EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY
Education at Fox River Country Day School is based on the following ideals:

Love & Support. Children should feel cared for, loved, respected, and supported in their growth.

Harnessing Potential. Children have an unlimited capacity to express goodness and intelligence, and a school should help each child reach beyond limitations to discover higher and more rewarding levels of achievement.

Encouraging Individuality. A school must be committed to looking for and finding each child’s best nature and abilities, and to encouraging each child to recognize those strengths in order to develop true individuality.

Educating the Whole Child. Education should be of the whole child – children should be encouraged to develop, not just academically, but socially, creatively, physically, morally, and spiritually – and not just in a theoretical way, but through teaching practical and positive character building qualities.

Respect. Education should foster a respect for self and the convictions of others and a commitment to the highest ideals of democracy and citizenship.

Understanding. The gift of understanding carries with it a responsibility to embrace community, the environment, and the wider world with compassion, respect, and selfless service.

Responsibility. Parents, teachers, and staff should feel they have a vital partnership role in each child’s experience at the school.