Rumson Country Day School
Encyclopedia
Rumson Country Day School is a coeducation
al, nonsectarian
private day school
located on a 14 acres (56,656 m²) campus in Rumson
, New Jersey
, serving students in preschool through eighth grade. The school contains 48 classrooms in which 9 of them are equipped with smartboard technology. The school has 3 libraries, 200 computers, 3 science labs, 3 music rooms, 200 seat auditorium, a woodshop, 2 gymnasiums, 3 playing fields, a baseball diamond, and two dining facilities. The school has recently constructed the William I. Riker wing, equipped with new science and art classrooms, as well as a new library.
As of the 2011-12 school year, the school has an enrollment of 450 students and 66 classroom teachers (on an FTE
basis), for a student-teacher ratio
of 7.
Rumson Country Day School is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools
and is a member of the New Jersey Association of Independent Schools
.
On Friday, September 10, 2010, the Rumson Country Day School officially opened their new William I. Riker Academic Center. This 22,000 square feet addition to the school is now home to their new main library, new computer lab and art rooms, a seminar room and three new science labs built specifically for the ages they serve. This addition allows for greater flexibility in all classrooms as Riker Hall also features many "commons" areas that allow for multiple classes and entire grades to learn together. The Academic Center was named after Bill Riker, who graduated from RCDS in 1974 and was the Chair of the Capital Campaign spearheading the vision and planning for several years.
. Spring sports are lacrosse (boys and girls), baseball, and softball. Also, in the spring there are a few track meets, golf every Monday at the Rumson Country Club, and a tennis meet. (There aren't any play-offs for football and spring sports)
A Headmaster's Cup tournament is held between RCDS and Princeton Day School in all team sports throughout the year.
from the United States Department of Education
, the highest honor that an American school can achieve.
Coeducation
Mixed-sex education, also known as coeducation or co-education, is the integrated education of male and female persons in the same institution. It is the opposite of single-sex education...
al, nonsectarian
Nonsectarian
Nonsectarian, in its most literal sense, refers to a lack of sectarianism. The term is also more narrowly used to describe secular private educational institutions or other organizations either not affiliated with or not restricted to a particular religious denomination though the organization...
private day school
Day school
A day school—as opposed to a boarding school—is an institution where children are given educational instruction during the day and after which children/teens return to their homes...
located on a 14 acres (56,656 m²) campus in Rumson
Rumson, New Jersey
Rumson is a borough in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 7,122.Rumson was formed as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 15, 1907, from portions of Shrewsbury Township, based on the results of a...
, New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
, serving students in preschool through eighth grade. The school contains 48 classrooms in which 9 of them are equipped with smartboard technology. The school has 3 libraries, 200 computers, 3 science labs, 3 music rooms, 200 seat auditorium, a woodshop, 2 gymnasiums, 3 playing fields, a baseball diamond, and two dining facilities. The school has recently constructed the William I. Riker wing, equipped with new science and art classrooms, as well as a new library.
As of the 2011-12 school year, the school has an enrollment of 450 students and 66 classroom teachers (on an FTE
Full-time equivalent
Full-time equivalent , is a unit to measure employed persons or students in a way that makes them comparable although they may work or study a different number of hours per week. FTE is often used to measure a worker's involvement in a project, or to track cost reductions in an organization...
basis), for a student-teacher ratio
Student-teacher ratio
Student-teacher ratio refers to the number of teachers in a school or university with respect to the number of students who attend the institution. For example, a student-teacher ratio of 10:1 indicates that there are 10 students for every one teacher...
of 7.
Rumson Country Day School is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools
Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools
The Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools is a voluntary, peer-based, non-profit association dedicated to educational excellence and improvement through peer evaluation and accreditation...
and is a member of the New Jersey Association of Independent Schools
New Jersey Association of Independent Schools
The New Jersey Association of Independent Schools serves independent elementary and secondary schools throughout the state of New Jersey. The Association consists of 70 member schools with a total enrollment of approximately 26,000 students...
.
School Population
The School has approximately 450 students in nursery through eighth grade. In Grades N-5, students are divided into heterogeneous homerooms with a maximum size of 16 students per homeroom. In Grades 6-8, classes are departmentalized and honors sections are offered in English, math and foreign language (French and Spanish only). Rumson Country Day School has 62 full-time and 4 part-time teachers. Teachers have an average of 16 years of experience, with 11 of those years at RCDS. The school has a student/teacher ratio of 7:1 and average class size of 15.Classes
The School offers a traditional curriculum of English grammar and literature, mathematics, science, social studies, foreign language (French and Latin, with Spanish added in the 1960s), art, crafts, shop, music and physical education. The school also offers a SWIS program which stands for School Within A School. This program helps children with learning disabilities progress through the educational institution.On Friday, September 10, 2010, the Rumson Country Day School officially opened their new William I. Riker Academic Center. This 22,000 square feet addition to the school is now home to their new main library, new computer lab and art rooms, a seminar room and three new science labs built specifically for the ages they serve. This addition allows for greater flexibility in all classrooms as Riker Hall also features many "commons" areas that allow for multiple classes and entire grades to learn together. The Academic Center was named after Bill Riker, who graduated from RCDS in 1974 and was the Chair of the Capital Campaign spearheading the vision and planning for several years.
Sports
Interscholastic sports were started at RCDS in 1946. Sports are played throughout the academic year. Fall sports are soccer (boys and girls), football, and field hockey. Winter sports are basketball (boys and girls), and ice hockey: started in 2007 with one game which was won 4-0 against Princeton Day SchoolPrinceton Day School
Princeton Day School is a private coeducational day school located in Princeton Township, New Jersey, serving students in grades pre kindergarten - 12. The largest division is the Upper School , with an enrollment of approximately 400...
. Spring sports are lacrosse (boys and girls), baseball, and softball. Also, in the spring there are a few track meets, golf every Monday at the Rumson Country Club, and a tennis meet. (There aren't any play-offs for football and spring sports)
A Headmaster's Cup tournament is held between RCDS and Princeton Day School in all team sports throughout the year.
Awards
For the 1998-99 school year, Rumson Country Day School received the Blue Ribbon AwardBlue Ribbon Schools Program
The Blue Ribbon Schools Program is a United States government program created in 1981 to honor schools which have achieved high levels of performance or significant improvements with emphasis on schools serving disadvantaged students. The program centers around a self-assessment conducted by the...
from the United States Department of Education
United States Department of Education
The United States Department of Education, also referred to as ED or the ED for Education Department, is a Cabinet-level department of the United States government...
, the highest honor that an American school can achieve.
External links
- Rumson Country Day School website
- Data for Rumson Country Day School, National Center for Education StatisticsNational Center for Education StatisticsThe National Center for Education Statistics is the part of the United States Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences that collects, analyzes, and publishes statistics on education and public school district finance information in the United States...
- Private School Review, Rumson Country Day School
- Great Schools Review, Rumson Country Day