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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Sarah Porter established her eponymous school in 1843 in order to provide a modern, scientific education to young women alongside the classical education that had come to epitomise university preparatory schools in the western world. Porter’s maintains that ethos today, developing a holistic approach to education, employing the Harkness Method, and athletics in order to
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Situated on the outskirts of Hartford, Kingswood Oxford School is a co-educational day school with an excellent reputation. The school was formed through a merger of two reputable institutions, The Kingswood School (named for the Kingswood School in England) and The Oxford School, for boys and girls respectively. The school is renowned for its
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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Kent School is an extremely prestigious boarding school in Connecticut that prepares boys and girls for entry into the nation’s top universities and colleges. It is one of the country’s best known prep schools and has a reputation for both academic and athletic success. ___________ Independent Private Middle and College-Preparatory School Established: 1906 Gender: Co-educational Ages: 14-19
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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Avon Old Farms is an all-boys boarding school in Connecticut with one of the most architecturally significant and striking campuses of any school in the country. The campus, known to its community as the Village, was purpose-designed in order to unlock the very best from the boys who live here. The school is fiercely proud
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