On July 20, the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) announced all sports have been pushed back to December or later due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Sports in 2020-21 will be divided into two seasons instead of three. Country Day is part…
In an email to the Country Day community, head of school Lee Thomsen addressed Gov. Gavin Newsom’s new regulations on school openings in the fall. “We plan to begin school in a remote learning environment,” Thomsen wrote. “We will confirm…
Following parent responses, head of school Lee Thomsen and the High School Task Force, led by head of high school Brooke Wells, adjusted the return-to-school policy. Wells said the high school has four schedule models for the fall, depending on…
Public discussion on race and criminal justice issues has steadily increased since the death of George Floyd in police custody on May 25. Over this past month, support for Black Lives Matter increased by nearly as much as it had…
Country Day will resume in-person teaching when the fall semester begins on Sept. 1 — though with a modified system. According to head of school Lee Thomsen’s email to families on June 12, students will be organized into cohorts to…
After working as Country Day’s director of admission for three years, Hadley Keefe has accepted the same position at Kingsley Montessori School in Boston. She worked in admissions at Lycée Francais de San Francisco before Country Day. Before Keefe, Lonna…
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, almost all County Day summer programs have been canceled. Biology (June 8-July 10) and pre-calculus honors (June 29-July 31) classes will be held online. Among the dozens of summer programs normally offered throughout the summer…
On June 4 at 6 p.m., seniors received their diplomas at a drive-thru graduation ceremony on campus. The celebration featured a DJ; balloons; stations for apple cider, gifts and diplomas; a toast; and honking horns. An online video tribute to the…
Jamie Pedersen, a psychiatric clinical counselor and the mother of junior Connor Pedersen, recently told a sad story about one of her patients, a high school senior. “It was her last year (in theater class), and the sets she designed…
Felecia Keys created the high school choir and conducted Country Day’s orchestra, chamber and choir groups, winning more than 60 awards along the way. Now, after 10 years of directing and teaching, she will retire in June. When Keys came to Country Day, she…
