Upper School
Our role as educators is to know, challenge, and love our students - in return, we can fairly ask them to work hard, build their character, and take care of each other.
- Henry Heil, Clark Family Head of Upper School
The academic program of the upper school represents a four-year college preparatory curriculum that provides broad training in the liberal arts and sciences and stresses independent thinking, writing, critical reading, discipline, and creativity.
We promote understanding through classroom experiences and real-world applications that involve students in the in-depth discovery and development of their talents, skills, and acquired knowledge. Each student is also assigned a faculty advisor through our advisory program, a cornerstone of an ESD education, who provides guidance, counseling, and support.
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Course Catalog
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Beyond the Classroom
News and Notes From the Upper School
William Wexford Grogan, a rising junior, has been selected for the 2022 High School Honors Performance Series at the Musikverein.
The National High School Coaches Association named three ESD student-athletes to their 2021-22 Academic All-American Team.
ESD's Honor Graduates will attend 9 schools around the country.
Get to know our student artists around campus.