The Winsor School is a highly acclaimed all-girls college-preparatory day school that stands out even against Boston’s multitude of venerable educational institutions. The school has turned out the daughters of Boston’s well-heeled and well-to-do since 1886 when it was established as a small school for eight young women. ___________ Independent Private Middle and College-Preparatory […]
St. Mark’s School is one of the top college-preparatory schools in the United States, established in 1865 on the English Public School model. The school is highly revered in North America as a leading boarding school, historically for boys but now co-educational. ___________ Independent Private College-Preparatory School Established: 1865 Gender: Co-educational Ages: 14-18 (grades
Named for the patron saint of England, a nod to the school’s Episcopalian (Anglican) foundation and the English Public School model which it sought to emulate alongside peers such as St. Mark’s School, St. Paul’s School, Middlesex School and Groton School who, collectively, are colloquially referred to as St. Grottlesex. St. George’s is one of
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The Roxbury Latin School is one of the oldest schools in the United States, having been established in 1645 by Royal Charter of King Charles I. The school, in West Roxbury – a suburb of Boston, sought to instruct a classical education for young men as that of the free grammar schools of the United
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St. Sebastian’s School is a well-regarded all boys Roman Catholic school in suburban Boston. A member of the Independent Schools League, St. Sebastian’s competes against leading college-preparatory schools across New England in a range of interscholastic sports and academic competitions. ___________ Independent Private Middle and College-Preparatory School Established: 1941 Gender: Boys Ages: 12-18 (grades 7-12) Ethos: Roman Catholic
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Set amidst a beautiful lakeside campus in the leafy rural townships west of Boston, The Rivers School is a classic New England school providing a co-educational college-preparatory education since 1915, named for the school’s first Headmaster. In 1940, the Country Day School for Boys of Boston merged into Rivers. The school also encompasses The Rivers
Nobles, as the schools is better known, is a day and 5-day boarding school located along the Charles River just outside of Boston. The school’s founding ethos was to provide a classical education in order to prepare pupils for matriculation at Harvard and other leading universities and the school is regarded as one of the
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Situated in the quintessential picturesque New England town of Groton, just outside Boston, Lawrence Academy has been educating America’s future leaders since 1793. The school offers a traditional college-preparatory experience for both boarding and day pupils. Founded as part of the academy movement, Lawrence sought to instruct young men and women in a modern
Nicknamed “The School By The Sea”, Tabor Academy has a reputation for excellence in all things marine, from it’s famed marine science programmes to the excellent rowing crews who have achieved great success at Henley Royal Regatta (and for whom a room is named at the Leander Club). Tabor has a coastal location in
Thayer is a traditional College-Preparatory school in the far southern suburbs of the Boston Metropolitan Area. Thayer was established in 1877 as part of a fashionable trend to create academies providing a modern, scientific education and eschewing the classical focus of latin grammar schools. The school was founded by way of endowment from Gen. Sylvanus
