Maumee Valley Country Day School

Academic Facilities

1. Millennium Theatre and Performing Arts Center
The 300-seat Millennium Theatre features an intimate proscenium "thrust" stage, with no seat more than 35 feet away. The Performing Arts Center includes class and practice rooms, a scenic design shop and costume room.

2. Millhon Auditorium
Named for Jerry Millhon, head of school from 1974-1982, this multi-purpose space hosts everything from luncheons to rainy-day recess for the Preschool. With its knotty pine paneling, the room retains the character of the MV of the 1930s.

3. P3 Building
The P3 Building houses our 3-year-old preschool program, which strives to educate the whole child – socially, emotionally, physically and cognitively.

4. Lower School
The Lower School, grades 1-6, was built on the "open school" plan – a flexible concept that permits teachers to organize the environment in ways that support curricular goals. Team teaching and small classes are a part of the open classroom concept.

Named for Kathleen Blakey, former school librarian, The Blakey Resource Center houses the Lower and Middle School library and computer area, and contains more than 15,000 titles. Library materials are available to students, faculty, staff and parents.

5. Middle School
Maumee Valley's Middle School, grades 7-8, is a 10,000-square-foot annex of the Lower School that houses a spacious commons area, seven classrooms, a science lab, and a science preparation room.

6. Upper School
The Upper School, grades 9-12, occupies the south end of the main building. Small classes – most with fewer than 16 students – allow teachers to foster active participation and the development of each student's critical thinking, discussion, public speaking and writing skills. Faculty advisors mentor students not just in academics but in personal and extracurricular growth as well.

7. Smead Building
The Smead Building is named after the Smead sisters – the two original headmistresses of Maumee Valley’s predecessor, the Smead School for Girls, founded in 1884. The one-story white clapboard building originally opened its doors on Sept. 17, 1934 and housed kindergarten through Grade 12. Today it houses the Smead Conference Room, admissions, alumni affairs, and advancement offices (fundraising, alumni relations, communications/marketing), art classrooms, and the Preschool’s 4- and 5-year-olds and transition group.

8. Alida Ashley Amphitheatre
The Alida Ashley Amphitheatre, located in the front of the main building, is a lovely setting for a Greek drama, outdoor class or wedding.

9. Wolfe Gallery
Constructed in 1991, the Wolfe Gallery was designed by world-class architect Hugh Newell Jacobsen and displays the work of MVCDS students, and professional artists.

Athletics/Physical Education

The athletic program at MVCDS is student-centered and an integral part of the student’s total educational experience. There is a no-cut policy.

10. Collins Adventure Challenge Course
Scattered throughout the Maumee Valley woods, the Collins Adventure Challenge Course includes 10 low elements that help students learn how to work together as a team, and features a 35-foot high zip line.

11. Johnson-Bayer Physical Education Complex
The home of the Hawks, this 15,000-square foot facility includes the varsity gym, middle school gym, fitness center, athletic training room and the athletic office.

12. Outdoor Athletic Complex
Athletic facilities include fields for baseball, field hockey and soccer, five tennis courts, and the Knight-McCoy Track. The all-weather, six-lane metered track is named for the Knight family, and for Sam McCoy, former track coach and Upper School science teacher. The track surrounds Koltay Soccer Field, named for the late Laszlo Koltay, former Middle School Head and varsity soccer coach.

13. Horse Corral
Summer campers look forward to horseback riding in the MVCDS corral each summer.