This is who we are.
The Primary Day School in Bethesda, Maryland, educates boys and girls during the four most important learning years of their lives—Pre-Kindergarten, Kindergarten, First Grade, and Second Grade. Children are full of energy, curiosity, and potential during this magical time of life. A Primary Day education taps all three to the fullest.
What is the Phonovisual Method?
The Phonovisual Method is a phonics-based approach to teaching reading, writing, and spelling that influences the entire literacy program and is integrated throughout the curriculum. It continues to prove its value, having outlasted countless trends and changes in reading instruction.
With an understanding that the best way to appreciate the uniqueness of Primary Day is to see it in person, we are offering individual tours so you may have the opportunity to visit Primary Day!
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Primary Day’s 10 Year Re-Accreditation Process
For those of you who were with us last school year, you may remember that I outlined some of the process that Primary Day follows to maintain its accreditation with the Association of Independent Maryland and DC Schools (AIMS). The process began in the 2024-25 school year, when the faculty and administration examined our then current Mission Statement and asked ourselves if we felt that document still fully reflected the Primary Day of today. After full faculty and staff discussions, it was…
