Triangle Day School

Triangle Day School
4911 Neal Road
Durham, NC 27705
919-383-8800

Age range: T-K:  4 year olds, K:  5 year olds.  School continues through 8th grade.

Tuition: $10,530 per year for T-K or K.  See tuition for upper grades at www.triangledayschool.org

Scholarships available: Limited Financial Aid available

Accreditation: Southern Association of Independent Schools (SAIS)

Application deadline: Applications accepted starting in November for following year.  Applications
accepted after January 30 only if space is available.

Application fee:  $75

School starts: Late August

School runs:
Transitional Kindergarten:  8:30 – 2:30
Kindergarten through Fifth Grade:  8:30 to 3:00
Sixth Grade through Eight Grade:  8:15 to 3:15
TDS’s optional afterschool program runs until 6PM.

Class size: We cap all elementary classes at 18 students, but generally have a smaller T-K class.

Student:teacher ratio:  T-K: 1:9;    K:  1:9

Boy/girl quota: None, although we attempt to achieve a gender balance in each class.

How toilet-trained do children need to be? All students must be toilet-trained prior to entry.

Parental participation required: Parent involvement is encouraged but not required.

Special features: T-K and Kindergartners enjoy the following “complement” classes each week:  Art,
Music, Spanish, Physical Education, Science Lab and Character Education.

Our Mission:  Triangle Day School is a challenging independent TK-8 school.  In a comfortable setting we foster intellectual engagement, enthusiasm for learning, creativity in thinking and respect for each other and the community.

 

Updated: January 2014