The Galloway School

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Established in 1969 as an independent day school, The Galloway School serves a diverse student body of approximately 750 students in preschool through 12th grade. Galloway has always had a unique approach to teaching and learning. Galloway encourages students to value themselves and to value Learning. Students set and achieve goals based on the individual striving for excellence rather than in competition with others. Students at Galloway pursue a robust academic curriculum and are guided by teachers and staff to decide their education. The value placed on each child's uniqueness is reflected in the small classes that allow personal contact between students and teachers and flexibility in planning the best learning approach.
Galloway is the philosophically grounded, learner-focused independent school where students age three through grade 12 develop an abiding love for Learning. Preparing students to live successfully as enlightened citizens in a changing world, our community embraces diversity, insists upon common decency, and fosters human dignity. Through innovation, enthusiasm, and high expectations, Galloway draws students joyfully into Learning and cultivates each one's intrinsic curiosity and unrepeatable talents.
What are the common elements in our classrooms? Active and curious learners, enjoying the experience of Discovery. Our passionate faculty members are skilled at creating a thinking culture, where students and teachers navigate learning together. The Galloway culture is where we are Deliberate in creating thinking processes and developing critical thinking skills where we model Daring Learning, where the learning environment is Dynamic. Students are thinking and talking, along with the teacher, and where we encourage learning through Discovery.
Galloway classrooms are different, and even the idea of a classroom is unique here. Though we do deliver instruction in classroom settings, teachers and students are not bound by them. Our students can often be seen working in groups outside or collaborating in the lobby, the atrium, or the library. And they could be doing anything from creating a video to preparing for a debate or writing a screenplay. Students at Galloway are thoughtfully engaged in Learning and are an active part of the learning process. What will you see when you come to Galloway? You will see a group of 5th graders traveling to Publix, applying their learned concepts of area and volume to design a better cracker box, students traveling to Costa Rica to work with a scientist in collecting data and designing experiments, a lively discussion about literature around a seminar table learners by our local pond collecting specimens for an environmental science class learners writing their Geography textbook by researching and updating old textbooks a calculus class redesigning a better soda can and even some 8th graders hosting a "dinner" party as Civil Rights activists.
4D Learning is a common framework and process that creates engagement. We call it 4D Learning. The research is detailed and perhaps obvious. Students learn when they are paying attention. Students pay attention when they are engaged and when they are actively participating in the thinking process. 4D Learning creates a learning environment where students pay attention and engage, which leads to deeper and greater understanding.
Learning how to learn, focusing on the learning process more than the product, and engaging learners will give Galloway students the tools they need to move into the future as prosperous and enlightened adults. It is research-based. It is forward-thinking. It is exciting to work. It's Galloway!

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