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Future Artists
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Future Environmental Activists
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Leaders Start Here

Foothill students are well-prepared for their choice of destination schools. Graduates from the Class of 2021 are headed to college, while the Class of 2025 are leading their classes in high school. This is a sampling of where those students are continuing their academic careers right now:

Learn here. Lead anywhere.

Imagine a beautiful, vibrant campus where students and teachers are happy to be learning every day, and where students are known and supported in finding their talents. Imagine a place where students grow into ambitious, compassionate, and courageous leaders whether they become artists or scientists, authors or engineers. Foothill Country Day School is that place! The Foothill experience offers a solid academic foundation to children from ages 2 - 14, the critical window of life when your child will begin to see who they are meant to be. 

We invite you to explore this site to learn how Foothill develops leaders and how your child could be one of them. Tap the box below for your child's age group to learn more: Preschool-TK, Lower School (grades Kindergarten - 5) or Upper School (grades 6 - 8). 

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Preschool

The Seedling School
age 2 - transitional kindergarten  

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See Your Child Soar!

Our Mission 

Foothill Country Day School is a safe, nurturing, and inclusive community. We are united in pursuing intellectual inquiry, academic excellence, integrity, and service to others. We inspire each student to become ambitious, compassionate, and courageous. 

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