List of 6 frequently asked questions.

• 1936   Grace House in the Fields  

  In1936, in an effort to expand and offer a more comprehensive program including athletics, the Community School purchased these buildings and 150 acres of land on Ponus Ridge and incorporated as New Canaan Country School.

• 1940   Upper School

  One goal for the move to Ponus Ridge was to attract older students in grades 7-9. Under Henry Welles’s leadership in 1940 the school restructured into our more familiar divisional structure and built this Upper School building for grades 7-9.

• 1955   Middle School Assembly Hall

  In 1953, developing programs and increased enrollment initiated a directive from the Trustee Planning Committee for a “superlatively good school."  The plan called for this building, to house an Auditorium, music and art studios and classrooms for grades 4,5 and 6. 

• 1968   Welles Building

  Through the early 1960’s grades 1 – 4 were housed in 3 separate buildings. Late in 1966, The Long Range Planning Committee of the Board identified several key priorities including the need for a centralized Lower School building. 

• 2002   Thacher Building

  In the spring of 2000, the Long- Range Plan articulated to parents by the Board President at an NCCS “Town Meeting," included building an early childhood building to free up overcrowded space in the Welles Building and reduce class size in grades K – 4 by moving from 2 to 3 sections in each grade level. 

• 2010   Stevens Building

  The 2005 Plan to Enhance Program and Facilities included renovation and expansion of the Upper School facilities to achieve consolidated art and science classrooms, enhanced social and common space and, as a result, derivative benefits to the Middle School Building.