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At Saddle River Day School we are passionately committed to preparing our students not only for college, but for life beyond formal education. We maintain small class sizes and excellent student-teacher ratios so that we can help each child realize his or her potential with confidence. We challenge each student as an individual, knowing that every person acquires skills and maturity at a different pace. At each step of growth the mind needs to encounter ideas, demands and expectations to continue a trajectory to intellectual excellence. We help our students engage in intellectual risk taking at all ages by caring deeply for them as the individuals they are and by nurturing their souls as well as challenging their minds. As a parent, you weigh so many factors in selecting the right school for your child. You’re likely considering how the educational journey will shape them as a person and how you can ensure they receive the best possible chance for lifelong success. You also want to see your child thriving next fall: stimulated by what they’re learning, surrounded by new friends, performing at a high academic level and flourishing in the hands of excellent faculty. If you’re like many of our parents, you hope to find a cutting-edge learning environment that is financially within your family’s reach. And you also seek a school with an inclusive culture that challenges your student’s unique abilities and instills in them a sense of self and purpose. At Saddle River Day School, we offer nothing less. SRDS inspires students to think, solve and achieve—in academics and in life. Our students thrive at top colleges like Columbia, Northwestern and Tufts because they have what it takes to succeed. We are passionately committed to preparing our students not only for college, but for full—and fulfilling—lives of consequence. We inspire each child to achieve personal and academic excellence and to become a caring and ethical contributor to society. In order for us to fulfill our mission, we believe that it is necessary for us to: Recognize and develop the individual talents and gifts of each child. Ensure a complete education, which involves a combination of core content, basic skill development, conceptual understanding of academic material, and the development of the integrity and skills to make individual, ethical decisions. Articulate and maintain the highest academic, aesthetic, athletic and behavioral standards. Maintain small classroom environments. Teach and integrate technology into the daily curriculum in a relevant manner. Encourage intellectual risk taking and a commitment to lifelong learning on the part of children and adults as they grow into a community of learners. Prepare students to serve the needs of their school community and the community-at-large. The technology program at Saddle River Day School supports our mission: “To inspire each child to achieve personal and academic excellence and to become a caring and ethical contributor to society”. Student outcomes and experiences are at the core of our decisions regarding purchases and implementing new software and hardware. Learning doesn't rely on technology at SRDS it is just one tool that can be used and integrated in the established curriculum. We are careful to ask the question - "Does this (tech tool whether it be an iPad or specific program) help the student learn?" as we integrate technology and computer skills into core lessons across the curriculum in all divisions. Although technology is just one tool that is integrated into the curriculum, it can be powerful and support academic excellence. Laptops, microphones, video cameras, online resources and iPad apps can help teachers differentiate their content delivery methods to reach every student. Students, in turn, have various vehicles to demonstrate their understanding, and are able to choose the most effective ways to show what they know. Technology at SRDS engages students visually, cognitively, emotionally, socially and ethically in facets of the academic context. The technology program empowers students by giving them professional tools to use, as well as leadership and creative opportunities such as producing and broadcasting their own news shows across campus and organizing tech demonstrations for parents and students. Students from K-12th grade practice their digital literacy skills and build their digital fluency through the use of various digital devices. They use these tools to gather, evaluate, organize and apply information they collect. Students use critical thinking skills to plan and conduct research, manage projects, solve problems, and make informed decisions using digital resources. They use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively. Students at SRDS also use technology to explore, understand and communicate with communities outside their own. Whether it is an interactive SMARTboard lesson illustrating a concept in AP Biology, practicing geography skills with a class in another state through a mystery Skype or watching a student’s hieroglyph design become an object printed on a 3D printer, technology can help build connections from textbook to real life and from campus to anywhere in the world. In this way, technology also supports the idea of becoming caring and ethical contributors to society. Students and teachers may choose to use Google Tools to collaborate with each other and organize community service events or use video to capture and communicate what is important in their lives. The technology program at SRDS relies on students, teachers and curriculum to guide growth and integration. View full school