The ability to communicate effectively is not only an essential life skill, it is fundamental to success in college, career and life. At Shady Side, 从最小的年级开始，书面和口头沟通技巧就被有意地融入到十大正规网堵软件的课程中, and students build exceptional writing and speaking skills over 14 years.

At the Junior School and Country Day School, every child becomes a published author as they cycle through the Writing Workshop curriculum, learning to collect ideas, draft, revise and edit stories just like real writers do. Our youngest students also gain confidence and develop public speaking skills in a safe, 通过在集会上发布公告和在年级水平的舞台作品中表演来支持环境.

In the Middle School, students learn to express their ideas and develop their voices through formal essays, creative writing assignments and presentations, while honing grammar, vocabulary and research skills. 在自习室和会议期间，教师在十大正规网堵软件的写作实验室提供额外的支持.

At the Senior School, students are writing across the curriculum in nearly every discipline. 从写英文诗到撰写历史研究论文，再到写实验报告和展示科学研究成果, students learn to think critically, reason ethically and listen carefully, and to speak, write and read with clarity and precision.

The result? 十大正规网堵软件的毕业生在大学搜索中脱颖而出，成为批判性思考者，他们可以分析性地写作，并自信地表达自己的观点. In fact, 十大正规网堵软件的毕业生告诉十大正规网堵软件，他们觉得自己比大学里的同龄人更适合大学水平的写作.

Shady Side提供独特的PK-12数学课程，培养对数学概念的深入掌握，并建立强大的解决问题的能力. Our students don’t just memorize operations and formulas, they learn how and why math works in the real world.

It begins in our elementary schools with the innovative Math in Focus: Singapore Math curriculum, which develops deep mathematical understanding. 教师使用具体到图形到抽象的学习过程，以实践经验为基础，让孩子们学习数学在现实生活中是如何以及为什么起作用的. This curriculum continues through pre-algebra in the Middle School, perfectly preparing students for algebra, geometry and the problem-based math courses at the Senior School.

Based on coursework developed at Phillips Exeter Academy, 高中数学课程以学生为中心取代了传统的以教科书和教师为中心的方法, 以讨论为基础的教学方法，鼓励学生发展创造性的解决问题的策略，而不是公式化的答案. This prepares students to succeed in upper-level courses in trigonometry and calculus. 具有特殊数学技能的学生有机会追求课程的加速轨道, including six advanced electives beyond calculus.

Science and technology have never been more exciting at Shady Side.

Beginning in the youngest grades, 学生成为研究科学家，并通过混合课堂探索他们周围的世界, lab and field experiences. 乡村日和初中科学课通过动手户外探索和实验来激发孩子们对世界的天然好奇心. Middle School students take earth, life and environmental science courses and develop scientific communication and inquiry skills; eighth graders have the option to take high school physics. 高中学生在合作小组中设计他们自己的实验并展示他们在物理方面的发现, biology and chemistry classes, and can take numerous advanced electives, design their own independent study project for credit, or take a seminar that prepares and places them in a university research lab for the summer.

SSA students enjoy a technology-rich academic experience. 向小学生介绍适合他们年龄的工具和资源，以互动的方式创作和分享他们的作品, while begin learning about robotics and coding, as well as digital citizenship. 该中学的1:1 iPad课程以有意义的方式整合了整个课程的技术, 所有学生每年都要学习计算机科学，学习编程和设计技巧. At the Senior School, 所有学生都要修两门计算机科学课程:一门解决问题的基础课程和一门选修课. 选修课包括移动应用程序设计、游戏设计、机器人和人工智能.

Middle and Senior School students also have the opportunity to join competitive Robotics, 火箭和科学奥林匹克队-十大正规网堵软件的中学科学奥林匹克队获得了五个州冠军!

Because our high-caliber science and technology programs deserve facilities to match, we offer state of-the-art learning spaces at every division. 在过去的几年里，十大正规网堵软件对初中和初中的科学实验室进行了翻新和扩建，并在高中建造了两个令人惊叹的新设施:实验室 McIlroy Center for Science & Innovation, which opened in 2018, and the Glimcher Tech & Design Hub, which opened in 2019.

Many schools talk about the "three As" of academics, arts and athletics, but often athletics is an after-school option in which only some students take part. At Shady Side, all three As, including athletics, are a required part of our curriculum, because we believe that each brings an important dimension to the educational journey.

Participation in athletics builds important character traits and life skills such as teamwork, self-discipline, perseverance and sportsmanship. 这与胜利无关——尽管十大正规网堵软件为十大正规网堵软件的球队赢得了许多冠军而感到自豪——这是十大正规网堵软件学习作为一个团队朝着一个共同的目标努力. It’s also about living a healthy lifestyle. 十大正规网堵软件知道爱运动的孩子更健康——而且体育活动能提高注意力和学习成绩.

Country Day School and Junior School students have regular PE classes and daily recess, spend plenty of time outside exploring nearby woods, parks and trails, and after-school programs offer several athletic options. Students also keep the blood pumping to their brains through morning Walk & Talk sessions and regular "Brain Boost" dance breaks.

中学生既有体育课，又有卫生课，每年至少参加一次体育活动, 高中学生参加体育项目，有各种各样的体育选择, including fitness and working on the school farm.

Visit the Athletics section to learn more.

长期以来，灌输终身服务的价值一直是阴边学院教育的标志. 十大正规网堵软件通过吸引所有年级的学生参与有意义的活动，培养学院范围内的服务文化, ongoing service learning projects that reach beyond our campus gates. Students learn the importance of giving back to the community by offering their time, talents and treasure in a variety of ways.

Our SSA MLK Day of Service is an annual tradition in which hundreds of PK-12 students, parents and faculty spend a day off serving others in the Pittsburgh community. 乡村走读学校和初中的学生每年参加年级级和全校范围的服务项目, 中学生则在全球行动会议日用一整天的时间进行服务学习, then extending that learning to related service projects throughout the year.

Service opportunities abound at the Senior School, from tutoring and mentoring programs, to volunteering at soup kitchens and food banks, 通过十大正规网堵软件独特的帕金奖学金计划在世界各地完成暑期服务项目.

Visit the Service page to learn more.