Porter-Gaud School

Porter-Gaud is an Episcopal, coeducational, independent, college preparatory day school with a diverse student body. We acknowledge the sovereignty of God, recognize the worth of the individual, and seek to cultivate a school community that endows its citizens with a foundation of moral and ethical character and intellect. Porter-Gaud fosters a challenging academic environment that honors excellence in teaching and learning, respects differences, expects honesty, and applauds achievement. The school strives to create an environment that nurtures and protects what we value most in our children: their faith, their curiosity, their talents, their integrity, their humanity, and their dreams.

All Porter-Gaud students should have an educational experience that prepares them to be effective lifelong learners and contributors to our global community. Now more than ever, the Porter-Gaud experience must not only provide for the acquisition of rigorous academic content, but it must also be more intentional about fostering critical thinking, communication, collaboration, creativity, and other forward-looking skills our young people need to thrive in this complex, rapidly changing world. Below is the collective vision that articulates our community’s aspirations for all our students.

From the earliest grades to the Upper School, Porter-Gaud students learn from faculty members whose love of their subject areas is infectious. Lessons are student-centered, interactive, and discussion-based, so students don't just absorb ideas, they question them, discern and define them in their own terms, and apply them to their lives. Curiosity is nurtured as an essential tool in building knowledge and understanding.

A Porter-Gaud education offers students rigorous academics in the core areas of study - English, Math, Science, History, and World Languages (including Chinese, Spanish, Latin, and French) - and an array of opportunities in religion, the arts, technology, and the humanities.