Forsyth School

Forsyth School is a day school in Saint Louis, Missouri, enrolling 300 to 500 students from pre-school through elementary grades. The school has no religious affiliation and builds its mission around curiosity, joy, and confidence. Faculty learn each child's identity and celebrate it rather than teaching cohorts of interchangeable learners. The school's financial strength—solid net assets and growing fundraising—backs real investment in classroom tools and teacher resources.

What distinguishes Forsyth is how the natural environment becomes actual curriculum. Many schools talk about nature. Here, the campus grounds and Saint Louis landscape function as working classroom space. Teachers guide outdoor exploration, hands-on discovery, and productive risk-taking into lessons where children engage rather than sit passive. This requires faculty who adapt materials on the fly and see the playground and garden as genuine teaching space, not add-ons.

Day-school structure shapes the teaching culture here. You leave campus each afternoon—unlike boarding schools—but the trade-off builds a tight adult community. With under 500 students, you know colleagues by name and teaching style. Parents know you too. Your voice shapes curriculum choices and school culture in ways larger schools cannot offer.

Forsyth hires classroom teachers for pre-school and elementary positions, along with administrative and operations staff. Most teaching openings appear before the academic year, though hiring happens year-round as needs shift. The school values faculty who bring curiosity and comfort with mixed-age or outdoor-focused teaching.