Aunty Cathryn and Uncle John established a first-rate program while cultivating a culture founded on the principles of humility, gratitude, and simplicity.
This basic philosophy has enabled the school to develop an atmosphere that stresses the right of each individual to be different and unique while developing confidence, mutual respect, and a degree of cooperation, allowing the student to strive for higher academic achievement, to develop empathy for others, and to grow in self-esteem.
Theirs was a mix of intellectual engagement, family values, and personal commitment that continue to define the school today, years after it first opened its doors first in Brentwood and later in the hills of Bel Air. They persevered and succeeded despite great personal loss: the death of their only child, John Thomas Dye III (after whom the school was named) in World War II and the 1961 Bel Air fire that destroyed the school. The John Thomas Dye School has overcome any challenges it has faced because of the support of generations of families who have acted with fortitude, determination, and dignity in the spirit of its founders.