Manhattan Country School | 2015-2016 Annual Fund

Diversity

“MCS has a unique commitment to economic and ethnic diversity in the context of progressive education. It continues to graduate committed and savvy students. Our country needs more of them.”
—Mike Arons, MCS Trustee and Parent

The Manhattan Country School community is a purposeful model of racial, ethnic and socioeconomic diversity and the varied backgrounds of our students are an essential part of our culture. Our sliding-scale tuition program stems from the principle that a family’s financial commitment should be in equitable proportion to its financial resources and moves beyond the concept of financial aid.

Your donation to the Annual Fund supports:

A sliding-scale tuition policy that makes it possible for families to pay tuition based on their means, which is a critical component of our mission and underwrites the rich diversity of our community.
A deliberate curriculum that takes full advantage of the multiracial, multicultural and economic diversity of the school. Diversity provides the basis for exploring multiple perspectives throughout the curriculum.
MCS as a model for other schools seeking information about our tuition program as part of their own efforts to further diversity in mission-consistent and sustainable ways. Founders and board members of schools across the United States, as well as economists and policy makers, continue to seek guidance and engage MCS as a thought leader in this area.

Your generous contribution to the Annual Fund supports our commitment to racial and economic diversity.