170 Windsor Drive, Nashville, TN 37205
615-356-5510 Our Mission
To educate and inspire young people to become thoughtful, creative, lifelong learners and self-disciplined, responsible, caring citizens. Our Vision Within an inclusive and diverse community of engaged partners, Harding Academy will set the standard for premier PreK-8 independent schools as we inspire our students’ intellectual development, embrace their balanced, personal growth, and develop well-prepared leaders and positive contributors to our 21st-century society. The PreK-8 Model Fact-based research and evidence confirm what we’ve believed all along: PreK-8 is the independent school model that best supports the emotional, developmental, and academic needs of younger students before they go to high school. Developmentally, this is the most socially, intellectually, and physically dynamic period in a child’s life. A PreK-8 model provides stability during the age four-to-fourteen years, with no school transitions as children move from PreK and kindergarten to elementary school to middle school. Why not high school? Because we want to preserve an environment in which the needs of younger students remain paramount, we maintain the PreK-8 model, choosing not to extend through high school. In schools that go to the twelfth grade, school culture tends to orbit around the high school. In a PreK-8 model, middle-schoolers have more opportunities to lead and younger students have more developmentally-appropriate role models. Fully prepared. With the PreK-8 model as a foundation, Harding Academy students learn and grow in a nurturing atmosphere that gives them the time and guidance to explore identity, goals, and interests. By the time they reach eighth grade, they are fully prepared to choose the high school that best fits who they have become—and they are fully prepared to be leaders when they get there. |
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