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The Harbor Day School Mission
Harbor Day School provides an academically challenging, well-balanced education in a nurturing and inclusive family-centered environment. Our faculty inspires curiosity and a desire to learn, and cultivates in students the confidence, strong moral character, and perseverance to thrive. We celebrate diversity and traditions, value collaboration and innovation, and cherish our community and the lifelong relationships developed.
Core Values
![teacher teaching art to students]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1750968738/harbordayorg/ysa8zg8ej10rnuzhbjm9/challengingcurriculum.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1750968738/harbordayorg/ysa8zg8ej10rnuzhbjm9/challengingcurriculum.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1750968738/harbordayorg/ysa8zg8ej10rnuzhbjm9/challengingcurriculum.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1750968738/harbordayorg/ysa8zg8ej10rnuzhbjm9/challengingcurriculum.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1750968738/harbordayorg/ysa8zg8ej10rnuzhbjm9/challengingcurriculum.jpg","width":1280}])
![Teacher and student smiling]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1750968695/harbordayorg/kevs5p7nll7wf8puq3xr/nurturingandinspiringenvironment.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1750968695/harbordayorg/kevs5p7nll7wf8puq3xr/nurturingandinspiringenvironment.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1750968695/harbordayorg/kevs5p7nll7wf8puq3xr/nurturingandinspiringenvironment.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1750968695/harbordayorg/kevs5p7nll7wf8puq3xr/nurturingandinspiringenvironment.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1750968695/harbordayorg/kevs5p7nll7wf8puq3xr/nurturingandinspiringenvironment.jpg","width":1280}])
![Students stand on social stairs]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1750969075/harbordayorg/hdqonwxkgdecie3ymf3i/vibrantcommunity.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1750969075/harbordayorg/hdqonwxkgdecie3ymf3i/vibrantcommunity.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1750969075/harbordayorg/hdqonwxkgdecie3ymf3i/vibrantcommunity.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1750969075/harbordayorg/hdqonwxkgdecie3ymf3i/vibrantcommunity.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1750969075/harbordayorg/hdqonwxkgdecie3ymf3i/vibrantcommunity.jpg","width":1280}])
![Student smiling on the playground]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1750968616/harbordayorg/eue6ywe4x6clw6jcvmd4/IntegrityandSEL.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1750968616/harbordayorg/eue6ywe4x6clw6jcvmd4/IntegrityandSEL.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1750968616/harbordayorg/eue6ywe4x6clw6jcvmd4/IntegrityandSEL.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1750968616/harbordayorg/eue6ywe4x6clw6jcvmd4/IntegrityandSEL.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1750968616/harbordayorg/eue6ywe4x6clw6jcvmd4/IntegrityandSEL.jpg","width":1280}])
![students learning about Native Americans.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1750968566/harbordayorg/gfn8oneakd5qatxn6yxs/cultureandcommunity.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1750968566/harbordayorg/gfn8oneakd5qatxn6yxs/cultureandcommunity.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1750968566/harbordayorg/gfn8oneakd5qatxn6yxs/cultureandcommunity.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1750968566/harbordayorg/gfn8oneakd5qatxn6yxs/cultureandcommunity.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1750968566/harbordayorg/gfn8oneakd5qatxn6yxs/cultureandcommunity.jpg","width":1280}])
![A teacher teaching science with students smiling]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1750961659/harbordayorg/vzrwkfeuvppd4joovzes/Harbor_Day_2025_Spring_198.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1750961659/harbordayorg/vzrwkfeuvppd4joovzes/Harbor_Day_2025_Spring_198.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1750961659/harbordayorg/vzrwkfeuvppd4joovzes/Harbor_Day_2025_Spring_198.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1750961659/harbordayorg/vzrwkfeuvppd4joovzes/Harbor_Day_2025_Spring_198.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1750961659/harbordayorg/vzrwkfeuvppd4joovzes/Harbor_Day_2025_Spring_198.jpg","width":1280}])
Harbor Day School
At a Glance
416
Students, Grades K-8
56
Faculty
2,308
Alumni
72
Years of Excellence in Education
61%
Faculty with Advanced Degrees
6
Acre Campus in Corona del Mar, CA
The Spotlight
Harbor Day News
![Parent Council Group Photo 24-25]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1727456861/harbordayorg/xddaau36pycwqo7x2hmv/DSC_7223.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1727456861/harbordayorg/xddaau36pycwqo7x2hmv/DSC_7223.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1727456861/harbordayorg/xddaau36pycwqo7x2hmv/DSC_7223.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1727456861/harbordayorg/xddaau36pycwqo7x2hmv/DSC_7223.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1727456861/harbordayorg/xddaau36pycwqo7x2hmv/DSC_7223.jpg","width":1280}])
Five years ago, I was sitting at Kindergarten Orientation, excited but slightly overwhelmed about the journey ahead.
![students making maps]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1747432059/harbordayorg/fz383wauzkhqxtfn3v3d/IMG_9616.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1747432059/harbordayorg/fz383wauzkhqxtfn3v3d/IMG_9616.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1747432059/harbordayorg/fz383wauzkhqxtfn3v3d/IMG_9616.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1747432059/harbordayorg/fz383wauzkhqxtfn3v3d/IMG_9616.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1747432059/harbordayorg/fz383wauzkhqxtfn3v3d/IMG_9616.jpg","width":1280}])
Toward the end of the school year, 7th grade students complete their year-long Geography project, Maps to Globes (M2G).
![Teacher blowing bubbles for students]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1746552312/harbordayorg/dgpp5mxeqiumtl8ik5t2/Bubbles.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1746552312/harbordayorg/dgpp5mxeqiumtl8ik5t2/Bubbles.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1746552312/harbordayorg/dgpp5mxeqiumtl8ik5t2/Bubbles.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1746552312/harbordayorg/dgpp5mxeqiumtl8ik5t2/Bubbles.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1746552312/harbordayorg/dgpp5mxeqiumtl8ik5t2/Bubbles.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1746552312/harbordayorg/dgpp5mxeqiumtl8ik5t2/Bubbles.jpg","width":2200}])
In February, I had the incredible privilege of traveling to Tanzania...
![library with students and teacher]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1746128111/harbordayorg/otmyo2op1kamqggtkfbx/ELA1.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1746128111/harbordayorg/otmyo2op1kamqggtkfbx/ELA1.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1746128111/harbordayorg/otmyo2op1kamqggtkfbx/ELA1.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1746128111/harbordayorg/otmyo2op1kamqggtkfbx/ELA1.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1746128111/harbordayorg/otmyo2op1kamqggtkfbx/ELA1.jpg","width":1280}])
This has been a pivotal year for the Middle School English Language Arts (ELA) Department.
![girl doing the high jump]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1745520022/harbordayorg/igwj5rkzbnjxpymd0yij/DSC_5213.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1745520022/harbordayorg/igwj5rkzbnjxpymd0yij/DSC_5213.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1745520022/harbordayorg/igwj5rkzbnjxpymd0yij/DSC_5213.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1745520022/harbordayorg/igwj5rkzbnjxpymd0yij/DSC_5213.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1745520022/harbordayorg/igwj5rkzbnjxpymd0yij/DSC_5213.jpg","width":1280}])
Every spring, the energy across campus shifts.