Cheongna Dalton School provides an academically rigorous, progressive educational environment that promotes active inquiry. Students who graduate from CDS are academically capable individuals who possess character and curiosity. CDS students develop independence and responsibility and gain exposure to an assortment of opportunities designed to expand their range, to prepare them for a meaningful, successful future.

With the Dalton Plan as the foundation for its curriculum, CDS offers its students opportunities to acquire content knowledge, critical thinking skills, and collaboration skills through inquiry, experimentation, and research and analysis. Furthermore, students take control of their own educational experiences by learning how to make use of their free time and lab time. 

As such, students who graduate from CDS will embody the following qualities of the CDS Graduate Profile.