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 […]
The oldest continuous boarding school in the United States, The Governor’s Academy was established by way of endowment from former Lt. Gov. William Drummer, of the illustrious Drummer family – great supporters of early American education institutions. The school was formerly named Governor Drummer’s Academy but changed its name in 2006 and is often referred
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Spread across three sites, with the Upper School being located on a sprawling new campus along the Charles River, BB&N is an independent private school admitting pupils from kindergarten through to grade 12. The school is one of the best regarded in the Boston area, if not the United States. The school has a history
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Brooks has a beautiful lakeside campus in North Andover where they have been receiving pupils since 1927 for instruction under a college-preparatory curriculum in keeping with the English public school model and Episcopal ethos. The school offers a range of experiences, activities and sports and competing against some of New England’s top schools and
Originally founded as a day school for the children of wealthy Bostonians seeking a college-preparatory education for their sons, the school has grown to accommodate a majority of boarders at its sprawling suburban campus. The school has a substantial pedigree and has produced a great deal many scholars and athletes as well as gentlemen in
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Groton is famed as one of America’s great examples of the British public school model, having been established as an alternative to the scientific academy model that had become popular, particularly in New England. Groton, an Episcopal school, espoused the muscular Christianity concept popular in England, that believed in the development of character and the
The Independent School League is an interscholastic athletic conference founded in 1948 whose membership is made up of a number of leading New England prep schools, mainly in the Boston area. ISL members (as the league is more commonly known) comprise some of the nation’s most famous and prestigious schools who collaborate and compete academically and athletically. The league operates strict rules regarding athletic scholarships and academic performance whilst also prohibiting the participation of postgraduate students. As such, it has often been referred to as the Ivy League of high schools (a reference enjoyed by a select few other school sports leagues – mostly within NEPSAC).
