Detroit Country Day School

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Detroit Country Day School
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Detroit Country Day School
22305 West Thirteen Mile Road

Beverly Hills
,
Michigan
48025

United States
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School typePrivate
Established1914
FounderF. Alden Shaw
Head of schoolRich Dempsey
GradesPreK-12
Color(s)Navy blue and gold   
MascotYellowjacket
Rival Cranbrook, Divine Child High School, Brother Rice, Marian.
Endowment$37 million
Tuition$34,125 per year - Grades 9-12; $31,645 Grades 6-8; $25,675 K - Grade 5; $21,755 Preschool - JK
Website www.dcds.edu

Detroit Country Day School (also known as DCD, DCDS, or Country Day) is a private, secular school located in three campuses in Oakland County, in the U.S. state of Michigan, north of Detroit. The administrative offices, facility services, safety and security services, and the upper school (Grades 9-12) are situated in a campus in Beverly Hills. The middle school (Grades 4-8) is also located in Beverly Hills, seamlessly connected to the upper school. Additionally, the Lower School (PK-3) is situated in Bloomfield Township, near Bloomfield Hills. [1] [2] These campuses collectively provide a comprehensive educational experience.

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DCDS was founded in Detroit in 1914 by Alden Shaw inspired by the Country Day School movement. The school's motto is Mens Sana in Corpore Sano, a Latin phrase meaning "Sound Mind in a Sound Body". The school colors are blue and gold. [3]

History

Founder, F. Alden Shaw was born to Charles Joseph Shaw and Elizabeth Gahring Shaw in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota on December 20, 1885. Mr. Shaw graduated from the prestigious Boston Latin School in 1905 and Harvard College in 1909. He moved to Paris, France and enrolled in L'Ecole des Hautes Etudes, and began raising funds and recruiting students to begin his dream of founding a private school for boys. He soon realized that circumstances in Paris made founding a school an unreasonably daunting task; he decided to return to the United States. On the ship back to America, Mr. Shaw recalls an acquaintance raving about the wondrous opportunities in the blossoming American city of Detroit, Michigan and decided to build a school there.

In the spring of 1914, F. Alden Shaw, under the name Detroit Preparatory School, submitted the following advertisement to the local paper: [4]

Mr. F. Alden Shaw, A.B. (Harvard 1909), announces that September next, he will open a small school for boys. Having had experience as a teacher in Boston, and as a private tutor in the families of Mr. George Lee of Boston, and Mr. Edwin D. Morgan of New York, he comes to Detroit, where there would seem to be a larger field for him. Referring by permission to Reverend Eugene Rodman Shippin, Mr. D. Stearns of Fredrick Stearns and Company and to Mr. Charles Moore, Security Trust Company, Detroit, Michigan. (For appointments address F. A. Shaw, Care Y.M.C.A., Detroit, Michigan.)

Academics

The Detroit Country Day Upper School offers a strong and varied program that provides numerous opportunities for students to demonstrate their individual strengths and develop their potential. The rigorous college-preparatory program, which includes Honors and Advanced Placement courses in each discipline in addition to a diverse selection of electives, prepares students for the college and university setting. In addition to a series of honors and Advanced Placement courses, students at Detroit Country Day Upper School may pursue an International Baccalaureate Diploma. Most graduating classes consist of 140 to 180 students, 100% of which are accepted at accredited four-year colleges and universities. [5] From the start of Freshman year, Upper School students participate yearly in standardized testing, beginning with the PLAN in 9th grade to the PSAT in 10th and 11th grade to finally, the ACT and/or SAT during the 11th and 12th grade. [6] The College Counseling Office hosts yearly College Night for every grade to keep students and parents informed about the college application process. Every year, numerous Country Day students achieve National Merit Semi-finalist and Finalist status. [7]

Athletics

Extracurricular activities are required at DCDS. Under the "points system", these requirements are tracked by the accumulation of blue points (athletics), gold points (clubs) and white points (service). [8]

In March 2004 the Michigan High School Athletic Association recommended that DCDS voluntarily forfeit three state basketball championships won between 1989 and 1991, claiming that former DCDS star Chris Webber had violated his amateur status via his relationship with University of Michigan athletic booster Ed Martin. DCDS declined to follow the MHSAA's suggestion. [9]

Arts

Detroit Country Day School offers an active fine and performing arts program, celebrated every April through "Celebrate the Arts" weekend at the Upper School campus. [10] Students may also enroll in the Conservatory Program, focusing on study of an artistic discipline with the options of dance, filmmaking, fine arts, music and theatre. [11]

Notable alumni

Arts, film, theater, and broadcasting

Business

Law

Science, medicine, and engineering

Politics and government

Sports

Basketball

Football

Hockey

Soccer

  • Kate Markgraf – professional soccer player, NCAA, Olympic and World Cup champion [13]

Tennis

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References

  1. ↑ "Contact Us Archived 2009-09-05 at the Wayback Machine ." Detroit Country Day School. Retrieved on September 13, 2009.
  2. ↑ "Bloomfield township, Oakland county, Michigan [ permanent dead link ]." U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved on September 13, 2009.
  3. ↑ Archived 2010-05-27 at the Wayback Machine .
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  5. ↑ "Detroit Country Day: College Attendance". Archived from the original on 2007-04-08. Retrieved 2007-07-12.
  6. ↑ "Detroit Country Day School: College Counseling". Archived from the original on 2012-07-26. Retrieved 2012-06-09.
  7. ↑ "Detroit Country Day School: Student Achievements". Archived from the original on 2012-06-07. Retrieved 2012-06-09.
  8. ↑ "Detroit Country Day: The Upper School (Grades 9 -12)". Archived from the original on 2007-07-11. Retrieved 2007-07-12.
  9. ↑ "MSNBC - Webber's school refuses to return titles". March 3, 2004. Archived from the original on 2004-03-03.
  10. ↑ "Detroit Country Day: Celebrate the Arts". Archived from the original on 2007-07-11. Retrieved 2007-10-08.
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