The Bay School is committed to helping each student develop in the intellectual, aesthetic, physical, social, and spiritual domains.

Values that we model and encourage include:

• Love of learning
• Willingness to grow and inquire
• Rigor and discipline in mastering detail
• Accurate and elegant communication in more than one medium and language
• Fearless and thoughtful approach to contemporary and future world problems
• Careful stewardship of time
• Confidence in addressing complex, multifaceted issues
• Understanding and tolerance of diverse cultural traditions
• Sense of kindly community within the student body and a respect for individuals and differing points of view