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At Harding Academy, every child is known.

“When students are well-known and well cared for, they have the selfassurance to rise to challenges they may never have expected to meet.”

DAVE SKEEN HEAD OF SCHOOL

Harding Academy’s PreK-8 model provides stability and a sense of belonging during the most dynamic period in a child’s life. Research supports this model as best supporting

and academic needs of students ages 4 through 14.

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the emotional, developmental,

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WE FOSTER A SENSE OF BELONGING FROM DAY ONE. Harding Academy’s Lower School comprises PreK through fifth grade, and provides a rigorous academic program balanced with care and respect.

From their first day at Harding Academy, students are encouraged to fully realize their potential within classrooms imbued with contagious joy and intense curiosity. Low student-teacher ratios allow for small group instruction and foster independent LOWER SCHOO L

exploration in a supportive environment.

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WE KNOW WHAT IT’S LIKE TO WONDER. Inventors. Explorers. Creatives.

Academics. Professionals. Leaders.

The faculty at Harding Academy are all life-long learners who demonstrate

FACULTY

a persistent desire to learn and grow.

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Middle school is a time of accelerated growth and change for students. At Harding Academy, we educate middle schoolers with a personal approach based on our understanding of who students are and who they are striving to be.

We offer myriad leadership opportunities and seek to empower students to engage with confidence throughout—and beyond—the middle school years.

DR. CINDY KAM PARENT OF CHARLOTTE ‘22 AND HENRY ‘25

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“It is atypical and unusual how much Harding invests in each child in order to develop their potential.”

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WE KNOW THE THRILL OF DISCOVERY. Technology informs and inspires our students’ learning experiences across the curriculum and at all grade levels. In our iLab makerspace and four science laboratories and with tools including individual tablets and laptop computers, Harding Academy fosters participatory learning in PreK-8 students.

Students question, collaborate, and solve—

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and turn ideas into reality.

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We recognize each child’s voice.

At Harding Academy, we listen to and learn from our students, seeking to know their interests and nurture their talents. our robust visual arts, theater, and music

Harding Academy offers the following opportunities:

programs—we provide opportunities

MUSIC EDUCATION

with the expectation that students will

VISUAL ARTS INSTRUCTION

try new things and discover unknown talents. Their confidence soars within a safe and supportive environment, as they ultimately discover unknown capabilities and develop true appreciation for the arts.

THEATER ORCHESTRA (GRADES K-8) BAND (GRADES 5-8) CHORUS (GRADES 5-8) Harding School of Dance is available on campus after school. Private instrumental and voice lessons are also available on campus.

T HE ARTS

Across the curriculum—and especially in

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GIRLS BASKETBALL CHEERLEADING CROSS-COUNTRY DISC GOLF GOLF LACROSSE 


EVERY CHILD BELONGS ON OUR TEAM.

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As a member of the Harpeth Valley

SOCCER

Athletic Conference and the Greater

SWIMMING

Nashville Athletic Conference, we sponsor

TENNIS TRACK & FIELD VOLLEYBALL

a variety of competitive sports teams for middle school students.

Harding Academy also has a long

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tradition of offering cross-country as an after-school activity for students in

BASKETBALL

kindergarten through fifth grade, as well

CROSS-COUNTRY

as a robust physical education curriculum

DISC GOLF

across all grade levels.

FOOTBALL GOLF LACROSSE MOUNTAIN BIKING SOCCER

TENNIS TRACK & FIELD WRESTLING

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SWIMMING

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WE BELONG IN COMMUNITY. Harding Academy students at every grade level create connections with the wider world through servicelearning projects.

As we strive to know our neighbors locally and to cultivate global perspectives, we also value long-held traditions within the Harding Academy community itself.

From our buddy system and annual rose ceremony to weekly assemblies, our time-honored traditions help create memories, shape identity, and foster a feeling

A T RADIT IO N O F SE RVIC E

of belonging.

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WE KNOW WHAT THEY CAN DO. Each spring, Harding Academy faculty, administration, staff, parents, and friends come together to honor a graduating class of young men and women who are known, loved, and respected.

We believe in our graduates. We celebrate their accomplishments. And we champion them as they venture on to the high schools that best fit who they have become—

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and who they dream to be.

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“What I can see now in retrospect as the parent of an eighth grader, is the change between the child who started here and the child who is graduating. The child who is graduating is so much more confident. He is a person of the world.”

MARY LAURA PHILPOTT​ PARENT OF CAMERON ‘17 AND GENNIE ‘20

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HAR DING ACA D E M Y CO M M UN I T Y CO D E

BE KIND. BE HONEST. BE RESPECTFUL. BE OPEN. BE DEPENDABLE. BE A LEARNER. BE MY BEST.

hardingacademy.org

170 WINDSOR DRIVE NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE 37205

615.356.5510