Connection and belonging are essential to Duke School. Currently, there is nowhere for our school to meet and gather as a group. We lack designated space for community and affinity groups to meet and discuss. Everyone at Duke School deserves a place to belong, and the Center will give us the resources to make this a reality for our students.

The Center for IDEAS will be the heartbeat of our school.

Thoughtfully positioned between the Lower and Middle school campuses, the Center for IDEAS will be a physical connection between divisions and offer our children a place to gather together in all ways.

Our commitment to social justice is deeply rooted in our mission, and the Center for IDEAS will offer a permanent home for our work in equity, justice, and belonging.

With a dedicated social justice resource center and space for community-building and affinity groups, the area will serve as a platform for us to elevate our programming in inclusion and belonging

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Duke School does a wonderful job bringing everyone the magic of project-based learning. I like Duke School's values – mastery, early adoption of wading into broad learning where students can further develop their skills. And I certainly appreciated the early adoption of all things DEI way back when and the community of upstanders who were looking at the curriculum with a critical eye.

Duke School Parent