The Niblock Center for Intentional Living
A showpiece and a hub for dynamic thought and action, providing valuable resources and programs that will truly inspire and prepare students for what’s ahead. When you start at the Center, you can go anywhere.
For the past half century, the Founders’ Building has been at the heart of Forsyth Country Day. Thousands of students have entered its doors seeking knowledge and left as accomplished young men and women prepared for fulfilling and meaningful lives and careers.
As we look ahead to the next 50 years at FCDS, we want this “heart of the school”—like the school itself—to evoke a sense of belonging in everyone who enters it. Studies show that the feeling of belonging helps young learners succeed in school and in life, because when students feel like they belong and that they are appreciated, they know they are expected to do well. That expectation and belief in their abilities motivates them to grow their skills and manifest that belief through high achievement.
Forbes reports that some of the most essential skills for the future are learnability, agility, collaboration, communication, negotiation, and leadership. These "power skills" also include adaptability, problem-solving, creativity, drive, and empathy. Potential employers and colleges both report difficulty in finding these crucial abilities in both college graduates and incoming college students.
FCDS believes these in-demand essential life skills need to be developed and cultivated in all students if we are truly going to prepare students for what’s ahead.
The reimagined center of campus, housed in a bright, modern new facility, will inspire:
- Skill development for the constantly emerging global economy, with an emphasis on the power skills colleges and employers desire.
- Innovative instruction from experienced teachers and industry experts.
- Leadership opportunities and training in how to lead one’s self and others
- Entrepreneurship—in mindset and practical application.
We invite you to learn more and make your impact.
Please call Andy Clifton, Director of Philanthropy & Community Engagement, at 336.978.3941 or email him to set up a time to talk.
Self-Awareness. Collaboration. Sense of Purpose.
When you start at the Niblock Center for Intentional Living, you can go anywhere. The Center will foster leadership, innovation, and entrepreneurship as well as enhance skills of emerging importance to a life of impact and intentionality: self-awareness, communication, collaboration, problem-solving, creativity, and creating a strong sense of purpose. Programs will include:
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Entrepreneurship
Guided by seasoned teachers and an advisory board of successful local and national entrepreneurs and business leaders who serve as mentors and guest speakers, students will study how entrepreneurs think and how our country’s systems support entrepreneurial success. Through the creation of their own real-world companies, they will learn problem-solving, risk-taking, communication, and teamwork as they fail, learn, and fail again on the road to success. -
Learning to Lead
To lead others, you must first lead yourself. Students will develop self-awareness as they learn about themselves and their individual leadership styles, and how to leverage that style best for success in school and in life. Guest speakers from the advisory board will provide insight into practical leadership, and students will be required to create and pursue hands-on leadership opportunities on campus and off. -
Personal Awareness and Wellness
Who are you when no one is looking? What are your strengths and what drives you? How do you take care of yourself so that you can function at an optimal level? Students will learn, through measurements and self-reflection, to identify what makes them tick and how to enhance what they are good at and shore up areas where they need to improve. They’ll learn about how to develop and stack healthy personal habits in order to nurture themselves, manage stress, and be their best selves.
Forsyth Country Day School (FCDS) is a private, college preparatory, independent school for preschool through high school located in Lewisville, NC, just outside of Winston-Salem. Students benefit from a challenging academic curriculum, fine and performing arts, competitive athletics, and a wide selection of extracurricular activities.
Non-Discrimination Policy: Forsyth Country Day School is committed to administering all education and employment activities without discrimination based on one’s race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, age, ability, gender identity, or sexual orientation.
Non-Discrimination Policy: Forsyth Country Day School is committed to administering all education and employment activities without discrimination based on one’s race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, age, ability, gender identity, or sexual orientation.
