FAQs

Spanish is taught in Little Dragons (PK3) through Grade 8. Grade 8 students may also elect to take Latin. Typically, our graduates begin high school placed in the second year Spanish, often in an honors section.

Harford Day School works closely with families to ensure their children’s health and safety. Our school is “allergy aware.” The school nurse works with parents and teachers to educate everyone about a child’s food allergies. Teachers are aware of children’s allergies and trained to use safety stations located across campus that include auto-inject epinephrine. Lunch is eaten in small groups with faculty supervision and children are not allowed to share food.

At Harford Day School, all children, Little Dragons through Grade 8, have two (2) recess periods per day. The school retains recess as part of the daily schedule not only to promote physical activity but because it improves attentiveness in the classroom and provides necessary “brain-breaks” that are known to contribute to knowledge retention and greater learning.

All students begin their school day at 8:00 a.m. but may arrive on campus as early as 7:30 a.m. for Little Dragons and K-Prep, and 7:40 a.m. for Kindergarten to 8th grade. Little Dragons to Grade 5 dismiss at 2:50 p.m. and Grades 6-8 dismiss at 3:00 p.m. All students may stay for Extended Day until 5:30 p.m.

The admissions committee, which is comprised of the Head of School, Director of Enrollment Management, and the respective Division Head, carefully assesses each applicant’s readiness for academic, social, and personal success at Harford Day School. All admissions are made at the discretion of the Head of School.