Baldwin, A Pre-Kindergarten to Grade 12 School for Girls. A delight in ideas, a sense of curiosity and humor, and a commitment to honoring the dignity of others are just a few of The Baldwin School's highest values. Considered a second home by our students, Baldwin develops talented girls into confident young women with the ability to make significant and enduring contributions to the world.
The Baldwin School, an independent college preparatory school, develops talented girls into confident young women with vision, global understanding, and the competency to make significant and enduring contributions to the world. The School nurtures our students’ passion for intellectual rigor in academics, creativity in the arts, and competition in athletics, forming women capable of leading their generation while living balanced lives.
We create pathways for our girls into male-dominated fields from PreK on, eliminating the preconceived notion that some fields are for men and some are for women. At Baldwin, all fields are for everyone. In every possible way, our teachers use women as role models - women scientists, women authors - our girls grow up with unshakable confidence that any door is open to them. Our girls learn from a very young age to value their voice. To speak up when they have an opinion or idea. Time and again our alumnae provide testament that learning to value their voice is a key attribute of a Baldwin education.
Girls like to collaborate and share ideas as they learn. That's why we design our classes and our classrooms to maximize this critical learning style. From the furniture we purchase to classroom arrangements to careful discussion planning, we make every effort to encourage robust discussion and healthy debate in a supportive and encouraging space. Across all grades and all disciplines, our girls conduct a lot of group work. They learn to work as a team, which successfully prepares them for college and their careers.
We help our girls to have a mindset that struggles with a concept doesn't mean they can't understand, but they don't understand it YET. "Yet" shifts the feeling of defeat and reenergizes the learning. Our focus on experiential, active learning helps cultivate a growth mindset. Our girls are taught to try, fail, try again, maybe fail again, but keep trying. Our teachers work closely with each girl both in and out of the classroom to give qualitative feedback and provide one-on-one time to meet each girl where she is in her learning.
Baldwin’s all-girls environment places a strong emphasis on independence and confidence. In an atmosphere of trust, our girls learn to ask questions, speak truthfully and take risks for a better global understanding. We can achieve and maintain this unmatched excellence thanks to the experience and creativity of our faculty, the drive and commitment of our leadership, and, most of all, the intelligence, motivation, and passion of every Baldwin girl. Each one of our remarkable girls is empowered to participate in the creation of a caring and engaging community of learners.
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