For nearly 125 years, Maumee Valley Country Day School has been one of Northwest Ohio's greatest treasures. Founded in Western New York as Miss Bryan’s Seminary, a highly regarded finishing and boarding school for girls, it moved to Toledo in 1884 and became The Smead School for Girls.  The Smead School sought to recreate the atmosphere, camaraderie, and character-building aspects of the best college preparatory boarding schools while allowing students to return to their families at the end of the day.  It’s a tradition that continues today.  In 1934, the school opened its doors in its current location, changed its name to Maumee Valley Country Day School and admitted boys.  Maumee Valley Country Day School attracts students from across the country and across the world from preschool through 12th grade and is Northwest Ohio’s only accredited, co-educational, non-sectarian, independent school.