Our Campus

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Classrooms and Tech

PCD's classrooms are designed and furnished to foster discussion and collaborative project based learning. The furniture is flexible to accommodate a variety of teaching and learning styles. Throughout the campus there are spaces for quiet individual reflection and study, as well as socializing, group activities, and community relationship building. There are pencils and paper and also technology to support all styles of classroom instruction. Classrooms are equipped with an interactive smart board and the library is equipped with a suite of fully loaded computers. PCD is a BYOD (bring your own device) school. Students are welcome to use their own tablets or laptops to suit individual learning styles. Personal devices are not required, nor are they needed to complete coursework and assignments successfully. However, access to a computer at home is essential, as many assignments use online resources and/or must be submitted online via our schoolwork portal. In addition, most of our school communication is electronic, so students and families will need to check email and the website regularly.
Athletic Complex

PCD's athletic facilities include on-campus fields for soccer, lacrosse, football, and baseball, as well as a 5K cross country course. PCD recently built a state-of-the-art and lighted artificial turf field. Called the "best diamond in Rhode Island," Dickerman Diamond, which now includes a professional quality batting cage, is home to the league champion Knights. The Evan R. West Field House and Moran Annex offer multiple full-size basketball/volleyball courts, a weight training room, and boys and girls locker rooms. Whether you are an experienced and committed athlete or are donning cleats for the first time, you will belong here. The swimming, golf, sailing, track, hockey, and tennis teams avail themselves of nearby facilities that allow athletes to practice and compete regularly.
Living Classroom

In addition to traditional classrooms and technology to support student inquiry, the PCD campus includes the living classroom—a protected outdoor learning space with woodland trails, expanded diverse forest edge, and various gardens—each providing a different opportunity for outdoor exploration. PCD's unique 30.5 acre campus is home to productive hedgerows and a 10-acre forest that has five distinct forest ecosystems, vernal pools, one permanent pool, an active stream, rock outcrops and rich biodiversity.
Learning Hub

The Learning Hub is a multi-use space designed to support and enrich the academic curriculum at PCD. With two classrooms, study spaces, books and reading nooks and large gathering areas, the Learning Hub provides space for both academic pursuits and community activities. It also holds the headquarters for PCD's The Learning Center support program.
Art Studio

PCD's media-based visual arts program is supported by a 2-D studio for painting, printmaking, and drawing; a 3-D studio for pottery and sculpture, a digital studio for computer graphics and digital photography; and a multi-media studio for robotics and cross-disciplinary explorations. The da Vinci Lab is a dedicated space for artists to explore natural science and for environmental scientists to express themselves in new ways.
Digital Media and Design Lab

Our fully equipped digital lab, includes a suite of loaded Macs, a large format printer, a laser cutter, and a 3-D printer, for the study of computer graphics, digital photography, graphic design, and yearbook production.