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'''Waterside School''' is a co-educational Junior K-5th Grade [[independent school]] in [[Stamford]] [[Connecticut]], [[United States]]. Waterside School is established to serve children and families regardless of limitations in income or circumstance. Waterside School was purposefully designed to offer an alternative to the region's standardized public school experience and to provide a direct path for admission to the area's more traditional and most competative independent schools.
==Mission==
Waterside School seeks to attract and inspire students of academic promise, and families deeply invested in their children’s success.

The School strives to instill in its students a belief in their own worth, to cultivate in each a commitment to academic excellence, and to ensure the fullest development of every child’s character. Through a rigorous program of study and experience, the School seeks to empower its students with the knowledge, skills and virtues required to enable them to excel as students, to gain access to superior academic opportunities, and to go forward to become the leaders of tomorrow.
==History==
Conceived and founded by Konrad "Chip" Kruger, the former Co-Head of [[Greenwich Capital]], the Waterside School opened its doors on September 12, 2001 with a Kindergarten and First Grade, five teachers, and twenty-seven students. 

Waterside was reinvented in 2004 with the recruitment of new leadership, Jody Visage, the rebuilding of the teaching faculty and a renewed and heightened commitment from each of the School's constituencies.   The School now spans grades K-5 and serves over one hundred students with eighty-seven families from thirty-one different countries.

Waterside School was fully accredited by [[CAIS]] (Connecticut Association of Independent Schools) in 2008.

In 2011 Waterside School moved into it's new 37,000 square-foot facility at 770 Pacific Street in Stamford Connecticut's Harbor Point Development neighborhood. The new building is [[LEED]] Silver certified.

{{Infobox school
|name = Waterside School|
established = [[2001]]|
type = [[Independent school|Independent]], [[K-5th Grade]]|
religion = none|
head_name = Head of School|
head = Duncan Edwards|
city = [[Stamford, Connecticut|Stamford]]|
state = [[Connecticut|CT]]|
country = [[United States|U.S.]]|
enrollment = 200+|
faculty = 40|
homepage = [http://www.watersideschool.org/www.watersideschool.org/ www.watersideschool.org]|
}}
[[Image:http:/upwiki/wikipedia/en/3/3b/WatersideSchool1.jpeg|thumb|right|244px|<center>Main school building</center>]]

== References ==
<ref> http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/article/A-peek-at-the-future-Waterside-School-1444662.php </ref>
<ref>http://www.greatschools.org/connecticut/stamford/1908-Waterside-School/</ref>
<ref>http://www.unitedfundadvisors.com/project_waterside.php</ref>
<ref>http://www.privateschoolreview.com/school_ov/school_id/35549</ref>
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== External links ==
* [http://www.watersideschool.org/ Waterside School Website]
* [http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/article/A-peek-at-the-future-Waterside-School-1444662.php/ Article in Stamford Advocate]

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[[:Category:Independent schools in Connecticut]]
[[:Category:Independent schools in Stamford, Connecticut]]
[[:Category:Co-educational K-5th Grade independent schools]]