Diversity Statement

At Chesterfield Day School, diversity encompasses differences in race, ethnic, and religious heritage, and socio-economic background, as well as differences in aptitude, personality, talent, and learning style.  

In valuing diversity, we challenge complacency and celebrate the breadth and richness of human cultures.  We go beyond believing that only our ideas are right, and we accept that there is often more than one correct answer or approach to a problem. 

Chesterfield Day School is committed to preparing its students to live in a constantly changing world, and we live this commitment by ... 

• recruiting families, faculty, and staff from diverse backgrounds who will contribute to an environment of mutual respect and learning; 

• fostering in our curriculum respect and appreciation for similarities and differences by teaching from a variety of cultural, ethnic, geographic and racial perspectives; and  

• offering a Montessori teacher-education program that attracts international students, many of whom continue their training with one-year internships in our classrooms. 

As students graduate from Chesterfield Day School, we hope they have developed an unwavering respect for themselves and others and a tangible excitement about the richness and diversity of the world and its peoples.