Open houses at Rumson school

Rumson Country Day School (RCDS) will host several open houses for prospective students.

The schedule is: Kindergarten, Friday, Oct. 19, 9-10:30 a.m.; all grades, Saturday, Nov. 17, 9-11 a.m.; preschool, Friday, Dec. 7, 9:30-10:30 a.m.; all grades, Saturday, Jan. 12, 9-11 a.m.

Prospective kindergarteners must be 5 years old by Sept. 1, 2008. For more information about the open houses, contact Suzy Post, director of admissions and external affairs at spost@rcds.org or by calling (732) 842-0527, ext. 112.

Located at 35 Bellevue Ave., RCDS was founded in 1926 as a not-for-profit, independent, nonsectarian, coeducational elementary school set on a 13.5-acre campus in Rumson. The school enrolls 450 students in grades preschool eight. The student-to-teacher ratio is 7:1 with an average class size of 15.

RCDS also offers a half-day nursery program and a half-day or full-day preK program. Kindergarten is full day. In 1999 RCDS was recognized as a "Blue Ribbon School of Excellence" by the U.S. Department of Education. For more information, visit www.rcds.org.