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Savannah Country Day School
Location
Savannah, Georgia, Chatham, United States
Information
Type	Private
Motto	Service through Knowledge and Character
Established	1955
Headmaster	Marcia Hull (Interim)
Grades	Pre-kindergarten to 12th grade
Nickname	Hornets
Website	www.savcds.org

The Savannah Country Day School (SCDS) is a preparatory school founded in 1955 in Savannah, Georgia.

The school operates a Lower School (grades Pre-kindergarten-5) and a Middle School (grades 6-8) and an Upper School (grades 9-12). The Upper School has an enrollment of about 300 students and an average graduating class size of 75.^{[citation needed]}

Contents 1 History 2 Campus 2.1 Lower School 2.2 Middle School 2.3 Upper School 3 Student activities 3.1 Academic Competition 3.2 Athletics 3.3 Clubs and Organizations[2] 4 References 5 External links

[edit] History

The school's founding headmaster, Bob Trusdell, superintended the school's move from facilities on Drayton Street in Downtown Savannah to a new building on forty-five acres of land that Mr. Donald Livingston had given to Savannah Country Day. It remains in the White Bluff/ Windsor Forest area of southside Savannah.

[edit] Campus

[edit] Lower School

The Country Day Lower School Building was completed in 2008. The building is the first LEED certified building in Savannah.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Middle School

The Country Day Middle School Building, known as Pape Hall, was the first new construction is a series of improvements to student facilities.

[edit] Upper School

The Country Day Upper School has an average student body size of 300 and graduating class of 75. 19 Advanced Placement and a variety of honors courses are offered to students to prepare them for college-level work. The student:teacher ratio is 10:1. ^[1] The Upper School Campus includes Minis, Livingston, and Lewis buildings.

[edit] Student activities

[edit] Academic Competition

• Academic Quiz Bowl
• Mock Trial

[edit] Athletics

• Football
• Basketball
• Soccer
• Tennis
• Crew
• Volleyball
• Cross country track
• Softball
• Baseball
• Track and field
• Cheerleading

[edit] Clubs and Organizations^[2]

Amanuensis Art Guild Bowling Club Concerned Students for Animal Welfare (C-SAW) Chess Club Council of World Affairs Country Data Yearbook

Cum Laude Fellowship Film Society Grace House Habitat for Humanity

National Honor Society Peer Helpers Students Advocating Living Without Substance Abuse (SALSA) Theatre 15 Odyssey of the Mind

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Savannah Country Day School

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