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FOUNDERS LEAGUE: A MODERN SPORT COMPETITION BETWEEN SOME OF THE NATION’S OLDEST AND MOST FAMOUS SCHOOLS

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The Founders League was established in 1984 as an interscholastic sports league including a multitude of varsity sports. The membership comprises some of the leading independent university-preparatory schools in the United States and membership is often considered a test of elite status. The league incorporates the Erickson League which existed previously as a football competition between elite prep schools of Connecticut and New York.

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TEN SCHOOLS ADMISSION ORGANIZATION (TSAO): A CONSORTIUM OF THE MOST ELITE BOARDING SCHOOLS IN THE USA

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The Ten Schools Admission Organization (TSAO) is a formal grouping of some of the leading college-preparatory schools in the United States who come together to share best practice ideas in relation to attracting and processing admissions from top pupil applicants from across the country and internationally. The member schools consider themselves to be peer schools and, as such, the group has come to be considered to represent the elite independent schools in the USA. Many of the members are well-known institutions both at home and overseas.

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EASTERN INDEPENDENT LEAGUE (EIL): A CONFERENCE OF TOP-TIER NEW ENGLAND PREP SCHOOLS

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The Eastern Independent League (EIL) is an athletic conference comprised of the athletic directors of 11 of the leading independent private schools in New England, including: Bancroft School; Beaver Country Day School; Berwick Academy; Concord Academy; Dana Hall School; Landmark School; Lexington Christian Academy; Newton Country Day School of the Sacred Heart; Pingree School; Portsmouth Abbey School; and The Winsor School. Chapel Hill-Chauncy Hall was a former member of the League

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THE ASSOCIATION OF BOARDING SCHOOLS (TABS): ADVOCATING FOR NORTH AMERICAN BOARDING SCHOOLS AND A LEADING VOICE ON THE GLOBAL STAGE

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The Association of Boarding Schools is a formal trade association representing boarding schools, primarily in North America. The organisation, better known by the acronym TABS, is comprised of the leading independent boarding schools in the United States and Canada and is increasingly international in outlook and membership. It is the premier association for schools that offer boarding, at all educational levels and works to support its members in administration and management of their schools, policy and practice development whilst simultaneously acting as a marketing and promotion service for the sector and a representative voice for its members.

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INTERNATIONAL BOYS’ SCHOOLS COALITION (IBSC): THE VANGUARD OF EDUCATION FOR BOYS AND YOUNG MEN

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The International Boys’ Schools Coalition (IBSC) is a global association of leading boys’ schools, predominantly in the independent sector. The school members collaborate extensively on research, policy development and policy advocacy to develop common, advanced teaching techniques to get the most out of boys education and to ensure that their graduates are capable, great young male leaders.

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CANADIAN ACCREDITED INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS (CAIS): THE STANDARD BEARER FOR CANADA’S PRIVATE SCHOOL SECTOR

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The Canadian Accredited Independent Schools (CAIS) is the premier trade association representing the interests of independent and private schools across Canada. CAIS facilitates knowledge-sharing and policy development between members and as an accreditation body maintaining standards in the fee-paying school sector.

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OLD FOUR: CANADA’S ELITE PUBLIC RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES

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Canada’s education system is famous for being one of the best in the world, offering rigorous and vigorous schooling from early years through to degree level. Such degrees are conferred by a multitude of quality colleges and universities but the best known and, arguably, the most prestigious are the Old Four research universities that include: McGill University; Queen’s University; University of Toronto; and Western University.

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IVY LEAGUE: MUCH MORE THAN A SPORTS CONFERENCE, THESE ARE AMONGST THE WORLD’S BEST COLLEGES

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The Ivy League is a sports conference for a select group of Universities and Colleges from the Northeastern United States that share a reputation for excellence and prestige. Despite the group’s founding as a sports conference, the constituent members work closely together on other aspects of university life and the conference’s name now transcends it’s sports conference heritage to the extent that “Ivy League” has become a byword for the elite tier of universities and colleges in the United States and, indeed, internationally.

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ELITE EIGHT: THE TOP-TIER OF AMERICA’S ELITE BOARDING SCHOOLS

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The Elite Eight is a an informal moniker applied to a group of highly-selective boarding schools in the United States that are considered to be the most exclusive schools in the country. Whilst many of the schools are known to consider one another as equals and often collaborate with one another with respect to common admissions practices or their participation in formal associations (such as the Eight Schools Association – with which the term is sometimes erroneously associated, or the Ten Schools Admission Organization), the Elite Eight is not an official body. Nonetheless, it is a common term used by prospective pupils and admissions agents assisting families with attaining places to such elite prep schools.

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SELECT 16: THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS BOARDING SCHOOLS IN THE UNITED STATES

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The Select 16 is an informal term applied to sixteen of the most prestigious boarding schools in the United States. The term was first coined in 1986 by authors Peter W. Cookson, Jr. and Caroline Hodges Persell in their book ‘Preparing for Power: America’s Elite Boarding Schools’. The term was devised to illustrate the select group of schools that had presented the highest number of students for matriculation into the Ivy League colleges and other elite institutions across America. The schools in the Select 16 have long-been considered amongst the most selective and exclusive boarding schools in the United States with famous alumni and large endowments.

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