Country Day School

We warmly invite you to consider Country Day School Guanacaste. CDSG is at the center of a growing and diverse Guanacaste community that includes Costa Ricans, Europeans, Asians, North and South Americans. Our school is a non-sectarian, college preparatory and co-educational day/boarding program. We are a US accredited school with a 40 year history through our widely respected Country Day campus in Escazu, San Jose. The school year extends from mid-August to mid-June. All instruction is conducted in English with the exception of our K through 12 Spanish Program.

Country Day School Guanacaste:

You will find our students, parents and teachers to be adventurous and active in outdoor activities and learning opportunities. Costa Rica offers us the ability to provide a fun and exciting ‘learn by doing’ environment for our students and visiting groups. Our 39 acre facility has a sports complex including full covered gym, soccer field, swimming pool, and a high ropes course and zip lines for team building activities. Country Day School believes students have a variety of learning styles and intelligences, and considerable effort has been devoted to assuring Country Day’s traditions of high academic standards and attention to the individual needs of students.

Country Day School Mission

It is the mission of Country Day School, a private, non-sectarian, English-language school serving students from early childhood through high school, to provide its students with a traditional college preparatory education committed to high academic standards and achievement through a balanced program structured primarily on United States curricula.

Objectives

In keeping with this mission, Country Day School:

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  1. Provides for the development of intellectual, social, aesthetic and moral values that satisfy the needs of our students.
  2. Serves students from the expatriate and local communities.
  3. Maintains high academic standards and fosters a love of learning.
  4. Provides a program that focuses on the basics: English (literature, writing, speaking, and listening), math, science, history, geography, Spanish, physical education and the arts (drama, art, and music).
  5. Maintains a structured plan for learning, which clearly articulates curriculum content.
  6. Evaluates student learning frequently with a variety of assessment tools to ensure that each child is progressing appropriately.
  7. Helps students prepare for a world of rapid change in which continuing education, creative thought, the ability to use technology, and acquisition of skills are essential.
  8. Values and teaches cultural understanding and knowledge of the complexities of our world.
  9. Teaches and models virtues such as honesty, compassion, diligence, kindness, fairness, loyalty, and the "Golden Rule."
  10. Prepares students for admission to universities in North America, Costa Rica, and around the world.