A grand dame amongst New York City’s illustrious day schools, Spence has been educating young women since 1892 and has an enviable record in preparing pupils for placement in some of the nation’s top universities, including Harvard, Yale and Princeton. The Spence School was established with a view to providing a classical education to girls
One of the oldest schools in North America, Collegiate was established by the Dutch West India Company in 1628 to prepare boys for college entry with a classical, latin education in keeping with the endowed free schools of the United Kingdom. Collegiate School competes in a host of sports through the Ivy Preparatory School League and
The Browning School was founded in the late 19th Century as part of a global trend towards establishing private schools tasked with the delivery of an educating befitting gentlemen. The school’s alumni list is a veritable who’s who of Manhattan society through the ages and the school still regularly receives pupils from those dynastic families
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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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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
Westminster School was established in Dobbs Ferry, NY before moving to its current CT location. Originally a boarding school for boys only, the school has long-since welcomed girls and day students seeking a top-tier learning environment in preparation for entry to the leading colleges and universities in the United States. Westminster School competes in
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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
One of the most prestigious girls’ schools in North America, Walkers, as the school is better known, has a reputation for developing brilliant young women for entry into the finest tertiary institutions. The school, originally established in Lakewood, New Jersey, has become one of the most revered schools in the country and has garnered a
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