The world needs people who excel in new ways. Greenhill School: Preparing students for the world ahead
We’re ready for the world ahead. The world ahead needs people who excel in new ways, who embrace complexity, who celebrate the power of difference. The world ahead needs people who act with integrity, who can be many things at once, who blaze new trails. At Greenhill, we welcome and nourish these people. We help them cultivate the skills they need to do their best work, work that gives them pleasure and purpose, work that moves the world forward. If you’re ready for an inspiring, invigorating, transformative experience, Greenhill is ready for you.
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ho excel ays T HE JOY OF D ISCOV E RY Kindergarteners Theo and Ella determine what sinks and what floats in the float lab.
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EL L A: “In sink or float, we tried to figure out which things sink and which ones float. The pencil floated, a leaf sank, a toy lizard sank, and a mammal toy floated. I love the playground – climbing on the monkey bars. And I like art class. We get to draw pictures.”
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TH EO: “School is fun. We did outer space in PBL*. PBL is where your parents come and see what you learned. I liked learning about the sun. We did an experiment and learned what is inside the light from sun – a rainbow! We turned a triangular prism, and it made the rainbow.”
FI N D ING M Y VOI CE Eighth-grader Zayla played the role of Dory in the Middle School Musical Finding Nemo Jr. When she’s not acting, she enjoys reading, competing in Latin competitions, and playing field hockey and softball. “I love how many opportunities we have to excel at Greenhill. I’ve been involved with Greenhill theater since fourth grade. When I’m on stage, I feel like the best version of myself – expressive, fearless, and confident! I also like competing in Latin with Junior Classical League. I compete in their acting event, and I’ve gone all the way to Nationals. I also love our discussions in history and English. Greenhill is such an inclusive place. Everyone is able to develop their own individual identity, but we are also able to come together as a community.”
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People wh embrace complexity “Last week, we learned coding for our robots. We were trying to make our robots go forward into a garage. For mine, we went up 15 inches, did a quarter rotation left, then went forward another 15 inches. It was frustrating when you didn’t get it on the first try.... and it was fun because you got to play around with the codes and try again. In mid-April, we have to decide what robot to build for Build-A-Thon. Last year, a kid made their robot kick their soccer ball into a goal! I want to do football – to make my robot grab the football and throw it. But I don’t know if it can. I’m excited to try!”
LE AR N ING BY DO I NG Jack, a third-grader, learns robotics in preparation for the spring robotics build-a-thon
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People who the power of Caleb, a seventh-grader, plays percussion, is on the soccer and lacrosse teams, and participates in a wide range of electives from figure drawing to photography. “I started playing the drums at home, and I love being able to play at Greenhill with my friends. It sounds amazing when we all play together. I also enjoy figure drawing. We did song illustrations where we drew what we were thinking while music played. At Greenhill there are so many options, and everyone is friendly and supportive, helping you find what you enjoy.”
PA RT OF SOM E T HI NG BI G G ER Samy, a sophomore, is a member of the Student Inclusion Council, the debate team, and the Music for a Cause Club. She’s also a leader of the South Asian Student Association affinity group. “As a part of the Student Inclusion Council, we plan events to foster inclusivity and connection throughout all grades. It’s important to have a healthy community where you want to come to school and the people around you support you. We also hosted DABO – DallasArea Belonging Organization – where students from schools around the Dallas area came together to have conversations about specific topics. It was really productive to learn what people from other schools think.”
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“Greenhill really prepares its students. It helps us develop a work ethic, and it pushes us to do our best in everything: academics, athletics – even socially. We build integrity by learning that doing the work behind the scenes, doing the things that most people won’t notice, makes us stand out. I’ll start leading spring workouts soon, and I see myself being a team captain in the future. Greenhill also lets you step out of your comfort zone and try new activities. I love to play and compete, but it’s important to be a part of the community in other ways, too. And I can do that here.”
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Trey, a junior, plays football and basketball, is a leader of the Black Student Union, and volunteers with United to Learn and Link Crew.
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“The entrepreneurship class has taught me the value of being open and exploring, not really knowing what you want to do, but discovering it along the way. I want to continue in college by learning as much as I can about a lot of different topics and then finding one that resonates with me or bringing together different topics to create something original, like I did with the water bottle.”
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Isa, a senior, holds up a prototype - for a sweat sensor paired with a water bottle that automatically dispenses electrolytes based on calorimetric analysis - that she developed in entrepreneurship class.
B R I NGIN G IT TO GE T HER Carys, a senior, socializes with friends. “I love how Greenhill fosters community across departments and grades. Community creates connections between students and gives you a support system of people who care about you. I serve on the AI task force, which helps me look at the bigger picture and think years ahead about how we are preparing students to use AI in the workforce. I am also on the Student Inclusion Council and the Honor Council. And this year, I helped start the Civic Engagement Club. Greenhill has taught me skills like critical thinking, how to study, public speaking, and leadership. It has also given me space to meet new people and learn to communicate with people I don’t know well.”
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An overview of the Greenhill experience, from Preschool to Upper School
Preschool and Lower School
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Our comprehensive MindUP curriculum starts with the basics: breathing and the brain. Using grounding exercises, students begin to develop self-awareness, social awareness, and self-management. From there, they explore—and practice— mindfulness, gratitude, and collaboration.
In daily physical education classes, we focus on fun, challenge, self-expression, and positive self-image, all while building important connections in the brain. Students learn how to swim and climb and play—and they learn why movement is important to a healthy lifestyle. Students may join the Hornet Sports Association (HSA) to learn sport-specific skills and play on a team with their friends.
DESIG N & INNOVAT I O N
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SOCIA L- E M OT IO N A L L E A R N I N G
Our teaching is informed by current research and deep experience. We use innovative curricula and tools to increase engagement and develop critical skills. During kindergarten project-based learning units, students turn a classroom into a rainforest, diving into the concept of conservation. Second graders build miniature cities to learn about empathy and human needs. Third grade teams create and program a robot during the robotics build-a-thon. Fourth graders design rockets and then test them on the football field.
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The arts are an integral part of our curriculum. Students take arts classes and explore different mediums of expression throughout their day. Primer students produce a play. Kindergartners
Fourth graders are the leaders of the Lower School, learning valuable skills as they greet their peers during morning carpool duty, lead weekly assemblies, and mentor their first grade “buddies.” They use their voices to advocate for change by writing letters to their parents, school administrators, and even government leaders. They serve as tour guides for visitors and build independence on the fourth-grade campout.
AF TE R-SC HOOL OP P ORTU NI TI ES
After-school Extend & Explore classes allow students to grow, learning skills such as coding, magic, or science. Students may also stay after school in Extended Day, where they can play with their friends, start on homework, or unwind on the playground.
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Our youngest students learn in big ways. Our academic program fosters creativity, cultivates independence, and nurtures a lifelong love of learning. Using a cross-curricular approach, we establish foundational skills: thoughtfulness, curiosity, critical thinking, and leadership. Through both play and challenge, students experience the joy of good work and the thrill of intellectual discovery.
perform The Nutcracker. Second graders connect music to movement, choreographing their own sequences in folk dances. Third graders make art inspired by cultures from around the world. Fourth graders have their first opportunity to be in a choir.
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Middle School ACAD E M IC S
Our curriculum challenges students to take smart risks and blaze new trails. In a lively and supportive learning environment, students learn foundational academic skills that extend beyond school. They engage in civil discourse and learn to approach the changing world as confident critical thinkers and problem solvers. They collaborate with peers and teachers, generating confidence and building rewarding relationships.
SU P P ORTI NG GROW TH
Our students navigate Middle School—a time of rapid change—with the help of knowledgeable and supportive advisors, counselors, and learning specialists. Through student life programming, our students grow as humans who are resilient, inclusive, creative, and kind. You see it in the friendships they build, the laughter in the hallways, and the way they show up for each other.
DESIG N & INNOVAT I O N
The arts are the core of our ambitious Middle School electives program, which expands with each grade. Fifth and sixth graders choose a yearlong music course and take a rotating set of electives in subjects like engineering, visual arts, choir, stage play, and communications. In seventh and eighth grade, students take two electives per semester, choosing from more than 30 courses, including jewelry design, debate, creative writing, and video production. Middle School students joyfully take the stage as musicians, singers, actors, dancers, and tech theater wizards.
Our physical education program for fifth and sixth graders includes a survey of strategies in team and individual sports, instilling discipline and sportsmanship. Students may also join the Hornet Sports Association (HSA) to play on teams with their classmates and build skills for competitive sports, which start in seventh grade. In seventh and eighth grades, students can continue taking physical education in our Introduction to Fitness for lifelong health and wellness, or they can join our interscholastic teams: baseball, basketball, cross country, field hockey, football, golf, lacrosse, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, track and field, and volleyball.
LI FE I N MI DDLE SCHOOL
Middle School students are leaders. They lead assemblies and facilitate Student Advisory Boards that bring innovative service to the community by greeting guests and leading tours, consulting on academic policy, and promoting the arts. They enhance community spirit and highlight the talents of their peers. They create clubs that forge connections across grades, and they work to both understand and alleviate pressing community needs throughout our city. They confidently make choices and speak up, and their ideas enrich the community.
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Our students learn about humancentered design, engineering, and coding. They also learn how to use the latest tools online and in the Innovation Lab. From creating 3D-printed downhill racers to designing t-shirt graphics, students have fun while identifying the right problems to solve.
Upper School ACAD E M IC S
ADVI SORY & THE W HOLE STU DE NT
Our Upper School curriculum is wideranging and flexible, which allows students to pursue their interests, expand their horizons, and develop their intellect and character. Students can choose from a diverse offering of advanced academic electives, enroll in rigorous Advanced Placement courses, and even design a Capstone project for senior year. There is no one path for our exceptional students, who challenge themselves to excel in many different ways.
In class, on the field, and on the stage, we treat students as growing, complex individuals. Advisory groups—small peer groups facilitated by faculty members—meet four times in our six-day rotation to discuss everything from communication skills to time management. Students can also take advantage of our student support staff, including counselors and learning specialists. Our holistic approach to student learning helps students both academically and socially, preparing them for life after Greenhill.
A RTS Our arts program spans genres, disciplines, and definitions. Students choose from video production, photography, band, dance, and much more. We cultivate young artists who persevere, express their authentic voices in the art studio and onstage, and work together as a community of creators. We celebrate the journey and connect students to diverse perspectives that extend far beyond the classroom.
ATH LE T IC S Physical education and athletics in our Upper School share the same principles: play hard, play smart, play with integrity, and love the process. Along the way, students develop grit and determination.
COLLEGE C OU NSE LI NG
In college, Greenhill students continue to grow as researchers, journalists, artists, athletes, and student leaders— all in pursuit of leading an authentic, purposeful life. Our college counseling program offers individualized support for all of our students to help them find a college or university where they can thrive. And our five full-time college counselors provide our families with customized guidance throughout the college application and selection process, connecting students to the schools that offer the best fit for their interests and passions.
STU DE NT LI FE Our students lead, support, and learn from each other. Student advisory boards in arts, community service, mental health, and technology encourage participation, build school spirit, and give back to the community. The Student Council and Honor Council offer valuable leadership skills, and our Link Crew group of juniors and seniors offer meaningful peer support to younger students. Students may also join myriad clubs and affinity groups, giving each person a place to build community and to demonstrate leadership skills.
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Our Upper School Design & Innovation program works at the intersection of human-centered design, technology, and entrepreneurship. Students use ethnographic and user-experience research to identify meaningful problems to solve while delving into engineering, artificial intelligence (AI) models, hardware, software, and ro botics. Through a variety of courses, extracurricular activities, and special programs, students have the opportunity to do real work for real companies. Students develop, test, and revise solutions to social, environmental, and technical challenges. In ways large and small, they envision—and build—the world ahead.
Students can take physical education courses (including our Health and Wellness class, yoga, dance, workout challenge, backpacking and camping, and musical theater) or join one of our 24 interscholastic teams, using our highcaliber facilities, fields, and equipment.
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By the numbers 9:1
1,456
student to faculty ratio
students in grades Pre-K - 12*
60%
24
7,200
varsity athletic programs
17%
self-identified students of color*
sq. ft. High Performance Center in new Athletic Performance Center
of students receive financial aid*
$6.6M
75
1950
available for financial aid*
acre campus in Addison
founding year
65,000
54,000
square-foot Rosa O. Valdes STEM + Innovation
square-foot Marshall Family Performing Arts
Center, including Middle and Upper School
Center, including a dance and choral hall, a
STEM classrooms, innovation labs, and
filmmaking and digital art lab, studio theater,
open spaces for collaboration.
and a 600-seat proscenium theater.
* Data from the 2026-27 school year (as of July 1, 2026). For the most up-to-date information, visit www.greenhill.org.
MISSION
In a diverse and inclusive community, Greenhill prepares and inspires students to lead authentic, purposeful lives. CONTACT GREENHILL.ORG ADMISSION@GREENHILL.ORG 4141 SPRING VALLEY RD. ADDISON, TX 75001 ADMISSION: 972.628.5910 MAIN: 972.628.5400