Learning at NSCD
In the classroom and beyond, our faculty provide the learning experiences and scaffolding of skills to develop students who are ready to actively engage the world and embody the school's mission through their lives.
Our integrated JK-12 curriculum intentionally develops skills, dispositions and mindsets that complement content knowledge; promotes interdisciplinary and experiential learning; and demands engagement with multicultural and global issues.
Our exceptional faculty understand the power of spiraling curricular threads, collaboration across grade levels and between disciplines. It develops enduring understanding in students and changes busy work to meaningful work.
Our emphasis on the whole child ensures that critical and creative thinkers not only have the intellect but the compassion, communication skills and social awareness to engage constructively in the world around them.
Early Childhood
Early Childhood
Grades JK and SK
Every day, our youngest students bring to school boundless curiosity and creativity—we honor and nurture these traits with a rich, innovative kindergarten program.
Lower School
Lower School
Grades 1-5
Our integrated curriculum and program help children see the world through more courageous, compassionate eyes, planting the seed for a lifelong love of learning.
Middle School
Middle School
Grades 6-8
We believe in the unique capabilities
of our adolescent learners, and
our curriculum reflects that. Our teachers challenge students to stretch themselves.
Upper School
Upper School
Grades 9-12
Challenging classes, one-on-one interactions with teachers, long-
block schedules, personalized college counseling, service learning, regular community gatherings—are all part of the experience.
By the Numbers
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8 to 1
Student to Teacher Ratio
43%
Students of Color
105
Years NSCD has been serving the greater Chicago area
540
Students Enrolled
47
ZIP CODES REPRESENTED
52%
FACULTY WITH ADVANCED DEGREES