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The Little School students brought the garden to life in their annual performance of Bugz! and charmed the audience with their energy and creativity. Each class embodied different bugs you might find a picnic, featuring everything from ladybugs, fireflies, and army ants, with even the littlest Hornets appearing as stink bugs. Bravo to the students, teachers, and staff for putting on this precious production.

Interested in Learning More About the New Little School?
We’re excited about the plans for the new state-of-the-art early childhood center at Country Day! If you’re interested in learning more about The Roberts Little School and how it will shape the future for our youngest learners, please contact Lynette Allison, Director of Institutional Advancement, at 912.961.8825 or lynetteallison@savcds.org.

Congratulations to our Science Olympiad team on earning second place at the 2026 Georgia Science Olympiad State Tournament on April 4. Hosted at Georgia Tech, the competition featured the 15 top teams from across the state. In addition to their overall second-place finish, the team secured 14 top-three event placements. They earned first place in Electric Vehicle, Water Quality, Designer Genes, Materials Science, and Disease Detectives; second place in Hovercraft, Astronomy, Dynamic Planet, Experimental Design, and Machines; and third place in Chemistry Lab, Bungee Drop, Ornithology, and Science in the News. Congratulations to the team and their coaches on this outstanding achievement!

Senior Connor Umbel earned a spot in Georgia’s prestigious All-State Jazz Band, becoming the only guitarist selected statewide. After just a few rehearsals, Connor and the ensemble performed for thousands of music educators at the Georgia State Educators Association Conference this past weekend! Connor is just the third SCDS student ever to earn this distinction, highlighting his exceptional talent and dedication. Congratulations, Connor!

​Congratulations to senior Gabby Galoni, whose Global Online Academy semester project was selected for inclusion in the Global Capstone Showcase. Of the over 1,500 projects submitted worldwide, 64 were selected for the Showcase. Gabby's project, titled "How does the beauty standard impact young girls’ self-esteem and development?", explores the role Barbie plays in crafting unrealistic beauty standards and offers an alternative plan for a website for fully customizable dolls.

Our Speech and Debate team competed in the third Georgia Speech Series competition and finished with six students placing in the final rounds for three separate events. In Oral Interpretation, ninth grader Cora Lee finished 2nd with a remarkable poetry program, weaving works by Robert Frost, TS Elliot, and W.H Auden. Senior Paxton Towe finished fourth overall in Impromptu, beating out competition from across four states. In Prepared Commentary, the Hornets almost swept the Top 6 honors, earning places 2nd (Emily Moretz), 3rd (Ander Renelt), 4th (Josefina Chiozza), and 6th (Virginia Glover), beating out competitors from Carrollton, Weber, Lassiter, and Marist. The students are laser focused on the Georgia Speech Series State Championship, scheduled later this year in March.

First graders wrapped up their study of animal adaptations by exploring biomimicry, the practice of studying nature’s designs to inspire solutions to human challenges. Each student selected an animal and identified a specific trait that could be harnessed to improve human life, imagining how that feature might translate into a real invention. In a cross-curricular collaboration, Upper School engineering students transformed these imaginative concepts into thoughtful design plans, with some going on to 3D-print prototypes or scaled models. The project connected science, creativity, and engineering, demonstrating how ideas can move from observation to innovation.

Upper School students deepened their study of The Things They Carried with a powerful panel discussion. The Upper School English Department and the Alumni Office partnered to create a panel of Country Day community members to share their lived experiences from the Vietnam War era, offering perspectives that enriched students’ understanding of this complex chapter in history. The speakers answered thoughtful questions, connected personal narratives to themes in the text, and helped students see how storytelling preserves the realities of those who lived through the conflict.

Congratulations to this year’s class of inductees in the National Honor Society, an organization that recognizes 11th and 12th students who have demonstrated accomplishments in the four pillars of scholarship, service, leadership, and character.

Class of 2026: Thomas Claiborne, Max Clements, Sarah Catherine Gilpin, Jillian Goldberg, Maeve Hecht, Eunjae Lee, William Sparks

Class of 2027: Oba Banjoko, Claudia Barrow, McKay Beck, Katherine Berg, Margaret Brennan, Frances Brock, Madison Bueno, Ansley Cheshire, Suri Desai, Reed Dulany, Alice Edwards, Tennyson Fitzgerald, Isabella Georgescu, Kensie Glass, Max Hamilton, Katherine Harlander, Layne Helmly, Caroline Hill, Kate Hunter, Juliette Jouffrault, Victoria King, Miles King, Jones Lane, Jack Lerch, Britt McCormick, Madison McCray, Tripp Milling, Andrew Montgomery, Amelia Moret, Charles Morris, Liam Murphy, Cindy Murray, Molly Osterloh, Seonghyun Park, Arthur Pereira Batista, Benjamin Perkins, Vada Peters, Ander Renelt, Chris Rizik, Bingham Salandi, Grace Smith, Finn Smith, Wesley Spencer, Harper Sywassink, Chase Turner, Edward Wallace, Virginia Grey White, Catherine Anne Whitfield, Chris Wynn, Ben Yoo, Elin Yoon