In a small class setting with a dedicated faculty who care deeply about children, Upland provides a challenging, yet nurturing environment in which children can begin a lifetime of learning. Our academic program, balanced by the arts and athletics and enhanced by information and communication technology, is designed to promote the intellectual, moral, and physical potential of each child. By the time students graduate in 9th grade, they are adept learners, confident athletes and performers and experienced international travelers, welcomed into the secondary schools of their choice as young people ready to made a difference.

Upland Country Day School emphasizes:

• A close working relationship between the school and home.
• Cross-grade experiences and varied social opportunities to help students learn about themselves and others.
• The utilization of learning environments outside the classroom walls, i.e., field trips, the use of campus and community resources, and foreign travel.
• An advisory program in which each student has a teacher as an advocate and confidant.
• An academic program that meets the developmental needs of the students.
• Civility, consideration of others and community values.
• A curriculum/teaching method that emphasizes the process of education, i.e. how to study, how to research, how to use technology appropriately, how to think and how to learn.
• A curriculum that is multicultural and gender sensitive.

A community which supports the whole child socially and emotionally, as well as academically.