Rocky Hill Country Day School

Released in 2021, the school's Office of Equity and Belonging's "Action Steps" states that the school will “promote diversity and representation through hiring and admissions." The Action Steps are still present on the Equity and Belonging Website as of 2025.

The school's Office of Equity and Belonging's "Action Steps" set a goal to "educate faculty to be leaders of DEI [Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion] work."

The Equity and Belonging Strategic Goals for 2023-2024 include "expand professional development and curriculum to continue to build an anti-racist, just, equitable, and inclusive institution."

The school's Office of Equity and Belonging's "Action Steps" include a goal to "intentionally incorporate DEI [Diversity, Equity and Inclusion] into curriculum."

The school's "Strategic Plan: 2020-2023" states that it would "deepen curriculum development with an emphasis on justice and equity." The Plan also states that the school wanted to "shift away from a traditional approach to curriculum" to what the Plan calls a "postcontent curriculum." Guided by "research from the World Economic Forum, we created our Student Competencies."

The Equity and Belonging Curriculum for the RNCD Middle School is geared to “engage a deeper understanding of community” and engages students to “know and like who they are, while respecting all people, those who are similar to and different from them” and challenges them to “ethically collaborate in different spaces as globally minded citizens of a greater community.”

The 2020-2026 Strategic Plan states the school will "deepen curriculum development with an emphasis on justice and equity" and develop the "curriculum to continue to build an anti-racist, just, equitable and inclusive institution."

The school has several Equity and Belonging Committees including the Curriculum, Teaching + Learning Committee which develops a "deeper understanding of curriculum flow through an equity lens," provides "feedback about DEIJB resources for curriculum planning," and assists "with streamlining inclusive teaching practices and strategies."

The school's Office of Equity and Belonging links to a "Report Discrimination" online form where students can "report incidents of bias or discrimination that occur at Rocky Hill Country Day School."

The school has a Bias & Discrimination Reporting Form for those "directly involved in, impacted by, or were a witness to a bias incident or microaggression." All reports of "bias incidents and microaggressions are initially reviewed by the Director of Equity + Belonging."

The school's Office of Equity and Belonging describe its "Affinity Groups" as "A space where those who share an identity can discuss issues related to that identity and transfer those courageous conversations into collective action that promotes a more inclusive campus community."

The school has a number of resources on Equity and Belonging including “clarifying terms” and “common topics for courageous conversations.”

As part of the RHCD Equity and Belonging Resources, the school provides a number of DEI tools for curriculum, teaching and learning.

The Office of Equity and Belonging leads the school in "fostering diversity, equity, fairness, and inclusion, by providing strategic direction on developing relationships with underserved, underrepresented communities."

According to Parents Defending Education, the school "offers affinity groups for students; asks students for their pronouns, race, and sexuality before joining affinity groups." The groups segregate students "by their characteristics, such as race and sexual orientation." Affinity groups listed by the school include an “Asian Affinity Group,” “BIPOC/People of Color Group,” “Black Affinity Forum,” “Jewish Affinity Forum,” “Latinx/Latine Affinity Group,” “LGBTQ+ Affinity Group,” “Middle Eastern/North African,” “Multiracial Affinity Group,” “Native/Indigenous/First Nations,” “Neurodivergent Affinity Group,” and “White Allyship Affinity Group.”

RHCD School is NEASC accredited and adheres to the NEASC Standards for ensuring equity and honoring diversity where the “school culture promotes and celebrates the essential equity and inclusion of all students” and the school “considers issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion in its planning.”

As part of the Diversity , Equity, and Inclusion Action Steps, Rocky Hill Country Day school “seeks diversity and encourages the ongoing sharing of ideas, experiences, and dialogue that will broaden perspectives.”

The school's Diversity Statement states it is committed "to working against forces of discrimination and oppression." It continues that RHCD "seeks diversity and encourages the ongoing sharing of ideas, experiences, and dialogue that will broaden perspectives," and by "practicing and teaching equity and inclusion, [it] aims to dismantle systemic racism, oppression, and inequality in [the] community and the world."