FLINT HILL SCHOOL

Our Mission Our commitment is to develop in a caring community an individual who seeks excellence and embraces the “Driving Spirit” of Flint Hill School. Our Vision A Flint Hill education focuses on the learner. Within a context of strong relationships, we create developmental experiences that embrace the best practices of traditional and contemporary education. As we strive for continuous growth, we actively and thoughtfully implement the ideas and resources that help each student investigate, create, and communicate collaboratively and effectively in a rapidly changing, interconnected world. Our Philosophy Flint Hill School, founded in 1956 and reorganized in 1989, has been created and shaped through the years by a blending of constituencies. The faculty and student body are encouraged to experience the joy of learning and growing in a community of many members and to appreciate the riches of the diverse environment of the Greater Washington Area. The school enrolls students from Junior Kindergarten through Grade Twelve who exhibit high standards of character and conduct and the potential for achieving success in a demanding academic program. Different learning styles are recognized and personalized attention given; special academic help is offered as long as the student responds positively and diligently. Learning how to learn, through mastery of critical thinking, problem solving and writing skills, is given as much attention as mastery of subject matter. The curriculum requires a traditional core of courses for graduation, carefully balanced with a stimulating mix of electives in order to prepare the student for the most exacting college programs. Aesthetic awareness and creativity are cultivated through studies in the arts; the athletic program encourages and demands the best from all participants, not only in skill development but also sportsmanship, teamwork, self-discipline and leadership; and the experiential education program, which utilizes the resources of the surrounding region, fosters personal growth, hands-on learning, and respect for the natural world. Moral and ethical growth is emphasized in an environment guided by the ethical ideals of the Judeo-Christian tradition. Honor, integrity, personal responsibility, and how we treat one another are critical values. In a world of momentous and rapid change, the Flint Hill School student is encouraged: to cherish time-tested democratic ideals of a free society; to seek to understand diverse cultures and beliefs; to think globally, analytically and responsibly about complex world issues; and to respond locally through service to others. At the heart of the Flint Hill School philosophy is the belief that the community life of the school inspires students to respect individual differences in social, intellectual, racial and religious backgrounds while enjoying the rich experience of being bound together by service to the shared life of the school. Students who establish deep and lasting friendships through caring for others, and who take responsibility for maintaining the high quality of campus life, will experience a truth of lasting value: that the Flint Hill School experience is not merely a stepping stone to college, but one that has lifelong meaning and deep satisfaction.