Maumee Valley Country Day School
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Maumee Valley Country Day School | |
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Toledo, Ohio, USA | |
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Locale | Built on 72-acres of land on 1715 South Reynolds Road. |
Head | Gary Boehm[2] |
Students | 467 |
Type | Private (non-religious, co-ed) |
Grades | Preschool-12th grade |
Athletics | Toledo Area Athletic Conference |
Motto | Touchstones: Respect, Kindness, Participation and Responsibility |
Mascot | Hawk (Originally the Mohawks) |
School Colour(s) | Blue, white |
Established | 1884 |
Homepage | http://www.mvcds.org/ |
Maumee Valley Country Day School (or MVCDS, Maumee Valley or MV) is an independent and non-religious private school located in Toledo, Ohio. Established in 1884 as an all-girls school, The Smead School for Girls, the school became coeducational and adapted its present location and name in the early 1930s. Today, MVCDS has approximately 470 students from preschool through 12th grade and boasts academic achievements such as having 100% college enrollment of graduating students, and a 10:1 student teacher ratio. It is also a school accredited by ISACS and NAIS, and is widely considered the most selective and prestigious schools in the area. The school gets its name of "Maumee Valley" from the nearby Maumee River, which flows from Lake Erie and runs through the Toledo area of Lucas County and beyond.
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[edit] History
Maumee Valley Country Day School started out as the Smead School for Girls, run by Miss Mary Smead. [1] In 1934, it relocated to its current location on South Reynolds road.[2]
[edit] Athletics
The school is a member of the Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA) and competes in the nine-school Toledo Area Athletic Conference (TAAC). The school has co-ed teams in eight sports at the varsity and junior varsity levels. In the 2005-06 school year alone, 13 student-athletes were named all-state and three were recruited for Division I athletics. [3]
[edit] Notable alumni
- Erickson Blakney, television reporter, Bloomberg News
- Patrick Day, vice chancellor, University of Massachusetts Boston
- Carty Finkbeiner, three-term mayor of Toledo
- Pat Lindsey, professional golfer, winner of 1983 PGA Tour event - B.C. Open
- Marc Rayman, NASA Chief Propulsion Engineer
- Michelle Rhee, Chancellor, District of Columbia Public Schools, and founder and former president of the New Teacher Project [4]