Community Values
Shady Side Academy is a community of learners
which devotes itself first and foremost to its students. The Academy strives to teach and to live by democratic and ethical
principles and values which acknowledge and celebrate cultural
differences. The school safeguards the individual's place in the
community and is dedicated to every individual's freedom and
responsibility to think, to communicate and to act with critical
reflection.
Members of the Shady Side Academy community acknowledge and accept five principles that serve as fundamental points of guidance for all adults and students living and working together in our school community. Learn more.
In
2007, the Board of Trustees approved the Academy's first-ever statement
on diversity in the broadest sense of the word. Learn more.
Shady Side Academy's mosaic landscape is rich with texture, hues,
voices, views and possibilities. As a community of action-minded
learners and leaders, opportunities abound for students to partake in
service-oriented projects and clubs, both locally and globally. Learn more.
In 2008 Shady Side Academy established its initial PK-12 Community
of Concern; the mission of Community of Concern is
to educate parents and establish partnerships to the end that we
coordinate our efforts in keeping our students, your children, alcohol,
tobacco and other drug-free. Learn more.
