Our Mission Statement
"Our aim is to train minds, bodies and hearts for the work of life, and to carry into all we do the highest ideals of character and service." - Joseph D. Allen, 1909 (Second Headmaster of Nichols School)
Nichols' Core Values
Pursuit of Excellence
At Nichols School, inspired teachers and students are committed to a quality standard of learning and achievement in all aspects of school life.
Integrity of Character
Our community strives to cultivate each student's sense of responsibility, compassion, honesty, and self-discipline. Our goal is to produce confident and ethical young people equipped for the challenges of life.
Tradition and Change
We embrace and value our school's history and heritage. We also recognize the importance of adaptation and innovation as a means of preparing our students for the future.
Rigor and Balance
Our challenging expectations and structured environment bring out potential. Each student is encouraged to find the balance among academic, artistic, athletic and extra-curricular involvements.
Diverse Community
We strive to create a community that reflects our region's neighborhoods and the wider world. In this environment, our students develop habits of tolerance, understanding, and mutual respect.
Honor Code
Nichols School pledges to provide its students with a safe learning environment
in which they will
be respected as individuals and treated fairly as members of a community.
On their part, Nichols students agree to abide by school rules and make the
following assurances
to the rest of the school:
- I pledge to value myself as a member of the Nichols community and hold myself up to the ethical expectations of the school.
- I pledge to treat all members of our school community with respect and fairness.
- I pledge to respect and foster the ideals of diversity in our school.
- I pledge to maintain the highest standards of academic honesty.
- I pledge to show respect and restraint while attempting to resolve conflicts.
- I pledge to respect the property of
others.
Statement on Multiculturalism
Nichols School will endeavor to embrace and sustain diversity of all forms of human identity. It is the school’s desire to foster multiculturalism within our community and to respect, nurture, and sustain the unique traits of our constituent members in an institution that is welcoming, inclusive, and safe.
We believe that a celebration of our differences and similarities will enrich the social and academic fabric of our community and achieve the aims set forth in our school’s mission statement and core values. Our intention is to create an inclusive campus culture built upon a shared vision and understanding of human diversity along the lines of but not limited to race, ethnicity, socioeconomic class, religion, gender, ability, age, and sexual orientation as outlined in the NAIS Principles of Good Practice.
As the classroom is the heart of the school, we seek to foster multiculturalism and equity in our curriculum and our classroom practices. It is our aim to provide a complete and challenging academic experience for our students while providing them with life skills to explore, manage, investigate, and search for educational, personal, and social diversity as they strive to build more just and equitable communities.
The school recognizes that constructive discourse within the community promotes learning, understanding, and respect. As a result, it is our desire to support, expand, and implement multicultural programs and curricula to raise awareness and appreciation of diversity among faculty, staff, students, and their families.
Nichols School will continue to seek out and support diverse faculty, staff, and students to create a multicultural school community which reflects the increasing diversity of our local, national, and global community.