipped with all the tools needed for creating and tinkering! Our Makerspaces and Maintenance Facility will support design thinking and project based learning across the disciplines. Additionally, this new structure will provide a permanent location for our maintenance team for ongoing upkeep and all campus projects. 

The total cost is some $1,800,000 for construction, outfitting, and architectural fees. Friends of the school who are in a position to help underwrite aspects of the building in the name of specific teachers or to honor family members or their children have already committed over $1,100,000. 

In our close to 70-year history, all campus buildings have been constructed with funds beyond tuition. The  most recently constructed building, Blatchford Learning Center, was erected in 1998. And our last campaign saw the construction of our parking lot, 60th Anniversary Recreation Center, and Burt Family Green.