The Ridgefield Academy and Landmark Preschool community celebrates childhood, pursues excellence, and cultivates kindness. Our educational program is intellectually inspiring, and we foster joyful learning and mutual respect in all that we do. We empower each student to rise to their authentic self, preparing confident graduates who shape their future with ingenuity and integrity.
Three Campuses, One Community Ridgefield Academy/Landmark Preschool is a preschool Grade 8 institution with three campuses comprising our school community. The Ridgefield campus is home to Landmark Preschool (ages 2-5) and Ridgefield Academy (kindergarten Grade 8). Landmark Preschool also offers a full-day program in Westport, CT and a half-day program in Bedford, NY.
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging At Ridgefield Academy and Landmark Preschool, we celebrate the diversity of our school community, as well as the regional and global communities beyond our campus. We prepare students to navigate a changing world with agility and to understand their responsibility to foster connections with people of different
Educational Program
cultures, backgrounds, and perspectives.
Students are immediately welcomed into a connected school
Our community provides a place for individuals to be safe as their
community when they begin their RA/LP journey. RA/LP
authentic selves, to have a voice, and to be valued for whom they
offers a comprehensive educational program integrating
are. Diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging must exist as natural
traditional subjects such as math, science, language arts,
components of our overall educational program, cultivating a
and world languages with co-curriculars, such as music,
community rooted in mutual respect and kindness.
drama, visual/digital arts, and athletics. Treating others with kindness and mutual respect is valued within the school
We are committed to intentionally building and advancing an
culture and curriculum. Dedicated faculty, along with school-
equitable and just community – students, their families, faculty,
wide programs, actively teach students how to be a good
staff, and trustees – that models the respect and individuality that
friend, how to act as a role model for younger students, and
we want to see in the society around us. By working toward being
how to create positive change within their community. As a
fully inclusive, we strengthen our ties to each other and model
school intentionally designed to serve preschool - Grade 8
ethical scholarship, leadership, and global citizenship
students, RA/LP builds a strong foundation that prepares students to enter high school as capable learners, confident leaders, and authentic community builders.
History Founded in Georgetown, CT in 1975, Ridgefield Academy relocated to Ridgefield in 2000 and purchased the 42-acre
Accreditation and Affiliation
property in 2005. An early learning campus in Westport
CAIS: Connecticut Association of Independent Schools
opened in 1996, and Landmark Preschool was founded on the
NAIS: National Association of Independent Schools
Ridgefield campus in 2003. Landmark Preschool expanded into
NAEYC: National Association for the Education of Young
Bedford, NY in 2015.
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