Rumson Country Day School

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name = Rumson Country Day School


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established = 1926
grades = PreK - 8
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type = Private school
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enrollment = 390 (as of 2005-06; excludes 51 in PreK)
faculty = 59.5 (on FTE basis)
ratio = 6.6
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location = 35 Bellevue Avenue
Rumson, NJ 07760
information = 732-842-0527
website = [http://www.rcds.com School website]

Rumson Country Day School is a coeducational, nonsectarian private day school located on a convert|13.5|acre|m2|sing=on campus in Rumson, New Jersey, serving students in preschool through eighth grade. Rumson Country Day School opened on November 1, 1926, with 23 pupils.

As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 390 students (plus 51 students in prekindergarten) and 59.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 6.6. [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3409660&ID=340966001104 Rumson Country Day School] , National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed July 21, 2008.]

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. [ [http://www.njais.org/listing.html School Search] , New Jersey Association of Independent Schools. Accessed July 29, 2008.]

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 56 full-time and 5 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 7.5:1 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.

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 School. 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.

2006-07 Team Sports Records

Fall
Football 7-0
Boys' Soccer 10-1 (first Round of Play-offs)
Girls' Soccer 10-5 (Semi-finals)
Field Hockey 10-2-2(first Round of Play-offs)

Winter
Boys' Basketball 13-5 (Semi-finals)
Girls' Basketball 16-7 (League Runner-Ups)
Ice Hockey - Wins 4-0 over Princeton Day School in the first game in RCDS history.

Spring
Baseball 9-1
Softball 4-2
Boys' Lacrosse 9-3
Girls' Lacrosse 9-1

2007-08 Team Sports Records

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Fall
Football 6-1*
Boys' Soccer 1-8-1
Girls' Soccer 8-3-1 (first Round of Play-offs)
Field Hockey 8-3-4 (first Round of Play-offs)

Winter
Boys' Basketball 19-5 (Won Championship against The Ranney School)
Girls' Basketball 18-1 (Won Championship against Lakehurst)
This was the first time in RCDS history when both teams won the Central Jersey Athletic League championship at the same time.
Ice Hockey - the one game was snowed out and replaced by the beginning of Color War.

Spring
Boys Lacrosse 6-5
Girls Lacrosse 7-2
Baseball 4-5
Softball 8-0-1

Awards

For the 1998-99 school year, Rumson Country Day School received the Blue Ribbon Award from the United States Department of Education, the highest honor that an American school can achieve. [ [http://www.ed.gov/programs/nclbbrs/list-1982.pdf Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 1982-1983 through 1999-2002 (PDF)] , New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed May 11, 2006.]

References

External links

* [http://www.rcds.com/ Rumson Country Day School website]
* [http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pss/privateschoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&SchoolID=00869025&ID=00869025 Data for Rumson Country Day School] , National Center for Education Statistics