Country Day is pleased to offer a multitude of summer camp offerings for 2022. Children will have the opportunity to meet new friends, explore activities they love, and (most of all) have FUN! Click here to register.

On Thursday, April 21, Country Day celebrated BILL ESWINE DAY, marking his 50 years of service to SCDS. Hornets of all ages sported his signature look — tie-dye t-shirts, Middle School students gathered in assembly for a Q&A session with Mr. Eswine, and Lower School students surprised him with a song they wrote and sang for him. The day concluded with a community-wide celebration in Mr. Eswine’s gardens to honor his 50 years as a beloved Hornet. 

On April 20, Country Day held its annual Cum Laude Induction Ceremony where we honored 18 SCDS student scholars and one adult faculty scholar in front of the Upper School student body. Dr. Sharon Eswine was the featured speaker for the event. The Cum Laude Society recognizes academic excellence in the country‘s most prestigious high schools, and membership is strictly limited to schools with exemplary academic programs. Country Day is honored to be one of 11 chapters in the state of Georgia and the only in Savannah.

On Saturday, March 26, the Middle and Upper School Math Teams competed at the Georgia Southern Invitational Math Competition in Statesboro. In the Varsity division, the team of Aden Adjei, Avi Heyman, Ethan Wheelock, and Alysa Young won the second place team trophy! The team of Aidan Eyth, Ned Henneman, Rachi Wilson, and Alex Zhang came in fourth in their division. In the Middle School division, the team of Nicholas Chiozza, Edison Zhao, Wesley Zhao, and Jiayi Zheng took the second place trophy, and the team of Dylan Gensheimer, Kohki Maeda, Oskar Johnson-Liu, and Keating Taylor won third place! Congratulations Hornet Mathletes!

Saturday’s Multicultural Festival was a great success! Families enjoyed cuisines from around the world, student presentations and activities that represent some of the many cultures of our students. Thank you to everyone who came out for this fantastic event!

With the final round of University of Georgia admission offers for the Class of 2022 complete, Country Day is pleased to report that 40 of our 54 applicants gained admission. Our 74% acceptance rate is well above the overall admit rate of 42%. Congratulations to these students and the entire Class of 2022! We look forward to celebrating their college selections on social media during the month of May and in the summer issue of Images magazine.

Thank you to juniors Britney Brown, Phil-Isabelle Ajayi, and Maya King for creating and leading today's Black History Month presentation. As this year's Black History Month theme is "Black Health and Wellness," the student-led presentation highlighted the recent contributions of several Black American scientists and doctors, including Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett, Dr. Daniel Hale Williams, and Dr. Ben Carson. The presentation also included a video that showcased how Black History Month is celebrated around the world.

Congratulations to the following students honored with Scholastic Art Awards. Gold Key: Reagan Carlson, Reed Lotter, and Lauren Sparks; Silver Key: Harry DeWalt, Fina Dooley, Anna Mondy, Jack Owens Myers, John Neely, Jade Perrin, Lauren Sparks (2 awards), and Rachel Wollenburg. Honorable Mentions included Haley Avino, Fina Dooley, Haley Hiltzheimer, Julia McGoldrick (2 awards), John Neely (5 awards), Lauren Sparks (6 awards), Soren Watson, and Rachel Wollenburg (2 awards). 

Congratulations to six seniors for their commendation from the National Merit Scholarship program. Our six commended students earned scores on the 2020-2021 PSAT that placed them within the top 5% of all juniors who took last year's exam. From left to right: Pete Thangtaveekool, Ethan Wheelock, Alexis Almeida, Haley Avino, Langston Bass, and John Neely. Well done, Hornets!

During halftime of the opening football game, SCDS dedicated the new Saunders Stadium scoreboard in memory of the late Dr. Cliff Cannon Jr., a former SCDS parent, grandparent, and loyal Hornet. Country Day is grateful to the London and Cannon families for generously funding the project in his name. As a token of gratitude, Head of School Kef Wilson presented Jane Cannon with a Hornet football helmet signed by the current team. Thank you to the London and Cannon families for your ongoing support and commitment to Country Day athletics.