Explore. Grow. Flourish.
Pine Point School
89 Barnes Road
Stonington, CT 06378
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1-860-535-0606
"Our teachers foster in students a joy for learning and a sense of inquiry that is sustained throughout their years at Pine Point. And as students progress and choose to take more intellectual risks, teachers are with them every step of the way building from their strengths and supporting them as they grow."
– Head of School Diana Owen
Pine Point's fine arts program attends to the whole child's educational experience. Art, music and dance are integral to our academic program, and curricular units are often complemented by an artistic component from one or several of those disciplines.
Our campus is full of natural beauty – including fields, trails, and a pond – and is surrounded by over 200 acres of conservation land. As a private school, we consider nature another classroom and integral to our program, whether for art students sketching animals or for young scientists studying water samples.
As an Independent Day School, we recognize that Pine Point’s students thrive academically and socially when every person feels valued and included. Our core values of respect, integrity, moral courage, and excellence serve as a framework for our community commitment to advance the ideals of equity, inclusion, and social justice through character education.
In Pine Point’s early childhood program, children grow in a safe, nurturing environment that builds confidence and independence. From preschool through lower elementary school, our program facilitates individual learning with a particular emphasis on play. The curriculum cultivates critical thinking and a love of learning while instilling empathy, respect for self, respect for others and responsibility.
ENGAGED LEARNING
INTEGRATED ARTS
CAMPUS
BEGINNINGS
OUR COMMITMENT
DISCOVER PINE POINT
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Pine Point School is an Independent Day School in Stonington, CT for Pre-Kindergarten through 9th grade.
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Join us for a family friendly event where you can meet with faculty, tour the campus and discover how Pine Point School actively helps children in developing a strong academic and ethical core with a lifelong curiosity about their world.
Pine Point has long held to the philosophy of educating the whole child, of striving to reach the mind and the heart. We also seek to find the right balance between work and play, between structure and freedom, between thinking independently and working collaboratively. We believe that finding balance is crucial in creating the foundation for future success in academics and in life.
Learn to Play
Learn to Excel
Learn to Learn
Saturday November 2, 10am-12pm
Join us for a Campus Tour
The best way to learn about Pine Point is to visit campus, come for a tour, observe classes, or attend an event. Come experience a joyful and engaged community in action.
Admissions Open House
Please join us on Saturday, November 2, 2024, between 10am and 12pm, for our Admissions Open House. Take a tour of our campus, meet our faculty, watch our Middle School sports teams in action, participate in an art or science activity, and shop our Book Fair!
Saturday, November 2 from 10am - 12pm
Are you Ready to Discover Pine Point for yourself?
Pine Point School is a small progressive independent school that builds engaged learning, step by step, from Pre-K through grade 9. It’s the way young students learn best.
STRONG MINDS.
CARING HEARTS.
The physical health, safety, and social and emotional well-being of our students, faculty, staff, and families always comes first. We continually monitor the health of our school community with on-site nurse coverage, daily health screening, and regular assurance testing. We also consult weekly with the department of public health and other public health experts to refine our approach. We remain committed to being flexible and responsive to address the needs of our community.
HEALTH & WELLNESS
Respect
Integrity
Moral Courage
Excellence
Early Childhood
Lower School
Middle School
(Pre-K - Grade 1)
(Grades 2 - 5)
(Grades 6 – 9)
The earliest years set the foundation for all the success that students realize throughout Lower School. Early Childhood students playfully explore their classrooms and our campus as they’re introduced to our rich program and collaborative learning approach, including science, dance, Spanish, and more. Our Preschool, Kindergarten, and Grade 1 students learn to love school and to love learning!
As students move through elementary school, they delve into increasingly more complex projects that involve a variety of faculty and subject areas in science, visual and performing arts, and introductions to technology and design. With a strong emphasis on social and emotional learning, students learn to build their individual skills while managing the dynamics of working together in small groups.
The Middle School provides a caring community where students are known for who they are, it’s safe to take risks, every student is challenged, but not overwhelmed, and they learn to organize and manage their lives as students. Advisory meetings set their day and week, where they delve into more independent projects that combine world languages, fine arts, history, math, science, and writing. As the leaders of our school, they take ownership over their school experience.
Strong Minds,
Caring Hearts
All images of students not in masks and not following social distancing guidelines pre-date our COVID-19 policies.
Explore.
Grow.
Flourish.
Are you ready to discover Pine Point for yourself?
We have a student-centered approach that focuses on educating the whole child, with a curriculum that takes advantage of our natural surroundings and a program that integrates art, dance, music, language, and project-based learning.