Far Hills Country Day School (also called FHCDS) is a private, nonsectarian coeducational day school located in Far Hills, New Jersey, United States. The school, founded in 1929^[1], serves students in nursery through eighth grade on a rural-suburban campus set on rolling hills and bordered by woods with nature trails.^[2]

As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 384 students and 57.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 6.7.^[3]

60% of the school's 60 teachers are pursuing or hold a master?s or higher degree and over half of all teachers have more than 10 years? teaching experience. Tuition ranges from $10,675 for prekindergarten to $23,100 for eighth grade. The school is currently undergoing construction, started in 2004, to end in 2008. The new plans involve building a new gym and an auditorium, as well as an already-built new cafeteria (built 2004) and a new lower school wing (2006). Their campaign is named "Pathways to excellence", referring to their motto In Virtute Multi Acensus - "There are many degrees of excellence".

Far Hills Country Day School is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Elementary Schools, and is a member of both the National Association of Independent Schools and the New Jersey Association of Independent Schools.^[4]

Popular culture

When alumna Christine Todd Whitman appeared on Celebrity Jeopardy! in 2004, one of the beneficiaries was Far Hills Country Day School.

In addition to the Whitmans, children from well-known families that attended FHCDS include: the Johnsons, (Johnson and Johnson), the Forbeses (Forbes Magazine), and the Chantecailles (Chantecaille cosmetics).

Notable alumni

• Nicholas F. Brady (born 1930), former United States Secretary of the Treasury who also briefly represented New Jersey in the United States Senate.^[5]
• Steve Forbes (born 1947), editor-in-chief of Forbes.^[6]
• Christine Todd Whitman (born 1947), former Governor of New Jersey.^[6]
• Frederica von Stade (born 1945), mezzo-soprano.^[7]

References

External links

• School website
• Data for Far Hills Country Day School, National Center for Education Statistics

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