Welcome to PCD

Welcome to PCD,

a PreK–12 independent school where students are challenged to achieve at a high level—across academics, arts, athletics, and leadership—within a community designed to support them as individuals.

As an accredited school through AISNE (Association of Independent Schools In New England) and NEASC (New England Association of Schools and Colleges), we are dedicated to inspiring lives of engaged citizenship, and living our core values every day enables us to fulfill this mission. While we are proud of the successful adults our students become, we are equally proud of the joy and inspiration they find along their journey, simply in coming together each day to talk, listen, study, play, try, fail, perform, win, lose, socialize, reflect, and start again. Here you will find a values system and community character in which high achievement is not attained at the expense of kindness and humanity.

We invite you to explore our website and visit our campus to experience what life at PCD is like and to imagine how your commitment and participation can make a difference in the PCD community and beyond.

What makes PCD different?

List of 3 items.

High Expectations Without High Pressure

Academic rigor is paired with a culture that prioritizes balance, confidence, and sustainable success.
Known as Students, Supported as Individuals

Students don’t have to choose between academics, athletics, arts, or leadership—they can do it all.
More Opportunities, Not More Tradeoffs

Individual attention allows students of all learning styles to thrive and grow with confidence.

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Starting Your Journey at PCD means:

Making a difference—for yourself and for others—in your school, your community, and the world.
Bringing your own perspective but also a willing spirit and an openness to seeing things differently.
Embracing a quiet moment and being a good listener, but also jumping in to make some noise.
Finding your personal voice and the courage to use it.

Making something better every day—for others and for yourself.
Getting your hands dirty—trying something new and valuing both the resulting successes and failures.
Fitting in by standing out—belonging because you are in a community of peers and mentors, each of whom is standing out in a unique way.

Eben and Sarah Bates, Parents

Our kids came to visit and said they instantly knew this was where they wanted to go to school. They felt the sense of community from the teachers, administration and the students immediately. Choosing PCD has been one of the best decisions we have made for our children. The school embraces each child and encourages them to be the best they can be.
Katie Wetherby, Parent

I'm so grateful that my family is a part of this amazing community. PCD is not only a great school that makes every child's education personal and challenging, they are an extension of our family. The teachers and administration are more than educators; they are advocates and champions for each student. They know that there is not one path for every child.