Far Hills Country Day School
Academics
The school's curriculum provides an education in English literature, English language, mathematics, science, and Latin.
Athletics
All students participate in physical education between pre-kindergarten and fourth grade and in the interscholastic athletics program between fifth and eighth grade. The athletic program includes basketball, cross-country, cross-fit, fencing, field hockey, ice hockey, lacrosse, soccer, tennis, track, and volleyball.
While the fifth grade participates in some sports, they do not compete against other schools.
Testing assessments
ERB Testing begins in third through eighth grade to benchmark students’ academic progress against other independent school students. In fourth and seventh grade, the Writing Assessment Program is used to provide a comprehensive and direct analysis of students' writing ability benchmarked against other independent school students. Upper School Students also take the SSAT, a standardized test used for secondary independent school admissions.
Popular culture
When alumna Christine Todd Whitman appeared on Celebrity Jeopardy! in 2004, one of the beneficiaries was Far Hills Country Day School.
Notable alumni
- Nicholas F. Brady (born 1930), former United States Secretary of the Treasury who also briefly represented New Jersey in the United States Senate.
- Steve Forbes (born 1947), editor-in-chief of Forbes.
- Asher Grodman (born 1987), actor and producer who stars in the CBS series Ghosts
- Christine Todd Whitman (born 1947), former Governor of New Jersey.
- Frederica von Stade (born 1945), mezzo-soprano.
References
- ^ Trenner, Richard. "Playing, Singing, Speaking and 'Doing Politics'", The New York Times, November 15, 1998. Accessed March 28, 2023. "When a former kindergartner visits, he might be Nicholas Brady, former Senator and Secretary of the Treasury. Growing up at Hamilton Farm, his family's 5,000-acre (20 km) estate encompassing parts of Hunterdon, Morris, and Somerset counties, he spent six wonderful years at Far Hills Country Day. Four of his children and four of his grandchildren have followed him there."
- ^ Bumiller, Elisabeth. "Politics: On The Trail; In Political Quest, Forbes Runs in Shadow of Father", The New York Times, February 11, 1996. Accessed December 11, 2007. "Christine Todd, Mr. Forbes's childhood friend from the Far Hills Country Day school, would grow up to become Governor Whitman.... His son went off to the Brooks School in North Andover, Mass., then on to Princeton, Malcolm Forbes's alma mater."
- ^ Kuperinsky, Amy. "Meet Ghosts stars Asher Grodman and Richie Moriarty, N.J.’s pantsless finance bro and arrowed scout leader", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, September 28, 2022. Accessed March 28, 2023. "Grodman came of age in the Hunterdon County borough of Califon, about 10 minutes outside Chester.... 'I was the one Jew in a very, very not Jewish community,' Grodman says of his elementary and middle school days at Far Hills Country Day School."
- ^ Hall of Honor, Far Hills Country Day School. Accessed April 18, 2008.
