Stanwich School, founded in 1998, offers education to students in grades kindergarten through nine. Its curriculum includes subjects, such as science, physical education, business, mathematics, foreign languages, and performing and language arts. The school s subjects also include visual arts, social studies, computers and technology. The services offered by the school include career counseling and academic guidance. It has a media center and library that provides an online catalog of study materials. The sports activities offered by the school include cross country, baseball, bowling, basketball, football, golf, lacrosse, swimming, soccer, softball, track, volleyball and wrestling. It provides a variety of extracurricular activities, including racing, dance, drama and music. Stanwich School is approved by the Connecticut Association of Independent Schools and is located in Greenwich, Conn.
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New Canaan Country School is an independent school for beginners through grade nine. It was founded as the Community School in 1916. The school has an enrollment of more than 600 students and has a student-to-teacher ratio of 6 to 1. It provides students and teachers access to educational resources and facilities, including online libraries, an audiovisual center and multimedia laboratory, art studios, music classrooms, a fully equipped wood-working shop, modern science labs, a professional auditorium, gymnasiums, playing fields and a nature center. It offers classes in English, art, science, language arts, literature, math, cooking and social studies. Its academic program is supplemented by offerings in art, music, singing, dramatics, creative dance, woodworking, computers and daily athletics. The school was recognized by the Department of Education as a national exemplary Blue Ribbon school for excellence in education.
