For 80 years, Darrow School has changed the world by changing the lives of students, families, faculty, and friends, one talented individual at a time. This is manifest in the simple yet sophisticated “Think globally, act locally” approach that generations of community members have applied to their lives and work. Darrow is at the forefront of education for a sustainable human future, a modern imperative that embraces the urgency of achieving balance among environmental, economic, and societal bottom lines.

In May 2010, the Board of Trustees initiated a capacity-building project, “growing.greener” which will benefit Darrow’s environmental, economic, and human sustainability. Investments made now will pay dividends well into the future, ensuring that Darrow continues to stay at the leading edge of independent schools and creates the leaders of tomorrow.

Building on a longstanding tradition of sustainable decision making, growing.greener will focus on projects that simultaneously address three guiding principles in a meaningful way. Darrow School seeks to invest in elements of its physical and academic environment that will preserve its mission and values while nurturing its evolution as a twenty-first-century school.