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  • Fearless Learning

    Building Confident Learners

  • Our School

    A Beautiful Campus on 33 Acres

  • Welcome to IDS

  • Fearless Recess

  • Fearless Creativity

    Making the World More Beautiful

  • Fearless Teamwork

  • Fearless in Middle School

    Joy and Spirit

  • Fearless Classwork

  • Fearless Students

    Becoming independent thinkers

  • Fearless Discovery

    Exploring in Science

  • Fearless Technology

    Curiosity Abounds

  • Fearless in Sports

    Developing Confidence & Skills

  • Fearless in Science

    Endless Campus Resources

  • Fearless Design

    Design Thinking Prevails

  • Fearless in Changing the World

    Stewards of our Environment
Fearless learners are free to indulge their curiosity without arbitrary constraints, free to explore their world without hesitation, and free to question assumptions without the fear of being judged, shut down, or redirected. 

The IDS Advantage

  • Academic Excellence Academic Excellence Academic Excellence
    IDS students grow into independent, original and collaborative thinkers who aren’t confined to examining things in conventional ways.
  • Social & Emotional Curriculum Social & Emotional Curriculum
    Kind and curious. Helpful and hardworking. Our students root for one another and bring out the best selves in each other.
  • Centers of Excellence Centers of Excellence
    We prepare students to lead fulfilling lives in a world that will require them to be intellectually ready and distinctively skilled to address challenges, solve problems, and invent new approaches.
  • Strong Start Strong Start Strong Start
    At IDS, we work to remove fear from the equation. Exploring interests and curiosities is encouraged. The result is preschool, elementary and middle school students who are fearless at school.

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By knowing students deeply both as individuals and learners, IDS inspires a community of independent thinkers who are resilient and confident to take risks as they connect with others in the joyful pursuit of learning.

IDS does not discriminate based on race, color, sex, national origin, religion, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation or gender identity, marital status, veteran status, or any other protected characteristics under any other applicable law or School policy.
115 Laurel Brook Road
Middlefield, CT 06455
Phone: 860-347-7235 | Fax: 860-347-8852
ids@independentdayschool.org