What does FCDS have to offer that isn’t available in local public schools?
Here at Forsyth Country Day School, we offer a unique sense of family and community that spans grades Junior Pre-Kindergarten through 12. There is an intimacy that creates close relationships among faculty, students, and administrators that is not possible in large public schools. We truly believe in serving our students and families, and our small class sizes allow us to work with students individually, and to get to know them better. In Lower School, the variety of curriculum offerings – especially in the areas of foreign language, music, physical education, art, computers, and science – far exceeds the time and exposure students in the local public schools receive. Though we take the ERB test at the end of the year, we are not driven by the mandated state and federal end-of-year testing that drives the curricula of public schools and focuses all instruction on these areas. Instead, we routinely enrich our curriculum based on the real needs of our students. We are able to take our cu