Student Experiences

At Rocky Hill Country Day School, innovation begins with creating a culture of risk-taking and where mindset and skillset produce meaningful learning. It’s not just about gadgets in the classroom. Rather, it’s about designing authentic learning experiences that integrate content and skills across disciplines, with the habits of mind necessary for success in a rapidly changing world. Together, students and faculty identify and attempt to solve some of the planet’s most challenging problems.

REAL-WORLD RESEARCH
STUDENT-LED EVENTS

CROSS-GRADE COLLABORATION | INTERDISCIPLINARY LEARNING | CIVIC ENGAGEMENT

CROSS-GRADE
COLLABORATION

Applying communication and critical thinking skills, students work with classmates across divisions. At RHCD, learning happens best with diverse perspectives and life experiences.

Groups of students in 6th-8th grade united to solve a challenge somewhere in the world in a week-long, rapid prototyping and pitch challenge.

INTERDISCIPLINARY
LEARNING

Students broaden their understanding across disciplines, making connections to their passions and interests.

NEWS COVERAGE

English and Biology students explored the human side of healthcare, the genetics of cancer, and the importance of building empathy while learning.

CIVIC
ENGAGEMENT

Students make learning personal and relevant as they work to benefit a community, a cause, or the world. Students ask: What can I do with what I know?

In recognition of the project, teacher Charlie Laurent received The Henry Ford’s Innovation Nation Teacher Innovator Award Grand Prize.

LEARN MORE

4th grade students impacted the museum experience through their collaboration with Smith’s Castle to uncover and confront RI’s history of slavery.

SENIOR INTERNSHIPS | SERVICE LEARNING

SENIOR INTERNSHIPS
SERVICE LEARNING

SENIOR
INTERNSHIPS

Combining individual passions and talents, our students practice self-advocacy, navigate uncharted territory, communicate through a variety of media, and build skills while contributing to their personal growth and their communities.

Serving as a TA at the French American School of Rhode Island, Faythe ’19 interned with the art teacher. Fully immersed in a French-speaking environment, Faythe worked with students ranging in age from three to fourteen, planning and preparing lessons, and designing and painting sets for the school’s year-end dramatic productions.

SERVICE
LEARNING

Service learning is the practice of integrating relevant service work into academic courses, allowing students to connect knowledge and theory to practice. A key component of service learning is reflection. At RHCD, students participate in both service learning and community service

After learning about the nutritional, social support, and enrichment needs of sanctuary parrots, the 3rd grade students made toys for the birds out of recycled materials. The sanctuary, Foster Parrots, is using their creations to support the healthy development of their animals.