Facts & Figures

Canterbury is located on approximately 34.6 acres in northeastern Greensboro, North Carolina. The campus has six permanent buildings: Ketner Center (athletics facility), Armfield Hall (Middle School), Phillips Chapel (500 seat chapel), Kelly Bell Tower, Fry Hall (Lower School Building), Berry Hall (Student Center), and Stafford Center (Fine Arts Center). Additional facilities include the library, playground areas, outdoor chapel, soccer field, pond, fitness trail, outdoor education center, and administrative offices.

• 43 faculty – averaging 12 years of teaching experience
• 56% hold advanced degrees

As an independent school, Canterbury is dedicated to the principle that qualified students should be able to attend the school regardless of their ability to pay. Canterbury sets aside a pool of funds to provide grants up to 90% of tuition and fees per child. These grants are awarded based on need. For the 2011-2012 school year, we awarded $801,283 to 30% of the student body.

Canterbury depends on gifts to the Annual Fund to help bridge the gap between tuition income and the actual cost of a Canterbury education. Contributions help supplement the school’s budget, providing roughly 10% of the annual operating fund. Canterbury is focused on completing the school’s campus master plan and enhancing the educational program. Canterbury has engaged in three successful capital campaigns that have raised nearly $24,000,000.

The curriculum seeks to develop essential skills within a whole-child philosophy. It includes reading and language arts, mathematics, science, social studies, foreign languages, art, music, computer, physical education, study skills, health, outdoor education, and spiritual development.

The library has over 17,000 volumes, and 8 computer workstations. On campus there are 67 mobile laptop computers for student use in addition to 33 computers located in the lab. Each full-time faculty member has a laptop computer. Every classroom has a SMARTBoard (interactive whiteboard). Twenty-three laptop computers on a mobile cart are in the Stafford Arts Center.

Canterbury offers students in grades five through eight the opportunity to choose from eight seasonal sports team opportunities: soccer, lacrosse, cross country, golf, tennis, swimming, volleyball, and basketball. Canterbury holds membership in the Triad Middle Athletic Conference (TMAC). The school also offers students a wide range of after school club opportunities including arts and intramural sports, drama, science explorations, and the Battle of the Books reading squad.

Consistent with the mission statement of Canterbury, our dress code policy seeks to provide students with a valuable feeling of equality. The dress code is based on a great deal of thoughtful consideration by faculty, parents, administrators, and the Board of Trustees. It requires that children dress in clothes that are similar, thus avoiding competition among students to wear the “latest” in clothing. We expect students to arrive each day dressed in the Canterbury dress code.