Ridgewood School provides the best possible educational opportunity for all students so they can become adaptable and productive lifelong learners.

We believe in:

• Upholding the premise that outstanding preparation for future academic and life challenges is paramount;
• Inspiring each individual student to achieve academic excellence in an environment that is challenging and developmentally appropriate;
• Striving for enjoyable and stimulating learning activities designed to engage students in reaching their fullest potential;
• Reaching each student’s fullest potential through a caring, professional staff and a supportive home environment;
• Encouraging each student’s self-expression and unique way of thinking;
• Creating a nurturing environment by rewarding both sincere effort and success in order to encourage life-long learning;
• Respecting diversities of every order: education, socio-economic background, religion, gender, race, age and ethnicity;
• Teaching and exposing students to the positive social behaviors of respect, responsibility and concern for others;
• Providing students with a clean, safe and secure learning environment.

Our goals are to:

• Develop a student who is competent in the basic skills of reading, writing, arithmetic, logic, listening, speaking and organization;
• Teach students to apply the basic skills to solve problems and communicate effectively;
• Teach students to identify, understand and appreciate the dynamics of family, community, national and global relationships;
• Enable the student to examine and clarify a personal value system and respect the value system of others;
• Teach the concept of responsibility as a lifelong commitment to self-discipline, participation, service and learning;
• Prepare students to participate effectively in our society.