Special Events

Sherman Lake

Each year at Sherman Lake Outdoor Center, the middle schoolers have a blast! Sherman Lake Outdoor Center has four very important principles: honesty, caring, respect and responsibility. Kalamazoo Country Day School students follow these rules extremely well. There are lots of activities, including rafters, climbing wall, orienteering, teamwork games, swimming and camp songs.

The rafters are a series of wires, balance beams and ropes. They are about 23 feet above the ground in the gym rafters. In the rafters, students walk across cables and bridges with the assistance of various ropes and wires. To get to the rafters, students must climb a huge cargo net. Most students agree that the rafters are nerve-racking but fun.

Dances

Kalamazoo Country Day School hosts many dances throughout the year. The dances are sponsored by the Student Council.

Ice Skating Party

Each year Kalamazoo Country Day School has an ice skating party at Wings Stadium. This event is lots of fun and occurs on the last day of school before holiday break.

Day of the Dead Festival

The Day of the Dead festival is celebrated each year in early November. At the festival there is pan de muertos, or bread of the dead, that the seventh and eighth graders make. They also make altars where they put information about a famous person or personal friend who has died, as well as making calaveras and coffins to go with the information.

Halloween Carnival

Each year at Kalamazoo Country Day School, Halloween is celebrated with a family carnival late in October. The carnival includes games, prizes, food and even a haunted house! Funds raised at the carnival help to supplement classroom budgets and pay for printing of our monthly newsletter.

The Eighth Grade Trip

At the end of each school year, the eighth grade students take a trip. It is financed by fundraising done by the eighth graders. These fundraisers include a wrapping paper sale, a Halloween Carnival, a popcorn and cookie dough sale, and a holiday flower sale.

Concerts

Kalamazoo Country Day School has two concerts during the year, the Winter Concert and Spring Concert.