The Savannah Country Day School
Service Through Knowledge and Character
"This place has been everything to me for 14 years. I have put my heart and soul into the institution, and I feel like I've received a thorough and well-rounded education. Everything I am is Country Day, and I could not be more thankful." -- Recent graduate
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Veterans Day Speaker, Major Rex Steele '04
Read MoreThis Veterans Day, we thanked SCDS alumnus Major Rex Steele '04 for his service to our country and for sharing his reflective and powerful message with our school community. Major Steele is an instructor of American Politics at the United States Military Academy at West Point. MAJ Steele commissioned as a Field Artillery Officer from the United States Military Academy in 2009 and completed a Master’s in Public Policy from Duke University in 2019. He has served in the 101st Airborne Division, the 82nd Airborne Division, and commanded Field Artillery and Cavalry units. He has deployed/served in Combat to both Iraq and Afghanistan, and his awards and decorations include the Combat Action Badge, Meritorious Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal (5 awards), Pathfinder Badge, Senior Parachutist Badge, Air Assault Badge as well as French jump wings.With a profound appreciation for you and your service to our country, your fellow Hornets thank you! -
Class of 2028 STEAM Installation
Read MoreThere is a HUGE new addition to the Lower School’s Bell Science Center! The class of 2028’s collaborative STEAM project is finally complete and on display.... an amazing paper mache model of a Right Whale calf. Inspired by a life-sized whale installation at the Jepson, students studied our state's marine mammal and became advocates for the beautiful, endangered creatures. They even wrote persuasive letters to Senator Lester Jackson and filmed a PSA for the Lower School morning announcements using their paper mache calf as a prop! Many thanks to our dedicated maintenance staff for their assistance throughout the project and installing the final piece via a hydraulic lift! -
SCDS Announces Interact Rotary Club
Read MoreSavannah Country Day has partnered with the Rotary Club of Savannah to establish a campus Interact Club for students ages 12-18. Modeled as a junior Rotary, the Interact Club will focus on service projects within the Savannah community and a larger, global project each year. The induction ceremony for the club’s 28 students was held on the school’s campus on November 16. Key speakers included Rotary District Governor Steve Barnes, Rotary of Savannah president Ted Kleinsner, SCDS Interact Club Co-Chair Mary Holmes Chick and SCDS Service Learning Coordinator Christine Hefner. -
Country Day Kicks Off $18 million Invest in Excellence Capital Campaign
Savannah Country Day School has launched an $18 million capital campaign to upgrade campus facilities. The Invest in Excellence campaign's initial phase includes the construction of a 32,000 sq. ft. flagship Upper School building to house math classrooms, science labs, an energy learning lab, and a fabrication/maker space. Other building features include an expansive library, deans’ offices, and a student commons area.Read More -
Students Embrace Service Learning
Upper School students embraced the return to school and the multitude of service learning initiatives and clubs. From Humane Society and Ronald McDonald House to PACK and Cure Club, our Upper Shcool students explore interests and give back. On Sunday, a group of students organized a Tybee beach clean-up.Read More -
AP Psychology Students Gain Career Info via Zoom
In late September, Upper School AP Psychology students explored careers in the field by conducting virtual interviews with psychologists around the country. Students spoke with Dr. Kensa Gunter, Sport and Clinical Psychologist, Dr. Delishia Pittman, Associate Professor and Director of the Clinical Mental Health Counseling Program at The George Washington University, Dr. Andrew Mantini, a Counseling Psychologist with Sprouting Minds in Charleston, and School Psychologist Ms. Ginny Warren.Read More
Students asked questions ranging from research interests and educational paths to the typical workday and the impact of Covid on client work and relationships. Many thanks to these professionals for taking the time to engage with our students.
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"What I loved most about Country Day was the support that we always got from the faculty… The confidence and ease to initiate contact with some of the most influential professors in the fields was something that Country Day taught me very early on and something that I have used extensively in my time here at Stanford."
Kim Nguyen, Class of 2011
Kim Nguyen, Class of 2011
"In my business (as a NASA engineer), we have to launch a rocket within an extremely tight window that's just minutes long because small deviations at that early, fiery moment have an enormous impact on the ultimate destination of the spacecraft. I believe that my time at SCDS, though brief and more than twenty years ago, continues to have a similar impact on my life."
Jeff Norris ‘94
Jeff Norris ‘94
"This school taught me how to think for myself while at the same time considering--and being respectful of--the thoughts of others. SCDS challenged me to think globally, to discern the devil in the details, and to unabashedly ask questions about the things that I didn’t understand. The myriad of clubs one could join, the access to the arts of many disciplines, the many sports teams – all created an environment that allowed the students intellectual independence, creativity, innovation, a strong sense of self, as well as collegiality."
Joseph Conyers ‘99
Joseph Conyers ‘99
"A Country Day education will give you the tools you need to succeed anywhere in the world."
Richard Schulze, Jr. ‘80
Richard Schulze, Jr. ‘80
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The Savannah Country Day School seeks to prepare students of academic and personal promise to meet with confidence, imagination, and integrity the challenges of college and of life. In partnership with supportive families, we strive to cultivate in each student the desire and the discipline to grow in wisdom, to lead lives of personal honor, to appreciate beauty, to pursue physical well-being, and to serve others with a generous, compassionate spirit.