Buckley Country Day School
- Grades
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N2–PK, K–8
- Non-Denominational
- Day
Who we are
"Opening the Eyes and Awakening the Minds"
Who We Are
Buckley Country Day School is a private, mission-driven, independent co-educational day school, serving 350 children in grades pre-nurserythrough eight. Founded in 1923, Buckley opened the doors of its first building in Great Neck to a class of twenty-three children. In 1955, as the school’s enrollment continued to increase, the school moved to its current location in the Village of North Hills on the North Shore of Long Island. The school provides a superior elementary education to an intellectually capable and diverse student body in a dynamic learning community. We strive to become a truly inclusive, diverse environment for everyone who experiences Buckley. This includes faculty, students, and parents. Preparing our students for future success in an ever-changing world requires values and education that reflect the plurality of cultures, beliefs, history, and perspectives of a global society.
Buckley seeks to attract, admit and enroll capable, curious and motivated students, creating a diverse community of families who embrace our core values. One of our major strengths is the ethnic, religious and socio-economic diversity of our student body. We firmly believe that the experience of all of our students is enriched by the multiple perspectives that a diverse student body brings into the classroom.
Philosophy
Buckley is committed to providing a rigorous, classical education that focuses on scholastic achievement. Emphasis is placed on core skills in reading, writing, and mathematics, using a broad repertoire of teaching techniques and technologies. These skills are enhanced by their integration throughout the curriculum. Our faculty creates experiences that foster critical thinking, problem solving, and collaboration. Buckley’s educational philosophy is centered on intellectual, physical, and artistic development. Buckley’s size and low student-teacher ratio enable our exceptional faculty to maximize individual attention. Our nurturing, family-oriented environment brings out the joy of learning in each child.
Core Values
Buckley believes in fostering integrity, hard work, kindness, personal and social responsibility, and mutual respect in all our students. We embrace diversity. We honor our school’s long-standing traditions.
The Buckley Faculty is recruited nationally and internationally with advanced degrees in their respective fields, recognized success in education, and a commitment to being role models for young people. They are dedicated to life-long learning and continued professional growth, and are noted as presenters at national conferences. They use a broad repertoire of teaching techniques and technologies, enhancing students’ skills by integrating these approaches throughout the curriculum. At the same time, our faculty provides opportunities for our children to explore and take risks within a safe and supportive environment, bringing out the joy of learning in each child.
The Buckley Curriculum incorporates enriched instruction in literacy, mathematics, and science, supported by current educational research; multiple technologies for “anytime, anyplace learning”; study of world languages beginning in Pre-Kindergarten; creative self-expression through the visual and performing arts; and fitness and physical skills beginning in early childhood and culminating with athletic competition in middle school. We have been an affiliate school of Columbia University Teachers College Reading and Writing Project since September 2010.
The Buckley Graduate is well prepared for entry into and success in, secondary schools and beyond. Each has been educated to communicate well, to collaborate effectively, to think critically, to problem solve, to exercise good judgment, and to embrace leadership opportunities. They are offered places at the most selective secondary schools on Long Island and in New York City as well as at prestigious boarding schools in the Northeast.