Who we are.
The Primary Day School in Bethesda, Maryland, is a school for boys and girls from Pre-Kindergarten through Grade 2. We are the only school in the area that focuses exclusively on children in this unique age group, and we do so for a very important reason. These are the most crucial learning years in children’s lives, a time when they are bursting with potential, ready for quantum leaps of development. At Primary Day, everything we do focuses on helping young children flourish—as learners and as people—during this vitally important time of life.
Welcome
From Neil Mufson, Head of School
Welcome to Primary Day!
Imagine a school whose entire reason for being is to serve the specific needs and opportunities of children in Pre-Kindergarten through Grade 2. Where every decision, every direction, every resource is grounded by what is best for these early learners — emotionally, cognitively, socially, and physically.
Imagine a school where every teacher is an early childhood expert. Where, in the faculty and staff, parents find true partners in the joyful but formidable task of providing the best possible start to formal schooling, while at the same time raising children nurtured to face challenges with purpose, goodness, resilience, and the strongest of skills.
Imagine a school that fosters not just imagination and a strong work ethic, but also kindness, respect, responsibility, and balance. That scaffolds the strongest possible academic foundation with abundant opportunities for free play, fresh air, and being a kid. That mindfully cultivates a warm sense of community that helps children, parents, and teachers connect and thrive. That embraces diversity not just because it is right but because it knows it is the only way to grow the strongest possible education and the most just world.
Imagine a school whose very structure promotes discovering what kind of learner each child is, meeting those needs, and then sending its graduates on to the best schools in the greater DC area. Imagine a next school placement team that offers the most personalized approach and that eliminates chance and anxiety. Imagine graduates who are sought after by what are arguably the best schools in the nation because they know the value of what their sending school delivers.
Imagine a school that truly honors the time of life between Pre-Kindergarten and Second Grade and that imbues its learners with the tools to create and open future doors of opportunity.
You don’t have to imagine such a school. You will find it at The Primary Day School. This is who we are.
I hope to see you on campus soon.
Neil Mufson
N.Mufson@theprimarydayschool.org
Stay informed!
Check out Primary Thoughts, the Head of School blog, to stay connected to what’s happening at Primary Day School.
