Far Hills Country Day School (FHCDS) is a private, co-educational Preschool-Grade 8 school located in Far Hills, New Jersey. The school is situated on 54 acres that include learning gardens, computer labs, media centers, a performing arts center, a large athletics center including a climbing wall, outdoor fields, tennis courts, ropes challenge course, meadows, a pond, and woodlands.

Academics

The school's curriculum provides an education in English Literature, English Language, Math's, Science, and Latin. Far Hills Country Day School challenges students to cerebrate independently and achieve confidently. The school’s shared growth mindset contributes to its experiential, student-centered approach to learning, its welcoming community of families, and its focus on developing individual strengths.

Athletics

All students participate in physical education between pre-kindergarten and fourth grade and in the interscholastic athletics program between fifth and eighth grade. The athletic program includes basketball, cross-country, cross-fit, fencing, field hockey, ice hockey, lacrosse, soccer, tennis, track, and volleyball. While the fifth grade participates in some sports, they do not compete against other schools.

Testing assessments

ERB Testing begins in third through eighth grade to benchmark students’ academic progress against other independent school students. In fourth and seventh grade, the Writing Assessment Program is used to provide a comprehensive and direct analysis of students' writing ability benchmarked against other independent school students. Upper School Students also take the SSAT, a standardized test used for secondary independent school admissions.

Popular culture

When alumna

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appeared on '' Celebrity Jeopardy!'' in 2004, one of the beneficiaries was Far Hills Country Day School.

Notable alumni

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(born 1930), former

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who also briefly represented New Jersey in the

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. * Steve Forbes (born 1947), editor-in-chief of ''

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'', February 11, 1996. Accessed December 11, 2007. "Christine Todd, Mr. Forbes's childhood friend from the Far Hills Country Day school, would grow up to become Governor Whitman.... His son went off to the Brooks School in North Andover, Mass., then on to Princeton, Malcolm Forbes's alma mater." *

(born 1947), former

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. * Frederica von Stade (born 1945),

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.Hall of Honor
Far Hills Country Day School. Accessed April 18, 2008.

References

External links

School websiteData for Far Hills Country Day School

National Center for Education Statistics The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) is the part of the United States Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences (IES) that collects, analyzes, and publishes statistics on education and public school district financ ...

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