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for scholarship and develop into more abstract thinkers and problem solvers. Spence has high ambitions for their students as they discover what it means to be an active member of a learning community and to contribute to their classroom, their school and eventually to the greater world.” — Elizabeth Causey, Head of Lower School MIDDLE SCHOOL “We’re a noisy, messy school in really good ways. There is such joy in guiding our Middle Schoolers as they begin to define their talents and interests, develop important study skills and take on increased responsibility as members of the school community. We believe that deep, sustained learning is underpinned by relationships: students with their teachers who support and facilitate each individual’s progress, as well as students with their peers who work collaboratively in classrooms and advisory groups. With the support of teachers, advisors, grade deans and coaches, students become more independent in their learning, more critical in their thinking and they begin to exercise leadership skills.” — Karen Sullivan, Head of Middle School UPPER SCHOOL “In the Upper School, our connection to the school motto, Not for school but for life we learn , cultivates a value of engaging different perspectives, interests and academic and extracurricular pursuits to both honor where students are and the potential for how they grow in the future. We hold a deep commitment to fostering an environment in which students feel they can be their full selves as they make their way through the increasingly complex dimensions of today’s world. Our curriculum is designed to move beyond an accumulation of facts to promote thinking deeply and critically within and across disciplines. For many students, their passions emerge most profoundly through clubs and co-curricular opportunities that allow them to create their own experiences to explore, learn, and lead in service to our mission that inspires a lifelong transformation of self and the world through an education that is engaging, powerful and purposeful.” — Rachael Flores, Head of Upper School
220 (50% employees of color) Employees
6.6:1 Student-teacher ratio
20% Percent of student body receiving Financial Aid
$48,166 Average Financial Aid Grant
$7,374,718 Financial Aid budget
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