Thornton-Donovan School Now Enrolling

For the 2023-24 academic year Thornton-Donovan School, located in the Beechmont and overlooking the lake of the same name. is focusing on Blue Gold.  Blue Gold is the school”™s academic theme.  While the world continues to fret over barrels of oil, the Blue Gold Campaign will embrace the new oil ”“ Blue Gold ”“ “water” and fret over buckets not barrels.

Incorporated within its classical college prep curriculum are over 20 courses just about water.  T-D is also teaching six world languages (Spanish, French, Latin, Greek, Russian, Japanese) as well as teaching to the highest levels in English, math, science, social studies, art, architecture, music, the humanities, and AL, all at the same time.

T-D”™s half century travel-study program continues in 2024.  Last year T-D students and families made Isreal and Jordan their travel-study destinations.  The Blue Gold effort beginning in February ”™24 will be to Panama.  Later in the spring T-D will travel to Vegas, the Hoover Damn, Lake Mead, Lake Tahoe and the Colorado River. 

T-D will focus on water at each of the destinations.  Some of T-D”™s Blue Gold courses are listed below for the reader:

Canals and Aqueducts

Droughts and Floods

Humans and Climate

The Law of the Sea

Mars ”“ Searching for water and life

Etymology ”“ water words

Engineering Water

Water in the Christian, Jewish, and Muslim World

Water Desalination

Marine Biology

Aqua Parks

Water as a Weapon

Water Diplomacy

Water, Water Everywhere but ”¦

Lifeguarding Water

The Many Faces of Water

Water in Mythology

Water and Anatomy

Water Painting

Just add water ”“ Cooking

Water Sprouts (Cooking)

Just add water ”“ watercolor painting

T-D opens year 123 on September 7th.  Good Tidings await everyone from grades K ”“ 12. Thornton-Donovan School

Now Enrolling 

www.td.edu. 914 632 8836 New Rochelle