Phoenix Country Day School
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Phoenix Country Day School (PCDS) is an independent, nonsectarian, college-preparatory private school in the Phoenix, Arizona
metropolitan area; the school has an approximate total enrollment of 700 in pre-kindergarten through Grade 12. The Upper School has 239 students with around 60 students in each grade 9-12. The School is organized into a Lower School (pre-K to grade 4), a Middle School (grades 5-8), and an Upper School (grades 9-12).
for five out of the last six years .
team won 1A-3A states for five of the past six years. The PCDS FIRST
Robotics team, Blue Tide, won the National Underwater Robotics Challenge in 2008 and qualified for the semifinal round of the 2009 Arizona FRC Tournament.
Phoenix, Arizona
Phoenix is the capital, and largest city, of the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the sixth most populated city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,445,632 people according to the official 2010 U.S. Census Bureau data...
metropolitan area; the school has an approximate total enrollment of 700 in pre-kindergarten through Grade 12. The Upper School has 239 students with around 60 students in each grade 9-12. The School is organized into a Lower School (pre-K to grade 4), a Middle School (grades 5-8), and an Upper School (grades 9-12).
History
The school was founded in 1961 by Franz and Dr. Sue Mae Talley. The school opened the following year and originally had 93 students; it has undergone several periods of expansion in the decades since.Middle school
The middle school has 250 students in grades 5 through 8. The school aims to keep class sizes at 20 students or below. Annual class trips are designed to promote bonding among the various students. The school offers athletics programs and a student council, both of which are open to all interested students.Upper School
The Upper School offers 14 Advanced Placement courses, 17 varsity sports programs, and 15 extracurricular activities. In particular, its policy debate team won the 1A-3A Arizona Interscholastic AssociationArizona Interscholastic Association
The Arizona Interscholastic Association is the major high school sports association in the state of Arizona. It comprises most of the state's public district high schools, various charter and private schools, plus one high school in California San Pasqual High School in Winterhaven, California,...
for five out of the last six years .
Extracurriculars
Phoenix Country Day School offers extracurricular programs for all ages. The PCDS policy debatePolicy debate
Policy debate is a form of speech competition in which teams of two advocate for and against a resolution that typically calls for policy change by the United States federal government or security discourse...
team won 1A-3A states for five of the past six years. The PCDS FIRST
First
First or 1st is the ordinal form of the number one.First or 1st may also refer to:* First , minor summit below the Schwarzhorn in the Bernese Alps in Switzerland* First , mountain in Bernese Alps in Switzerland...
Robotics team, Blue Tide, won the National Underwater Robotics Challenge in 2008 and qualified for the semifinal round of the 2009 Arizona FRC Tournament.