Hyde School at Bath

Is Hyde Right For You?
We believe that every student, every parent, and every teacher is meant to connect with a deep and special purpose in life. Character development is the key to unlocking that purpose.

The Hyde Promise
Hyde Schools help students learn, embrace, and adopt a character compass that will guide them for the rest of their lives. This compass has four points:

1. An explicit philosophy of character in the form of Five Words: Courage, Integrity, Leadership, Curiosity, and Concern;

2. The most dynamic student peer culture in American education;

3. A dedicated faculty that will go to the ends of the earth to help teenagers and families connect with their potentials;

4. The opportunity for parents, the primary teachers, and the entire family to participate and gain individual and collective strength.

Hyde Schools’ Offer To All Families:

* We strive to offer every student and family what we call a top five experience of a lifetime.
* Those of us who work at Hyde Schools do so because we believe that the world would be a better place if everyone spent some time here. We will continually strive to ensure the legitimacy of this belief.
* Hyde Schools provide one-of-a-kind experiences where entire families grow together.
* Hyde Schools consistently place at least 96 percent of graduates in four-year colleges. From academic preparation to actual college admission counseling, each student receives extensive personal attention.

History
It began in the early '60s when Founder Joseph Gauld, a highly regarded mathematics teacher, was inspired to found a unique school because he believed that the existing educational system was overly focused on student achievement rather than character. One of Gauld’s brightest students, who had little curiosity and relied primarily on his innate abilities, received the highest grade in the class. Another student, the classic plugger, who could not grasp the course material but who embodied curiosity and a strong work ethic, received a low grade in the class.

Distraught that neither student was best served by the traditional grading system, Gauld started the Hyde School, which operated under a different set of priorities than other schools. The school began with a focus on Five Words: Courage, Integrity, Leadership, Curiosity, and Concern, and the cardinal principle that every individual was born with a unique potential that defines a destiny.

Since then, Hyde has expanded with the opening of a second boarding school in Woodstock, CT, and three public schools, Hyde-DC, Hyde-Bronx, and Hyde-New Haven, CT.

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