HANCOCK L O O H C S Y A D Fly! w… Wings to Roots to Gro
6600 Howard Foss Drive 912.351.4500 hancockdayschool.org Our Mission: • Hancock Day School develops the whole student by instilling values, knowledge, and skills to become an independent, self-reliant, lifelong learner with strength of character to make positive contributions in our everchanging world.
Our Vision: • We believe that the greatest gift that we can give our students is roots to grow and wings to fly.
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Hancock Day School is a welcoming environment for those of all faiths. The school was founded on and embraces Judeo-Christian values.
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Our students are eager to learn and to grow. They are persistent in their efforts to achieve success.
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Hancock Day School’s goal extends far beyond the traditional definition of an education. We are not content with simply shaping minds. We hope to ignite lives!
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We send our graduates to the high school of their choice. Each graduate has obtained a strong foundation to lead an exceptional life. Celebrating 60 Years of Educating Children Hancock Day School successfully provides elementary and middle school students with a solid educational foundation and has done so for 60 years. The success of the school can be found in “The Hancock Way,” which is an experience that presents a unified feeling, approach, attitude, philosophy, mind-set and atmosphere for optimal learning and personal achievement.
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824 Stillwood Drive 912.925.8800 savcds.org The Experience: • Our faculty, coupled with student advisers and guidance counselors, works with students and parents to chart a path for individual student success. • Our Learning Support Team of seven specialists provides one-on-one support for students with learning differences. • Beginning in ninth grade, the College Counseling Office works with families to navigate the college admissions process. • Small student-to-teacher ratios foster individualized attention (10:1 in Lower School; 7:1 in Middle School; 6:1 in Upper School). • Renowned arts program includes visual art, chorus, jazz band, theatre, photography, orchestra and technologybased digital art. • Competitive athletics program includes more than 50 teams in 12 sports—17 alumni currently play a collegiate sport. • Clubs and activities include Mock Trial, Fencing, Math Club, Tech Wizards, TEDx Club, Student Diversity and more. • One of four member schools in Georgia in Global Online Academy, a consortium that provides students with more than 45 additional course offerings.
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• Ranked the 8th Best Private High School in the state by niche.com—and the only school in the Top 10 outside of metro Atlanta. • During the past six years, our graduates have been accepted by more than 100 colleges and universities, including Dartmouth, Georgetown, NYU, Stanford, Tufts, UVA, UNC, Vanderbilt, and Wake Forest. • SCDS has sent more students to the University of Georgia and Georgia Tech than any other school in Savannah. • Once in college, our students consistently outperform their peers from other area schools. • Our seniors average more than $4 million scholarships— in addition to HOPE. S P E C I A L A D V E R T I S I N G S E C T I O N / JA N UA R Y/ F E B R UA R Y 2 0 18
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