The John Cooper School is an independent, non-sectarian, co-educational, college preparatory day school. The School’s mission is to provide a challenging education in a caring environment to a diverse group of select students, enabling them to become critical and creative thinkers, effective communicators, responsible citizens and leaders, and lifelong learners.
The School believes that the needs of the whole student – intellectual, emotional, social, physical, and ethical – are best addressed in an educational community where:
Surrounding our philosophies and forming the culture of our community, we are committed to core values of care, curiosity, connection, and challenge. A John Cooper School education is characterized by a challenging curriculum, a civil and intellectual exchange of ideas, supportive teaching and teachers, and a commitment to the following:
