Shady Hill School

Shady Hill School fosters joyful, active learning informed by multiple perspectives - empowering students to be intellectually adventurous and wholeheartedly just.

Founded in 1915, Shady Hill is an independent, all gender, day school in Cambridge, MA offering a progressive, project-based approach to teaching and learning for children in Beginners through Grade VIII.

We believe:

• Play and discovery are central to every child's growth and true exploration takes time.
• The purpose of knowledge is to create meaning, develop understanding, and inspire action.
• Growing up is a nuanced process and mistakes are catalysts for deeper learning and progress.
• A strong, interdependent community is the framework for academic confidence and social and emotional health
• Practicing genuine kindness towards oneself and others helps build a compassionate world.
• We have a responsibility - as individuals and as a community - to honor differences, challenge prejudice, and strive for racial and social justice.

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