Our School
Mission, Vision, Values
Our Mission
The Dalton School is committed to providing an education of excellence that meets each student’s interests, abilities, and needs within a common curricular framework and reflects and promotes an understanding of, and appreciation for, diversity in our community as an integral part of school life. Dalton challenges each student to develop intellectual independence, creativity and curiosity and a sense of responsibility toward others both within the School and in the community at large. Guided by the Dalton Plan, the School prepares students to "Go Forth Unafraid."
As a progressive school guided by the Dalton Plan, we are an intentionally diverse community committed to a tradition of life-long learning and educational innovation. The following are major principles that inform the daily learning environment at Dalton:
As a progressive school guided by the Dalton Plan, we are an intentionally diverse community committed to a tradition of life-long learning and educational innovation. The following are major principles that inform the daily learning environment at Dalton:
- Valuing all dimensions of each child — intellectual, social, emotional, aesthetic, physical, and spiritual.
- Cultivating values of respect, integrity, compassion, and justice to encourage community responsibility, combat prejudice, and engage students as participants in a democratic society and global community.
- Developing intellectual independence and risk-taking through inquiry, direct experience, and collaboration.
- Valuing all disciplines – the arts, sciences, humanities, and physical development in an interdisciplinary curriculum, mindful of our historical emphasis on music, dance, theater, and visual arts.
DEI Vision Statement
At Dalton, we believe that diversity, equity and inclusion are essential to a healthy and vibrant school. We aim to be an institution where every member of our community feels valued in their differences and united in the shared belief that a diverse and equitable community is integral to academic excellence. We strive to have our halls be reflective of our values through the diversity of our students, faculty, staff and families. We will provide an education that embraces challenging inquiry so that our students are prepared to participate and lead towards a more equitable world.
Our Values
Cultivating Character, Creating Community
Central to Dalton’s commitment to its students is providing an education of excellence where students are empowered and character is cultivated in an inclusive, intentionally diverse school community. Helen Parkhurst’s vision, rooted in the Dalton Plan, provides a uniquely supportive foundation upon which to build strong community values. Community building and Dalton’s eight core values are woven into the fabric of the curricula throughout all three divisions.
List of 8 items.
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Valuing truth, learning, and authenticity
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Practicing and promoting respect for self, for others, and for the environment we share
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Acting with empathy and compassion
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Developing the character and confidence required to take risks in civic and intellectual undertakings
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Practicing and promoting integrity and responsibility
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Encouraging leadership
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Making responsible choices in a variety of settings and participating constructively in the community beyond the school;
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Insisting upon justice
Our Values by Division
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First Program
Kindergarten - Grade 3 -
Middle School
Grades 4 - 8 -
High School
Grades 9 - 12
Grades K-3
53 East 91st Street, New York, NY 10128
Grade 4 & PE Center
200 East 87th Street, New York, NY 10128
Grades 5-12
108 East 89th Street, New York, NY 10128
