Students at Shady Side are     1     to a challenging curriculum in a safe and caring environment; the joy of learning becomes their bridge to becoming lifelong learners.

In the course of this journey they are     2     an experience in Kindergarten through Twelfth Grade, which enables them to mature    3    , physically, emotionally and socially. As they walk down the halls during their years together at Shady Side, our boys and girls——so soon to become men and women——are learning to think, to work, to question, to be     4     and responsible, to relate with others, to laugh at their mistakes and to act graciously when success     5     their way.