creative1

SPS has a huge selection of languages for a school of its size.

The german teacher, Frau Horner, is one of the most loved teachers on campus.

nhfootballer

i am headed to sps in the fall. it was my choice from the start. luckily i can be reading this fairly late tonight. my parents are letting me stay up to hear obama speak. here he comes now......

Gunner__33

a lot of drugs over there

randi517

it was an amazing speech (obama's) =]

sorry, sorta off topic. but good luck at sps in the fall!

nhfootballer

randi, i saw obama, hillary and mccain. hillary did a good job. mccain was horrible. obama was amazing.

gunner, why does sps have more drugs? from what i have seen you can find drugs in any school if you look for them.

Gunner__33

i haven't had personal experience, but it is kind of stereotyped as a school with a significant amount of drugs

catg

I met a man a few weeks ago that attended SPS in the 80's and then Harvard. His take is that SPS was a life changing experience. While Harvard was interesting,He said if he had to choose only one to attend, it would clearly be SPS. Just his opinion.

Sadie2

Going to a top bs is just a huge thing. It really is.

Winterset

nhfootballer: I have followed your comments for a while (SSAT's, Milton etc). Congrats on SPS. I hope it lives up to your expectations. It is a very special place! You are right, there ARE drugs everywhere. Lots in our local public & private schools and true everywhere. Denial does not mean they do not exist. They are at SPS too. I suspect no more or less than the other schools people look at. The real issue is always the individual and his friends. Glad you are involved politically. I brought Howard Dean to SPS this year, and representatives of a number of other campaigns. Stay involved (I tend to be Republican, so forgive me). Interestingly, SPS has a young Democrats, and only this year started a young Republicans.

nhfootballer

thanks, winter. i am happy about my choice re sps. republicans are ok. my dad is one and mom is independent. lots of political talk at home. lol.

Princess'Dad

I was impressed with SPS> The students stated that they averaged 5 hours of sleep and if they were really tired, they could sleep in the infirmary instead of going to class. Our guide said that the beds were full every day, all day.

creative1

Although I am sure there are kids who abuse the policy, princessdad, that is not the norm. If it becomes a pattern, people notice and the issue is addressed. My child has never stepped foot in the health center except once to visit a sick friend. She has also not missed one single class or commitment all year and I know many of her friends who are just like her.

hockeykid841

Although I have never been to the health center for sleep dep, I can assure you the beds are not full all day every day. And five hours is absoleutly on the bottom half of what most kids get for sleep.

newyorka

My best friend graduated from SPS this weekend and I attended. The school is amazingly georgous with gothic buildings and ponds. The library looks out over a pond and is stunning. It's hard to believe all that is there for 500 kids!

My friend loved her 4 years there. Everyone was sobbing that their time was over there. They are an incredibly bonded group compared to my NYC day school. They are a work hard, play hard group. They do know how to party but trust me, the drug scene is nothing like at NYC preps. My friend says there were way more druns/booze in our middle school.

shore

I got accepted into SPS but perhaps a bit foolishly I admit I rejected it because a former Andover alumni and Harvard professor said St. Pauls was a rich snobby school. But perhaps I should have looked into it closer...