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GivingPromotion and Retention
PDS requires that each student acquire the skills and strategies listed in the Subject Area Competencies section of the PDS report card in order to be promoted to the next grade.
Presbyterian Day School - Presbyterian Day School - A private Christian preschool and elementary school for boys in Memphis, TN
Homeroom Teachers
Each student will be carefully assigned to a homeroom through a thoughtful process supervised by the Head of Early Childhood, Principal of the Elementary Division, and the Head of...
Parent/Teacher Conferences
Parents must be kept up-to-date even beyond the report cards issued each trimester. Open and regular communication will not only avoid negative surprises but will also encourage...
Homework/Testing/Exams
Parents or guardians have a key role to play in assuring that their boys are completing their homework, preparing for tests (as applicable), and doing other work necessary to a boy’s...
Field Trips
PDS schedules a number of field trips throughout the year designed to enrich traditional classroom instruction by exposing our boys to creative and practical applications of curricular...
Academic Support
At PDS, we believe that every boy can learn, and we strive to teach in ways that maximize learning for each boy.
Academic Reports/Grading
Academic and behavioral performance are reported to parents in the following manner:
Parents’ Association
By virtue of being a parent of a PDS student, all parents are members of the PDS Parents’ Association. There is no membership fee or charge for belonging to the Parents’ Association....
Mission Statement
Presbyterian Day School strives to glorify God by developing boys in wisdom and stature and in favor with God and man.
(1 Corinthians 10:31 and Luke 2:52)
Statement of Mission and Broad Vision
We define our education broadly as what happens to the heart, soul, mind, and body of each boy.
