Students choose from more than courses in 19 subject areas in true Exeter style: The Harkness method, the plan that calls for dialogue-based learning.
The one-of-a-kind math curriculum focuses on problem sets and seminar-based learning, tossing traditional textbooks aside in favor of student-owned learning processes. Located in Andover, Massachusetts, Phillips Academy was founded in ,and is the oldest incorporated boarding school in the United States. Andover as it is universally known has the historic significance of being an original feeder school for Yale. It was also the first private secondary school to establish and implement a need-blind admission policy.
The school, which also uses the Harkness method and is equally rich in tradition, offers a wide array of music classes—many students take private lessons through the prep school at nearby New England Conservatory. Beyond academics, all Andover students participate in a work-duty program and are assigned to different jobs throughout the year. Founded in , the Putney School in Vermont offers a rigorous yet progressive, hands-on education to students in grades This approach is certainly working.
Graduates gain entrance to the very best schools in the country; they attend Ivies like Yale, Dartmouth, Columbia, and Cornell, as well as schools like Oberlin, Sarah Lawrence, and Boston College. In addition to academics, students participate in an arts-based program two nights a week and must satisfy six jobs during their stay—lunch, dinner, barn crew, dish crew, substitute, and land-use activities—which helps instill in them a different kind of work ethic not generally found in the classroom.
The Church Farm School, located in Exton, Pennsylvania, was founded in , as a college preparatory, independent, boarding school for boys in grades Loyal to its name and its Episcopal heritage, the school requires attendance at weekly chapel services and meetings.
Students at CFS are required to take part in the co-curricular C. Challenge Of Required Experience program, which provides opportunities for community service, outdoor experiences, leadership training, and exposure to cultural arts.
As its name suggests, the school has a religious affiliation and all students are required to attend chapel three times a week. Proximity to the nation's capital has resulted in the development of the school's signature Washington Program, which offers four concentrations: Public Policy, Sustainability, Cultural Awareness, and Entrepreneurship. Sophomores dabble in each concentration, select one the following year, and engage in a year-long project and externship during their final year.
Founded in in Concord, New Hampshire, St. Paul's School is an all-boarding school for students in grades The school offers a post-graduate year. Not only do all of the students live on campus, but all of the faculty do, too, which works to promote a close, spirited campus community.
The community also begins four days of the week with chapel services. In order to ease the transition to campus life, each new student is assigned a "big brother" or "big sister. Classes are rigorous and implement the Harkness method; colleges with the highest matriculation of St. Rather than having physical education classes, St.
Paul's requires all its students to play sports. In order to make a St. In the mountain city of Asheville, North Carolina, lies the Asheville School, a private coeducational boarding school founded in for students in grades Students here learn to challenge themselves academically and personally.
The natural setting of the area invites mountaineering: all first-year student go on a three-day wilderness camping trip complete with a high-ropes course. They also take a series of seminars designed to orient them to Asheville School.
Academics mirror the rigor of the outdoor adventure through the four-year sequence of the Integrated Humanities program. Seniors must also complete a Senior Demonstration that requires them to write a series of papers on a chosen topic and defend the topic to a faculty panel. The community service requirement—one that is common among boarding schools—differs at Asheville in that students complete 40 hours of service for one organization and submit an essay about that experience to the headmaster.
Founded in , Shattuck-St. Mary's is an independent coeducational boarding school in Faribault, Minnesota, and serves students in grades The school also offers a post-graduate year.
SSM provides a unique blend of tradition and innovation to their students. The school maintains its traditional Episcopalian identity and offers weekly chapel services, classes in religion, and the saying of grace before lunch. Students must also fulfill a community service requirement for graduation. On the academic front, Shattuck-St. Mary's offers signature multi-year, experiential programs through their Centers of Excellence in bioscience, engineering, numerous sports notably ice hockey , or a self-designed major.
SSM also has a unique pre-conservatory program for students interested in attending the nation's top music schools. Students gain entrance into top-tier colleges and universities with the highest enrollments at Penn State, Boston University, University of Washington, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. If you've ever seen Dead Poets Society , you've seen the campus of St.
Andrew's in Middletown, Delaware—the movie was filmed almost entirely on school grounds. Committed to its Episcopalian identity, St.
Andrew's is an all-boarding, coed private school for students in grades Along with the all-boarding requirement, family-style meals during the week where students take turns waiting tables help ensure a close-knit community on campus. Andrew's requires chores of students which are usually in the student's dorm and rotate regularly.
Seniors take spring tutorials which are reading and writing intensive, in which three students meet in a course specifically designed by faculty members across a range of disciplines in the spirit of the Oxford tutorial method, and then defend an original thesis to the English Department. True to its heritage, St. Founded in , the Thacher School in Ojai, California, is the oldest coed boarding school in the state. Freshmen not only have a single room during their first year at Thacher, they also learn to appreciate the value of good old-fashioned hard work through the mandatory Horse Program, where they learn all the basics of horsemanship both caretaking and riding.
Through this program, students develop a higher sense of self-esteem, along with problem-solving skills and responsibility. Students also take at least one overnight horse-packing trip during the year. Life within the classroom walls encourages the same development of responsibility and critical thinking, with seniors developing, researching, and presenting their senior thesis in Senior Exhibitions. Founded in , Deerfield Academy is an independent, coed boarding school in Western Massachusetts for students in grades Deerfield also offers a post-graduate year.
Deerfield prepares its students well academically, as evidenced by the fact that the most graduates have attended Yale, Harvard, Dartmouth, Georgetown, and UVA over the past four years. Of particular note is the approach of cultivating personal interests and a sense of community. It is an all-encompassing identity and set of core values that the community lives by.
Respecting and valuing this heritage is the reason for traditions like sit-down meals and the singing of the Evensong, but it is also the reason the Academy reestablished coeducation in and continues to develop a curriculum and campus to meet the educational demands of the 21st century.
Deerfield also boasts a thriving alumni network of 12,plus. Students are required to participate in a co-curricular each term. Founded in , Choate Rosemary Hall is a private coed boarding school located in Wallingford, Connecticut, that enrolls students in grades Choate also offers a post-graduate year.
What really sets Choate apart is its extensive menu of course offerings—students can choose from more than classes. Within that framework, students can also focus on programs unique to Choate, like the interdisciplinary Environmental Immersion program, the Modern Standard Arabic program, or the arts program.
Students work with their advisors on a capstone project within a concentration—a rated course of study culminating in the final term of the senior year.
Located in Madison County, Virginia, Woodberry Forest is an all-boys, all-boarding school founded in Additionally, all students enroll in a leadership development program. A post-graduate year is available. WRA prides itself on long-standing traditions and is one of the only boarding schools that still requires students to adhere to a strict, formal dress code.
Other traditions include Friday study breaks that celebrate the coming of the weekend and Wednesday sit-down, family-style lunches with the entire faculty. In place of Saturday classes, WRA extends learning to the Saturday Academy, a time allotted for in-depth subject study or class meetings. Naval Academy. Founded in Sedona, Arizona, in , the Verde Valley School is an independent, coeducational boarding school for students in grades Verde Valley students complete daily morning dorm chores, a weekly work job program, and several community work days throughout the year.
Founded in , the Taft School is a coeducational boarding school for students in grades located n Watertown, Connecticut. Taft students select from more than academic courses or take their own course in the Independent Studies Program, which exists to foster further independence and creativity in learning. Students enjoy access to a thriving alumni network of almost 9, active alums of record.
Founded in , The Orme School is a unique, college-preparatory, coeducational boarding school for grades 8 through A unique feature of this particular campus is that it is also home to a fully-operating cattle ranch, which serves as a lab for learning in the school's Farm-to-Table program. Located in northeast Georgia and founded in , Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School is an independent, coeducational boarding school for students in grades The school became famous in the late s for the Foxfire magazine project, an experiential education initiative that involved students in interviewing local people and then writing, publishing, and preserving their oral histories.
Rabun Gap affords students unique opportunities unavailable at any other school. For example, the Tallulah Falls Railroad Museum is not only located on campus, but is also owned and operated by the school.
Students also have access to a circus skills program—one of the few of its kind in the entire country. In addition to challenging academics and one-of-a-kind co-curriculars, all students engage in a campus-wide work program in which they help contribute to the maintenance and improvement of campus buildings, grounds, and programs.
Founded in in Farmington, Connecticut, Miss Porter's School is a private boarding school for girls, and was named the top girls' boarding school by U. In addition to challenging coursework, students must play in three interscholastic team sport offerings before the start of their senior year.
They also receive formal leadership training via themed seminars each year; topics include decision-making, personal awareness, teamwork, problem-solving, and strategic planning. Students select from over classes, one of which must be an online core class. Girls must complete 30 hours of community service as a graduation requirement. There are nearly 6, alumnae worldwide, making an attractive and huge network available to students.
Founded in , Foxcroft School is a private boarding school for girls in grades located in Middleburg, Virginia. Foxcroft tends to its campus life and nurtures its community. Each dorm is overseen by a full-time housemother whose sole responsibility is ensuring a positive residence life experience for students.
Foxcroft girls have access to a world-renowned equestrian program, as well as vast opportunities in STEM, with a third of graduates choosing STEM majors in college. The school retains a strong Episcopalian identity and thus provides a religious chapel service three times a week, in addition to other non-mandatory religious services. Students receive academic letter grades as well as marks for effort.
The Holderness curriculum also supports students who are ready to take on Advanced Placement courses as well as those who need academic support. Our academics will prepare you for applying to college, succeeding in college, and even building networks and skills for your future career. Varsity Teams: 18 Junior Varsity Teams: 15 Additional Recreational Teams: 4 We love the outdoors here and believe that athletics are a foundation for great health.
We offer unique sports like rock climbing and mountain biking, as well as traditional school sports like football, lacrosse, ice hockey, field hockey, and soccer. Half of our students participate in our snow sports program Alpine and Nordic skiing and well as freeskiing and snowboarding , and many of them are ranked at the national or international level. But not all of them; you might be someone who gets on snow for the first time at Holderness and develops a lifelong love of winter sports.
Either way the Holderness athletic program has a little something for everyone; all you have to do is sign up! Dorm Size: less than 24 students Student to Faculty Ratio in the Dorms: Rooming Options: doubles or singles Holderness School believes in caring for one another in active ways that lay the foundation for confident leadership.
All students participate in our Jobs Program and share in the work of running the school. We are also a member of the National Association of Episcopal Schools , whose guiding principles are steeped in a Christian tradition of inclusion and open inquiry. The Academy attracts students from all its surrounding East Yorkshire towns and villages, and staff from even further afield. We are incredibly proud to have a positive and engaged student body and a dedicated and talented team of staff and governors.
Holderness Academy and Sixth Form College is a disciplined and well-organised environment. We have high standards of Academy dress and have clear expectations on punctuality, attendance and behaviour, having recently implemented a Student Positive Discipline Policy. Our students have responded well to the new policy and this is reflected in all aspects of school life with noticeable improvements to student behaviour and attitude throughout the Academy. We have a strong student and staff voice approach which has impacted significantly on the recent developments in our Academy environment and in approaches to Teaching and Learning and fostering well-being and mental resilience across all teams within our school.
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