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Why Green Vale?

The right school environment during the early childhood, elementary, and middle school years can have as profound an impact on later success at a top high school or college.

Academic Excellence

Students are challenged by a skills-based curriculum of above-grade-level content. Students enter high school ahead of their peers in course placement, with strong self-advocacy and executive functioning skills.

Joyful Environment

Laughter and fun are prioritized during the school day by design. When you love school, you will love learning.

Key to this is strong parent involvement, a celebration of individual differences, and a commitment to inclusion that leads to the richest learning available.

Strength of Size

Green Vale is the largest and most demographically diverse toddler – 8th grade independent school on Long Island.

We maintain small class sizes and individualized attention while also allowing for a more socially robust environment and access to a wider array of programs.

Character Education

Character education is the unifying principle at the heart of every division, every classroom, every lunch period. Through such coordination, positive behaviors become contagious. Students explore the meaning of character through leadership, service opportunities, and other activities.

Strong Traditions

Since 1923, Green Vale has been proudly rooted in institutional tradition. There is a clear sense of feeling part of something larger than oneself, and a kinship with generations who have taken part in beloved events and activities.

Focus on Early Learning

We are often asked: why don't you have a high school? It's simple: we want our middle school students to shine on their own merits, without the shadow of a high school full of older kids who inevitably seem more talented, more important, and just plain cooler.

Why Private School?

lower school students hanging out with upper school students on the lawn

The right school for a child is influenced by each family's priorities, residential district, and financial considerations. Many parents see value in investing in a young child's education, establishing an early connection between challenge and success. They seek to develop the whole child in partnership with teachers who have space, time, and flexibility to cultivate character, relationships, and resilience along with exceptional academic skills. Smaller class sizes increase individualized attention that helps a child reach his/her potential.

In many cases, parents choose private schools over top public schools due to the close-knit, family-like community available to both students and parents.

Private schools are not driven by standardized tests and state-wide minimum standards, allowing for more emphasis on writing, critical thinking, creativity, and advanced content. Many teachers are subject area experts, with backgrounds and degrees beyond education.

Private school students score better than public school peers in nearly all subjects, according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress. On college admissions tests, the National Association of Independent Schools reports that private school students consistently outperform. Private school graduates also tend to be more accustomed to self-advocacy and seeking extra help when needed. They are also said to be better prepared for college-level writing and research.

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