The Santa Fe Girls' School

Academic program: we nurture and empower our students to become strong, independent, life-long learners. We foster intellectual rigor, creativity and self-confidence, along with independent, open-ended critical thinking. Our students develop academic skills, organizational skills, and self- discipline. We encourage students to take initiative and to learn to articulate thoughts effectively, in writing and in speaking. Our students work in teams, and discover The value of intellectual, cultural, social and psychological variety. By The eighth grade, our students' mean standardized test scores place them in The top fifteen percent of The nation. Our graduates go on to The public and private high schools of their choice, as academic and social leaders.

Resolve program: teaching self-advocacy to young women is crucial to preparing them for high School, college and beyond. The resolve program teaches verbal and physical self-defense skills. Each of The three grades at The Santa Fe Girls' School receives age-appropriate instruction in de- escalating conflict and setting strong boundaries, using their tone of voice and body language. These young women learn to trust their intuition, and they develop a sense of their own personal power.

Santa Fe girls explore (summer camp): we provide three weeks of summer camp for girls entering fourth, fifth and sixth grades. The camp leaders and counselors are faculty members, electives teachers, and recent alumnae of The School. Each week of camp has a unique theme. The campers explore different subjects through hands on activities such as games, movement, story-telling, writing, cooking, field trips, art projects, and other activities.