Mission 

Eagle Cove School is a family of students, educators, and parents dedicated to making each child's early academic experience challenging and joyful. The School provides an environment of trust, tradition and intellectual discovery.  It is our mission to maintain a culture of academic excellence as we foster within students respect, responsibility, joy in lifelong learning and habits of environmental and community stewardship.

Founded in 1956, Eagle Cove School (formerly GICS) is a community of learners that carries forth its mission by balancing strong academic expectations with a creative, supportive learning environment. A small coeducational, independent elementary school, ECS believes:

• that educating the whole child involves intellectual, social, emotional, physical, aesthetic and moral development
• that children grow through discovery and active participation in the learning process
• that children thrive when the curriculum is interconnected
• that small classes and a favorable teacher/student ratio enhance motivation, risk taking and learning
• that a child’s unique strengths are the cornerstones for building achievement and self esteem
• that students need highly qualified, caring teachers who work cooperatively to recognize and respond to individual patterns of growth, maturity and learning
• that our unique waterfront setting can be used to enhance the curriculum and help foster and early appreciation of and concern for the environment
• that students develop values, consider appropriate choices, and reach for their highest potential when students, school and parents act as partners in a child’s education and development
• that the celebration of diversity enriches children in an increasingly global society
• that a respectful learning environment depends upon trust, communication, and understanding among all constituencies

Commitment to Diversity

As members of Eagle Cove School, we share a commitment to understand and honor our differences, treat each other with respect, and uphold our school's celebration of diversity.

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