Thornton-Donovan School

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Middle and Upper School:
10/26 630PM - 830PM First-come first served (3 mins. per meeting if extra time is needed schedule appt. with teacher)

GOOD NEWS! We are still accepting applications for the 2010-2011 school year!

Middle School Director Letter
Please visit our friends from Dinner In Hand who provide our school and camp lunches! Mention TD when you order!

The Thornton-Donovan School is absolutely unique.
We offer a dynamic, hands-on progressive education for academically talented students in grades K-12. Established in 1901, we are one of the oldest private schools in Westchester County, New York. With the 2010 - 2011 tuition set at $15,750, you may be surprised to learn that we are also one of the most affordable! We have worked hard to keep our tuition - often 1/2 of other Westchester County private schools - at a rate which is reflective of the current economic situation.

Across all grades, perspectives are challenged daily through culturally themed courses focusing on a different area of the world each year. In the Spring, our classrooms literally come alive with our annual journey to the country of focus. Imagine having the opportunity to visit up close and in person, the sights, sounds and smells of which you learned during the year!
Our most recent adventures have brought us to Brazil, Portugal and Japan and South Africa. This year we are studying, and will travel to Ireland!

The Thornton-Donovan education is customized to suit each student's
interests and talents. Our learners progress in subject areas based on their ability and curiosity, not their grade level. We are about encouraging the child to develop into the person they will become, not hindering the exploration of passions.

Thornton-Donovan's international focus prepares our students to graduate aware of who they are, and with a massive head-start on recognizing their role within our global community.

At Thornton-Donovan we realize that education is not purely academic.
We aim to educate the whole child by emphasizing values such as honesty, integrity, personal responsibility and good citizenship. Although we are independent and non-denominational, there is a spiritual element - paying homage to all beliefs - which permeates the campus and all of our activities. Our atmosphere is intimate, calm and natural. You'll notice straight away how different we feel from most traditional private schools.

Our students come to us from all over Westchester County, as far north as Fairfield County, CT, and some have even commuted from Manhattan. Our international scholars have hailed from China, Korea, Australia, France, Guatemala, Spain, Austria and more.

For over 100 years, Thornton-Donovan School has been the exception to the rule. Come, feel the difference.

13 General Faculty Meeting 1:00pm
T-D Welcome Warmer for new parents and students in Berns Memorial Library 7:00pm

14 New Student Orientation: Grades K-5, 10:00am
Middle & Upper Schools, Grades 6-12, by appointment

15 T-D begins 110th School Year: A Celtic Crossing

22 Christmas Recess begins 12:45pm
1:30pm Faculty Party; 4:00pm Alumni Welcome Warmer

17 School Closed - Dr. Martin Luther King Day

17 110th Annual Commencement Exercises - 4:00pm