Mission

At Whatcom Day Academy, our mission is to offer a high quality, challenging academic program that inspires students to realize their full intellectual and personal potential, and to develop as self-confident learners, competent and critical thinkers, and respectful, responsible citizens.

In order to accomplish our mission, Whatcom Day Academy gives every student:

• The challenge to think creatively and to take intellectual risks.

• Professional, compassionate and dedicated teachers.

• Small classes that promote personal engagement with the curriculum.

• A learning experience that honors, cultivates and inspires each child’s intrinsic curiosity, interest, and capacity to learn.

• Recognition that children learn in different styles and at different paces.

• A physically, socially and emotionally safe learning setting.

• High moral and ethical standards.

• A respectful, nonsectarian environment that welcomes diversity.

• A community that celebrates learning as an exciting and life-long adventure.