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* Advanced Academy of Georgia * Blue Ridge School * Camden Military Academy * Carlbrook School * Carson Long Military Academy * Episcopal High School * The Gow School * Grand River Academy * Hampshire Country School * Hyde School - Woodstock, CT * Leysin American School in Switzerland (LAS) * Marine Military Academy * Midland School * New Mexico Military Institute * Oak Creek Ranch School * Oliverian School * Robert Land Academy * St. Andrew's School, DE * St. John's Military School * St. Paul's School * St. Thomas More School * Scattergood Friends School * Squaw Valley Academy * THINK Global School * Wolfeboro: The Summer Boarding School * Woodberry Forest School * z-test-school
*Note: I got this list from boardingschoolreview.com. And I would not trust "z-test-school".--heyjudecharlotte
80%+ BOARDING (for current info you can search by % boarding at boardingschoolreview.com):
* Exeter * Hotchkiss * Groton (85%) * Culver (90%) * Thacher (90%) * Deerfield * Blair * Cate * New Hampton School * Kent * Salisbury
CHAPEL/RELIGIOUS SERVICES REQUIRED:
St. Andrew’s * Salisbury (2x/week)
GROUP HUG BEFORE VACATIONS AFTER CHAPEL:
* St Paul's
HUG LINE BEFORE CHAPEL:
* Concord
"NEW GIRL"/"OLD GIRL" PAIRING - CIRCLE OF LIGHT - SINGING IN THE GARDEN (Lots of singing at Porter's) - RING CEREMONY
* Miss Porter's
NIGHTLY HANDSHAKING:
* Groton
ONE-SANCTION EXPULSION (1-strike you're out)
* Hotchkiss * Pomfret * Emma Willard (for ANY candle or flame in dorm or on campus) *Concord (same as Emma Willard)
SATURDAY CLASSES - NEVER (Many!):
* Deerfield * Concord * Choate * Andover * St. Andrew’s * Middlesex * Westtown * Lawrenceville * Governor’s * Tabor
SATURDAY CLASSES - OCCASIONAL:
* Exeter * St. Paul’s * Hill School
SATURDAY CLASSES - WEEKLY:
* Hotchkiss * Concord * Masters * Loomis Chafee * St George’s * Salisbury
SIT-DOWN FORMAL MEALS:
* St. Paul’s (2x/week) * Deerfield * St. Andrew’s (DE) * Thacher * Groton (weekly, fall and spring)* Peddie * Loomis (weekly, fall and spring) * St. Mark's * Cate (once a week) * Episcopal * Portsmouth Abbey * Miss Porter's (2x/week) * Blair (generally 2x/week) * Brooks (2x/week, Fall and Spring) *Kent (once a week) * Millbrook (1x/week) * Salisbury (2x/week)
THE PORTER PLAN
* Miss Porter's - The Porter Plan requires that house (dorm) directors’ primary responsibilities on campus are within the dormitories, without the additional responsibilities of teaching or coaching.
TUESDAY TALK (speeches given weekly by 1-2 senior students to the student body)
*Cate
ZOO (ACCREDITED)
Millbrook
A C A D E M I C S
ARABIC:
* Deerfield * Loomis * Exeter (Seniors with another language only)* Choate (Can also be in interdisciplinary Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies Program) *
ARTS CONCENTRATION PROGRAM:
* Choate
BALLET COMPANY (for credit):
* St. Paul’s * Westover * Concord (dance company: ballet as well as other dance disciplines)
CARIBBEAN STUDIES (on a schooner 2 weeks)
* Tabor * Lawrenceville (Island School)
COMPUTER SCIENCE
* Concord * Loomis * Choate
CLASSICS DEGREE
* Exeter
ETHICS COURSE - REQUIRED:
* Miss Porter's School (Sophomore year) * Brooks * Cate (called “Sophomore Seminar”) * Salisbury
HARKNESS TABLE:
* Lawrenceville * Exeter (all classes, including math & science) * St Paul's * The Masters School * Blair * Cate (English/Humanities) *Loomis * Concord (in language/humanities)
INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS:
* Lawrenceville * Brooks School * NMH * Blair * Westover * Loomis * Exeter
FILMMAKING:
* Concord * Loomis * Cate * Putney * Choate (Video Production courses) * Exeter
IB:
* Annie Wright * Carlisle * Cheshire (CT) * Dwight School * EF Intl Academy New York * George School * Mercyhurst Prep * Mid-Pacific Institute * Mount Saint Mary Academy * New Hampton School * North Broward Prep * Saint Andrew's (FL) * Saint John’s (MN) * St. Timothy's (MD) * Stoneleigh-Burnham * Montessori High School (OH) * UWC-USA * Verde Valley
ISLAND SCHOOL:
* Lawrenceville (Semester in Bahamas) * Exeter
MARINE SCIENCE - ADVANCED:
* Tabor * Portsmouth Abbey * Cate
MOUNTAIN CLASSROOM:
* Proctor (full trimester camping/academic adventure) * Cate (1 trimester, based in Leadville, Colorado. For experienced skiers/hikers)
NAUTICAL SCIENCE
* Tabor * Portsmouth Abbey
OCEAN CLASSROOM:
* Proctor (10 wks in fall aboard 130’ schooner sailing to Caribbean; also offered in spring—16 wks & open to non-Proctor students for credit)
SACRED TEXTS:
* Groton
SCIENCE RESEARCH PROGRAM:
* Choate * St. Mark's * Emma Willard (through its Practicum program) * Concord (InSPIRE program: summer internships in Boston area) * Exeter (Bio 584,690 - summer intern at Stanford / or by 999 field level course)
SHAKESPEARE SEMESTER:
* Episcopal * Cate (trimester) * Exeter (trimester in Stratford-Upon-Avon)
STAINED GLASS/ HOT GLASS:
St. Paul’s
WINTER TERM (Period of time during a vacation where students return to campus for non-traditional classes of their choice)
* Brooks * Lawrence * Berkshire * Millbrook * New Hampton School
WOMEN IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
* Westover
* Advanced Academy of Georgia * Blue Ridge School * Camden Military Academy * Carlbrook School * Carson Long Military Academy * Episcopal High School * The Gow School * Grand River Academy * Hampshire Country School * Hyde School - Woodstock, CT * Leysin American School in Switzerland (LAS) * Marine Military Academy * Midland School * New Mexico Military Institute * Oak Creek Ranch School * Oliverian School * Robert Land Academy * St. Andrew's School, DE * St. John's Military School * St. Paul's School * St. Thomas More School * Scattergood Friends School * Squaw Valley Academy * THINK Global School * Wolfeboro: The Summer Boarding School * Woodberry Forest School * z-test-school
*Note: I got this list from boardingschoolreview.com. And I would not trust "z-test-school".--heyjudecharlotte
80%+ BOARDING (for current info you can search by % boarding at boardingschoolreview.com):
* Exeter * Hotchkiss * Groton (85%) * Culver (90%) * Thacher (90%) * Deerfield * Blair * Cate * New Hampton School * Kent * Salisbury* Berkshire
CHAPEL/RELIGIOUS SERVICES REQUIRED:
St. Andrew’s * Salisbury (2x/week)
GROUP HUG BEFORE VACATIONS AFTER CHAPEL:
* St Paul's
HUG LINE BEFORE CHAPEL:
* Concord
"NEW GIRL"/"OLD GIRL" PAIRING - CIRCLE OF LIGHT - SINGING IN THE GARDEN (Lots of singing at Porter's) - RING CEREMONY
* Miss Porter's
NIGHTLY HANDSHAKING:
* Groton
ONE-SANCTION EXPULSION (1-strike you're out)
* Hotchkiss * Pomfret * Emma Willard (for ANY candle or flame in dorm or on campus) *Concord (same as Emma Willard)
SATURDAY CLASSES - NEVER (Many!):
* Deerfield * Concord * Choate * Andover * St. Andrew’s * Middlesex * Westtown * Lawrenceville * Governor’s * Tabor
SATURDAY CLASSES - OCCASIONAL:
* Exeter * St. Paul’s * Hill School
SATURDAY CLASSES - WEEKLY:
* Hotchkiss * Concord * Masters * Loomis Chafee * St George’s * Salisbury* Berkshire
SIT-DOWN FORMAL MEALS:
* St. Paul’s (2x/week) * Deerfield * St. Andrew’s (DE) * Thacher * Groton (weekly, fall and spring)* Peddie * Loomis (weekly, fall and spring) * St. Mark's * Cate (once a week) * Episcopal * Portsmouth Abbey * Miss Porter's (2x/week) * Blair (generally 2x/week) * Brooks (2x/week, Fall and Spring) *Kent (once a week) * Millbrook (1x/week) * Salisbury (2x/week)* Berkshire (1x in Fall and Spring)
THE PORTER PLAN
* Miss Porter's - The Porter Plan requires that house (dorm) directors’ primary responsibilities on campus are within the dormitories, without the additional responsibilities of teaching or coaching.
TUESDAY TALK (speeches given weekly by 1-2 senior students to the student body)
*Cate
ZOO (ACCREDITED)
Millbrook
A C A D E M I C S
ARABIC:
* Deerfield * Loomis * Exeter (Seniors with another language only)* Choate (Can also be in interdisciplinary Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies Program) *
ARTS CONCENTRATION PROGRAM:
* Choate
BALLET COMPANY (for credit):
* St. Paul’s * Westover * Concord (dance company: ballet as well as other dance disciplines)
CARIBBEAN STUDIES (on a schooner 2 weeks)
* Tabor * Lawrenceville (Island School)
COMPUTER SCIENCE
* Concord * Loomis * Choate
CLASSICS DEGREE
* Exeter
ETHICS COURSE - REQUIRED:
* Miss Porter's School (Sophomore year) * Brooks * Cate (called “Sophomore Seminar”) * Salisbury
HARKNESS TABLE:
* Lawrenceville * Exeter (all classes, including math & science) * St Paul's * The Masters School * Blair * Cate (English/Humanities) *Loomis * Concord (in language/humanities)
INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS:
* Lawrenceville * Brooks School * NMH * Blair * Westover * Loomis * Exeter
FILMMAKING:
* Concord * Loomis * Cate * Putney * Choate (Video Production courses) * Exeter
IB:
* Annie Wright * Carlisle * Cheshire (CT) * Dwight School * EF Intl Academy New York * George School * Mercyhurst Prep * Mid-Pacific Institute * Mount Saint Mary Academy * New Hampton School * North Broward Prep * Saint Andrew's (FL) * Saint John’s (MN) * St. Timothy's (MD) * Stoneleigh-Burnham * Montessori High School (OH) * UWC-USA * Verde Valley
ISLAND SCHOOL:
* Lawrenceville (Semester in Bahamas) * Exeter * Berkshire
MARINE SCIENCE - ADVANCED:
* Tabor * Portsmouth Abbey * Cate
MOUNTAIN CLASSROOM:
* Proctor (full trimester camping/academic adventure) * Cate (1 trimester, based in Leadville, Colorado. For experienced skiers/hikers)
NAUTICAL SCIENCE
* Tabor * Portsmouth Abbey
OCEAN CLASSROOM:
* Proctor (10 wks in fall aboard 130’ schooner sailing to Caribbean; also offered in spring—16 wks & open to non-Proctor students for credit)
SACRED TEXTS:
* Groton
SCIENCE RESEARCH PROGRAM:
* Choate * St. Mark's * Emma Willard (through its Practicum program) * Concord (InSPIRE program: summer internships in Boston area) * Exeter (Bio 584,690 - summer intern at Stanford / or by 999 field level course) *Berkshire (Advanced Math Science Research Program and Advanced Environmental Research Program)
SHAKESPEARE SEMESTER:
* Episcopal * Cate (trimester) * Exeter (trimester in Stratford-Upon-Avon)
STAINED GLASS/ HOT GLASS:
St. Paul’s
WINTER TERM (Period of time during a vacation where students return to campus for non-traditional classes of their choice)
* Brooks * Lawrence * Berkshire * Millbrook * New Hampton School
WOMEN IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
* Westover
The updates seem to have been lost by the next two posters though. Sigh
100% BOARDING (for current info you can search by % boarding at boardingschoolreview.com):
* Advanced Academy of Georgia * Blue Ridge School * Camden Military Academy * Carlbrook School * Carson Long Military Academy * Episcopal High School * The Gow School * Grand River Academy * Hampshire Country School * Hyde School - Woodstock, CT * Leysin American School in Switzerland (LAS) * Marine Military Academy * Midland School * New Mexico Military Institute * Oak Creek Ranch School * Oliverian School * Robert Land Academy * St. Andrew's School, DE * St. John's Military School * St. Paul's School * St. Thomas More School * Scattergood Friends School * Squaw Valley Academy * THINK Global School * Wolfeboro: The Summer Boarding School * Woodberry Forest School * z-test-school
*Note: I got this list from boardingschoolreview.com. And I would not trust "z-test-school".--heyjudecharlotte
80%+ BOARDING (for current info you can search by % boarding at boardingschoolreview.com):
* Exeter * Hotchkiss * Groton (85%) * Culver (90%) * Thacher (90%) * Deerfield * Blair * Cate * New Hampton School * Kent * Salisbury* Berkshire
CHAPEL/RELIGIOUS SERVICES REQUIRED:
St. Andrew’s * Salisbury (2x/week)
GROUP HUG BEFORE VACATIONS AFTER CHAPEL:
* St Paul's
HUG LINE BEFORE CHAPEL:
* Concord
"NEW GIRL"/"OLD GIRL" PAIRING - CIRCLE OF LIGHT - SINGING IN THE GARDEN (Lots of singing at Porter's) - RING CEREMONY
* Miss Porter's
NIGHTLY HANDSHAKING:
* Groton
ONE-SANCTION EXPULSION (1-strike you're out)
* Hotchkiss * Pomfret * Emma Willard (for ANY candle or flame in dorm or on campus) *Concord (same as Emma Willard)
SATURDAY CLASSES - NEVER (Many!):
* Deerfield * Concord * Choate * Andover * St. Andrew’s * Middlesex * Westtown * Lawrenceville * Governor’s * Tabor
SATURDAY CLASSES - OCCASIONAL:
* Exeter * St. Paul’s * Hill School
SATURDAY CLASSES - WEEKLY:
* Hotchkiss * Masters * Loomis Chafee * St George’s * Salisbury* Berkshire
SIT-DOWN FORMAL MEALS:
* St. Paul’s (2x/week) * Deerfield * St. Andrew’s (DE) * Thacher * Groton (weekly, fall and spring)* Peddie * Loomis (weekly, fall and spring) * St. Mark's * Cate (once a week) * Episcopal * Portsmouth Abbey * Miss Porter's (2x/week) * Blair (generally 2x/week) * Brooks (2x/week, Fall and Spring) *Kent (once a week) * Millbrook (1x/week) * Salisbury (2x/week)* Berkshire (1x in Fall and Spring)
THE PORTER PLAN
* Miss Porter's - The Porter Plan requires that house (dorm) directors’ primary responsibilities on campus are within the dormitories, without the additional responsibilities of teaching or coaching.
TUESDAY TALK (speeches given weekly by 1-2 senior students to the student body)
*Cate
ZOO (ACCREDITED)
Millbrook
A C A D E M I C S
ARABIC:
* Deerfield * Loomis * Exeter (Seniors with another language only)* Choate (Can also be in interdisciplinary Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies Program) *
ARTS CONCENTRATION PROGRAM:
* Choate
BALLET COMPANY (for credit):
* St. Paul’s * Westover * Concord (dance company: ballet as well as other dance disciplines)
CARIBBEAN STUDIES (on a schooner 2 weeks)
* Tabor * Lawrenceville (Island School)
COMPUTER SCIENCE
* Concord * Loomis * Choate
CLASSICS DEGREE
* Exeter
ETHICS COURSE - REQUIRED:
* Miss Porter's School (Sophomore year) * Brooks * Cate (called “Sophomore Seminar”) * Salisbury
HARKNESS TABLE:
* Lawrenceville * Exeter (all classes, including math & science) * St Paul's * The Masters School * Blair * Cate (English/Humanities) *Loomis * Concord (in language/humanities)
INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS:
* Lawrenceville * Brooks School * NMH * Blair * Westover * Loomis * Exeter
FILMMAKING:
* Concord * Loomis * Cate * Putney * Choate (Video Production courses) * Exeter
IB:
* Annie Wright * Carlisle * Cheshire (CT) * Dwight School * EF Intl Academy New York * George School * Mercyhurst Prep * Mid-Pacific Institute * Mount Saint Mary Academy * New Hampton School * North Broward Prep * Saint Andrew's (FL) * Saint John’s (MN) * St. Timothy's (MD) * Stoneleigh-Burnham * Montessori High School (OH) * UWC-USA * Verde Valley
ISLAND SCHOOL:
* Lawrenceville (Semester in Bahamas) * Exeter * Berkshire
MARINE SCIENCE - ADVANCED:
* Tabor * Portsmouth Abbey * Cate
MOUNTAIN CLASSROOM:
* Proctor (full trimester camping/academic adventure) * Cate (1 trimester, based in Leadville, Colorado. For experienced skiers/hikers)
NAUTICAL SCIENCE
* Tabor * Portsmouth Abbey
OCEAN CLASSROOM:
* Proctor (10 wks in fall aboard 130’ schooner sailing to Caribbean; also offered in spring—16 wks & open to non-Proctor students for credit)
SACRED TEXTS:
* Groton
SCIENCE RESEARCH PROGRAM:
* Choate * St. Mark's * Emma Willard (through its Practicum program) * Concord (InSPIRE program: summer internships in Boston area) * Exeter (Bio 584,690 - summer intern at Stanford / or by 999 field level course) *Berkshire (Advanced Math Science Research Program and Advanced Environmental Research Program)
SHAKESPEARE SEMESTER:
* Episcopal * Cate (trimester) * Exeter (trimester in Stratford-Upon-Avon)
STAINED GLASS/ HOT GLASS:
St. Paul’s
WINTER TERM (Period of time during a vacation where students return to campus for non-traditional classes of their choice)
* Brooks * Lawrence * Berkshire * Millbrook * New Hampton School
WOMEN IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
* Westover
@GoatMama Plenty of hugging going on when my 2 were there. Perhaps that has changed with #metoo focus? I hope not.
And yes, SPS is definitely a classes every Saturday school. Sorry to hear seated meal isn't as frequent as it used to be.
One perk of all the ponds on campus is swimming at the docks and pond hockey. Such a bucolic setting.
100% BOARDING (for current info you can search by % boarding at boardingschoolreview.com):
* Advanced Academy of Georgia * Blue Ridge School * Camden Military Academy * Carlbrook School * Carson Long Military Academy * Episcopal High School * The Gow School * Grand River Academy * Hampshire Country School * Hyde School - Woodstock, CT * Leysin American School in Switzerland (LAS) * Marine Military Academy * Midland School * New Mexico Military Institute * Oak Creek Ranch School * Oliverian School * Robert Land Academy * St. Andrew's School, DE * St. John's Military School * St. Paul's School * St. Thomas More School * Scattergood Friends School * Squaw Valley Academy * THINK Global School * Wolfeboro: The Summer Boarding School * Woodberry Forest School * z-test-school
*Note: I got this list from boardingschoolreview.com. And I would not trust "z-test-school".--heyjudecharlotte
80%+ BOARDING (for current info you can search by % boarding at boardingschoolreview.com):
* Exeter * Hotchkiss * Groton (85%) * Culver (90%) * Thacher (90%) * Deerfield * Blair * Cate * New Hampton School * Kent * Salisbury* Berkshire
CHAPEL/RELIGIOUS SERVICES REQUIRED:
St. Andrew’s * Salisbury (2x/week)
GROUP HUG BEFORE VACATIONS AFTER CHAPEL:
* St Paul's
HUG LINE BEFORE CHAPEL:
* Concord
"NEW GIRL"/"OLD GIRL" PAIRING - CIRCLE OF LIGHT - SINGING IN THE GARDEN (Lots of singing at Porter's) - RING CEREMONY
* Miss Porter's
NIGHTLY HANDSHAKING:
* Groton
ONE-SANCTION EXPULSION (1-strike you're out)
* Hotchkiss * Pomfret * Emma Willard (for ANY candle or flame in dorm or on campus) *Concord (same as Emma Willard)
SATURDAY CLASSES - NEVER (Many!):
* Deerfield * Concord * Choate * Andover * St. Andrew’s * Middlesex * Westtown * Lawrenceville * Governor’s * Tabor
SATURDAY CLASSES - OCCASIONAL:
* Exeter * St. Paul’s * Hill School * Cate (every other week)
SATURDAY CLASSES - WEEKLY:
* Hotchkiss * Masters * Loomis Chafee * St George’s * Salisbury* Berkshire
SIT-DOWN FORMAL MEALS:
* St. Paul’s (2x/week) * Deerfield * St. Andrew’s (DE) * Thacher * Groton (weekly, fall and spring)* Peddie * Loomis (weekly, fall and spring) * St. Mark's * Cate (once a week) * Episcopal * Portsmouth Abbey * Miss Porter's (2x/week) * Blair (generally 2x/week) * Brooks (2x/week, Fall and Spring) *Kent (once a week) * Millbrook (1x/week) * Salisbury (2x/week)* Berkshire (1x in Fall and Spring)
THE PORTER PLAN
* Miss Porter's - The Porter Plan requires that house (dorm) directors’ primary responsibilities on campus are within the dormitories, without the additional responsibilities of teaching or coaching.
JOBS PROGRAM
* NMH * Loomis Chaffee
OUTDOOR PROGRAM
* Thacher * Cate
HORSE PROGRAM
* Thacher * Kent
SENIOR SPEECHES (speeches given weekly by 1-2 senior students to the student body)
*Cate * Westminster
FARM
* NMH
ZOO (ACCREDITED)
Millbrook
A C A D E M I C S
ARABIC:
* Deerfield * Loomis * Exeter (Seniors with another language only)* Choate (Can also be in interdisciplinary Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies Program) *
ARTS CONCENTRATION PROGRAM:
* Choate
BALLET COMPANY (for credit):
* St. Paul’s * Westover * Concord (dance company: ballet as well as other dance disciplines)
CARIBBEAN STUDIES (on a schooner 2 weeks)
* Tabor * Lawrenceville (Island School)
COLLEGE MODEL ACADEMIC PROGRAM (fewer classes per semester, but each semester covers entire year's worth of material)
* NMH
COMPUTER SCIENCE
* Concord * Loomis * Choate
CLASSICS DEGREE
* Exeter
ETHICS COURSE - REQUIRED:
* Miss Porter's School (Sophomore year) * Brooks * Cate (called “Sophomore Seminar”) * Salisbury
HARKNESS TABLE:
* Lawrenceville * Exeter (all classes, including math & science) * St Paul's * The Masters School * Blair * Cate (English/Humanities) *Loomis * Concord (in language/humanities)
INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS:
* Lawrenceville * Brooks School * NMH * Blair * Westover * Loomis * Exeter
FILMMAKING:
* Concord * Loomis * Cate * Putney * Choate (Video Production courses) * Exeter
IB:
* Annie Wright * Carlisle * Cheshire (CT) * Dwight School * EF Intl Academy New York * George School * Mercyhurst Prep * Mid-Pacific Institute * Mount Saint Mary Academy * New Hampton School * North Broward Prep * Saint Andrew's (FL) * Saint John’s (MN) * St. Timothy's (MD) * Stoneleigh-Burnham * Montessori High School (OH) * UWC-USA * Verde Valley
ISLAND SCHOOL:
* Lawrenceville (Semester in Bahamas) * Exeter * Berkshire
MARINE SCIENCE - ADVANCED:
* Tabor * Portsmouth Abbey * Cate
MOUNTAIN CLASSROOM:
* Proctor (full trimester camping/academic adventure) * Cate (1 trimester, based in Leadville, Colorado. For experienced skiers/hikers)
NAUTICAL SCIENCE
* Tabor * Portsmouth Abbey
OCEAN CLASSROOM:
* Proctor (10 wks in fall aboard 130’ schooner sailing to Caribbean; also offered in spring—16 wks & open to non-Proctor students for credit)
SACRED TEXTS:
* Groton
SCIENCE RESEARCH PROGRAM:
* Choate * St. Mark's * Emma Willard (through its Practicum program) * Concord (InSPIRE program: summer internships in Boston area) * Exeter (Bio 584,690 - summer intern at Stanford / or by 999 field level course) *Berkshire (Advanced Math Science Research Program and Advanced Environmental Research Program)
SHAKESPEARE SEMESTER:
* Episcopal * Exeter (trimester in Stratford-Upon-Avon)
STAINED GLASS/ HOT GLASS:
St. Paul’s
WINTER TERM (Period of time during a vacation where students return to campus for non-traditional classes of their choice)
* Brooks * Lawrence * Berkshire * Millbrook * New Hampton School
WOMEN IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
* Westover
* Advanced Academy of Georgia * Blue Ridge School * Camden Military Academy * Carlbrook School * Carson Long Military Academy * Episcopal High School * The Gow School * Grand River Academy * Hampshire Country School * Hyde School - Woodstock, CT * Leysin American School in Switzerland (LAS) * Marine Military Academy * Midland School * New Mexico Military Institute * Oak Creek Ranch School * Oliverian School * Robert Land Academy * St. Andrew's School, DE * St. John's Military School * St. Paul's School * St. Thomas More School * Scattergood Friends School * Squaw Valley Academy * THINK Global School * Wolfeboro: The Summer Boarding School * Woodberry Forest School * z-test-school
*Note: I got this list from boardingschoolreview.com. And I would not trust "z-test-school".--heyjudecharlotte
80%+ BOARDING (for current info you can search by % boarding at boardingschoolreview.com):
* Exeter * Hotchkiss * Groton (85%) * Culver (90%) * Thacher (90%) * Deerfield * Blair * Cate * New Hampton School * Kent * Salisbury* Saint Mark's
CHAPEL/RELIGIOUS SERVICES REQUIRED:
St. Andrew’s * Salisbury (2x/week) * St Mark's
GROUP HUG BEFORE VACATIONS AFTER CHAPEL:
* St Paul's
HUG LINE BEFORE CHAPEL:
* Concord
"NEW GIRL"/"OLD GIRL" PAIRING - CIRCLE OF LIGHT - SINGING IN THE GARDEN (Lots of singing at Porter's) - RING CEREMONY
* Miss Porter's
NIGHTLY HANDSHAKING:
* Groton * St Mark's
ONE-SANCTION EXPULSION (1-strike you're out)
* Hotchkiss * Pomfret * Emma Willard (for ANY candle or flame in dorm or on campus) *Concord (same as Emma Willard) * St Mark's (for lying about an infraction & any bullying/heinous action towards others)
SATURDAY CLASSES - NEVER (Many!):
* Deerfield * Concord * Choate * Andover * St. Andrew’s * Middlesex * Westtown * Lawrenceville * Governor’s * Tabor
SATURDAY CLASSES - OCCASIONAL:
* Exeter * St. Paul’s * Hill School
SATURDAY CLASSES - WEEKLY:
* Hotchkiss * Concord * Masters * Loomis Chafee * St George’s * Salisbury* St Mark's
SIT-DOWN FORMAL MEALS:
* St. Paul’s (2x/week) * Deerfield * St. Andrew’s (DE) * Thacher * Groton (weekly, fall and spring)* Peddie * Loomis (weekly, fall and spring) * St. Mark's * Cate (once a week) * Episcopal * Portsmouth Abbey * Miss Porter's (2x/week) * Blair (generally 2x/week) * Brooks (2x/week, Fall and Spring) *Kent (once a week) * Millbrook (1x/week) * Salisbury (2x/week)
THE PORTER PLAN
* Miss Porter's - The Porter Plan requires that house (dorm) directors’ primary responsibilities on campus are within the dormitories, without the additional responsibilities of teaching or coaching.
TUESDAY TALK (speeches given weekly by 1-2 senior students to the student body)
*Cate *St Mark's (but not necessarily on Tuesday)
ZOO (ACCREDITED)
Millbrook
A C A D E M I C S
ARABIC:
* Deerfield * Loomis * Exeter (Seniors with another language only)* Choate (Can also be in interdisciplinary Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies Program) *
ARTS CONCENTRATION PROGRAM:
* Choate
BALLET COMPANY (for credit):
* St. Paul’s * Westover * Concord (dance company: ballet as well as other dance disciplines)
CARIBBEAN STUDIES (on a schooner 2 weeks)
* Tabor * Lawrenceville (Island School)
COMPUTER SCIENCE
* Concord * Loomis * Choate * St Mark's
ETHICS COURSE - REQUIRED:
* Miss Porter's School (Sophomore year) * Brooks * Cate (called “Sophomore Seminar”) * Salisbury * St Mark's (required form Saturday class)
HARKNESS TABLE:
* Lawrenceville * Exeter (all classes, including math & science) * St Paul's * The Masters School * Blair * Cate (English/Humanities) *Loomis * Concord (in language/humanities) * St Mark's
INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS:
* Lawrenceville * Brooks School * NMH * Blair * Westover * Loomis
FILMMAKING:
* Concord * Loomis * Cate * Putney * Choate (Video Production courses)
IB:
* Annie Wright * Carlisle * Cheshire (CT) * Dwight School * EF Intl Academy New York * George School * Mercyhurst Prep * Mid-Pacific Institute * Mount Saint Mary Academy * New Hampton School * North Broward Prep * Saint Andrew's (FL) * Saint John’s (MN) * St. Timothy's (MD) * Stoneleigh-Burnham * Montessori High School (OH) * UWC-USA * Verde Valley
ISLAND SCHOOL:
* Lawrenceville (Semester in Bahamas) * Exeter
MARINE SCIENCE - ADVANCED:
* Tabor * Portsmouth Abbey * Cate
MOUNTAIN CLASSROOM:
* Proctor (full trimester camping/academic adventure) * Cate (1 trimester, based in Leadville, Colorado. For experienced skiers/hikers)
NAUTICAL SCIENCE
* Tabor * Portsmouth Abbey
OCEAN CLASSROOM:
* Proctor (10 wks in fall aboard 130’ schooner sailing to Caribbean; also offered in spring—16 wks & open to non-Proctor students for credit)
SACRED TEXTS:
* Groton
SCIENCE RESEARCH PROGRAM:
* Choate * St. Mark's * Emma Willard (through its Practicum program) * Concord (InSPIRE program: summer internships in Boston area)
SHAKESPEARE SEMESTER:
* Episcopal * Cate (trimester) * Exeter (trimester in Stratford-Upon-Avon)
STAINED GLASS/ HOT GLASS:
St. Paul’s
WINTER TERM (Period of time during a vacation where students return to campus for non-traditional classes of their choice)
* Brooks * Lawrence * Berkshire * Millbrook * New Hampton School
WOMEN IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
* Westover * St Mark's
CA to Senior speeches
Brooks to weekly Saturday classes,
LA to no Saturday classes
Indoor rowing tanks - Brooks and Deerfield (I think there are a few others but I'm not sure who)
Mod System - CSW
Alphabetized a bit
Wasn't sure what @buuzn03's change was so may have dropped it-feel free to add it back in.
100% BOARDING (for current info you can search by % boarding at boardingschoolreview.com):
* Advanced Academy of Georgia * Blue Ridge School * Camden Military Academy * Carlbrook School * Carson Long Military Academy * Episcopal High School * The Gow School * Grand River Academy * Hampshire Country School * Hyde School - Woodstock, CT * Leysin American School in Switzerland (LAS) * Marine Military Academy * Midland School * New Mexico Military Institute * Oak Creek Ranch School * Oliverian School * Robert Land Academy * St. Andrew's School, DE * St. John's Military School * St. Paul's School * St. Thomas More School * Scattergood Friends School * Squaw Valley Academy * THINK Global School * Wolfeboro: The Summer Boarding School * Woodberry Forest School * z-test-school
*Note: I got this list from boardingschoolreview.com. And I would not trust "z-test-school".--heyjudecharlotte
80%+ BOARDING (for current info you can search by % boarding at boardingschoolreview.com):
* Exeter * Hotchkiss * Groton (85%) * Culver (90%) * Thacher (90%) * Deerfield * Blair * Cate * New Hampton School * Kent * Salisbury* Berkshire
CHAPEL/RELIGIOUS SERVICES REQUIRED:
St. Andrew’s * Salisbury (2x/week)
FARM
* NMH
GROUP HUG BEFORE VACATIONS AFTER CHAPEL:
* St Paul's
HORSE PROGRAM
* Thacher * Kent
HUG LINE BEFORE CHAPEL:
* Concord
INDOOR ROWING TANKS:
* Brooks * Deerfield
JOBS PROGRAM
* NMH * Loomis Chaffee
"NEW GIRL"/"OLD GIRL" PAIRING - CIRCLE OF LIGHT - SINGING IN THE GARDEN (Lots of singing at Porter's) - RING CEREMONY
* Miss Porter's
NIGHTLY HANDSHAKING:
* Groton
ONE-SANCTION EXPULSION (1-strike you're out)
* Hotchkiss * Pomfret * Emma Willard (for ANY candle or flame in dorm or on campus) *Concord (same as Emma Willard)
OUTDOOR PROGRAM
* Thacher * Cate
THE PORTER PLAN
* Miss Porter's - The Porter Plan requires that house (dorm) directors’ primary responsibilities on campus are within the dormitories, without the additional responsibilities of teaching or coaching.
SATURDAY CLASSES - NEVER (Many!):
* Andover * Choate * Concord * Deerfield * Governor’s * Lawrence * Lawrenceville * Middlesex * St. Andrew’s * Tabor * Westtown
SATURDAY CLASSES - OCCASIONAL:
* Cate (every other week) * Exeter * St. Paul’s * Hill School *
SATURDAY CLASSES - WEEKLY:
* Berkshire * Brooks * Hotchkiss * Loomis Chafee * Masters * St George’s * Salisbury
SENIOR SPEECHES (speeches given weekly by 1-2 senior students to the student body)
*Cate * Concord * Westminster
SIT-DOWN FORMAL MEALS:
* St. Paul’s (2x/week) * Deerfield * St. Andrew’s (DE) * Thacher * Groton (weekly, fall and spring)* Peddie * Loomis (weekly, fall and spring) * St. Mark's * Cate (once a week) * Episcopal * Portsmouth Abbey * Miss Porter's (2x/week) * Blair (generally 2x/week) * Brooks (2x/week, Fall and Spring) *Kent (once a week) * Millbrook (1x/week) * Salisbury (2x/week)* Berkshire (1x in Fall and Spring)
ZOO (ACCREDITED)
* Millbrook
A C A D E M I C S
ARABIC:
* Deerfield * Loomis * Exeter (Seniors with another language only)* Choate (Can also be in interdisciplinary Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies Program) *
ARTS CONCENTRATION PROGRAM:
* Choate
BALLET COMPANY (for credit):
* St. Paul’s * Westover * Concord (dance company: ballet as well as other dance disciplines)
CARIBBEAN STUDIES (on a schooner 2 weeks)
* Tabor * Lawrenceville (Island School)
COLLEGE MODEL ACADEMIC PROGRAM (fewer classes per semester, but each semester covers entire year's worth of material)
* NMH
COMPUTER SCIENCE
* Concord * Loomis * Choate
CLASSICS DEGREE
* Exeter
ETHICS COURSE - REQUIRED:
* Miss Porter's School (Sophomore year) * Brooks * Cate (called “Sophomore Seminar”) * Salisbury
FILMMAKING:
* Concord * Loomis * Cate * Putney * Choate (Video Production courses) * Exeter
HARKNESS TABLE:
* Lawrenceville * Exeter (all classes, including math & science) * St Paul's * The Masters School * Blair * Cate (English/Humanities) *Loomis * Concord (in language/humanities)
IB:
* Annie Wright * Carlisle * Cheshire (CT) * Dwight School * EF Intl Academy New York * George School * Mercyhurst Prep * Mid-Pacific Institute * Mount Saint Mary Academy * New Hampton School * North Broward Prep * Saint Andrew's (FL) * Saint John’s (MN) * St. Timothy's (MD) * Stoneleigh-Burnham * Montessori High School (OH) * UWC-USA * Verde Valley
INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS:
* Lawrenceville * Brooks School * NMH * Blair * Westover * Loomis * Exeter
ISLAND SCHOOL:
* Lawrenceville (Semester in Bahamas) * Exeter * Berkshire
MARINE SCIENCE - ADVANCED:
* Tabor * Portsmouth Abbey * Cate
MOD SYSTEM (Academic calendar = 3 courses at a time taken for 6 weeks):
*Cambridge School of Weston (CSW)
MOUNTAIN CLASSROOM:
* Proctor (full trimester camping/academic adventure) * Cate (1 trimester, based in Leadville, Colorado. For experienced skiers/hikers)
NAUTICAL SCIENCE
* Tabor * Portsmouth Abbey
OCEAN CLASSROOM:
* Proctor (10 wks in fall aboard 130’ schooner sailing to Caribbean; also offered in spring—16 wks & open to non-Proctor students for credit)
SACRED TEXTS:
* Groton
SCIENCE RESEARCH PROGRAM:
* Choate * St. Mark's * Emma Willard (through its Practicum program) * Concord (InSPIRE program: summer internships in Boston area) * Exeter (Bio 584,690 - summer intern at Stanford / or by 999 field level course) *Berkshire (Advanced Math Science Research Program and Advanced Environmental Research Program)
SHAKESPEARE SEMESTER:
* Episcopal * Exeter (trimester in Stratford-Upon-Avon)
STAINED GLASS/ HOT GLASS:
St. Paul’s
WINTER TERM (Period of time during a vacation where students return to campus for non-traditional classes of their choice)
* Brooks * Lawrence * Berkshire * Millbrook * New Hampton School
WOMEN IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
* Westover
100% BOARDING (for current info you can search by % boarding at boardingschoolreview.com):
* Advanced Academy of Georgia * Blue Ridge School * Camden Military Academy * Carlbrook School * Carson Long Military Academy * Episcopal High School * The Gow School * Grand River Academy * Hampshire Country School * Hyde School - Woodstock, CT * Leysin American School in Switzerland (LAS) * Marine Military Academy * Midland School * New Mexico Military Institute * Oak Creek Ranch School * Oliverian School * Robert Land Academy * St. Andrew's School, DE * St. John's Military School * St. Paul's School * St. Thomas More School * Scattergood Friends School * Squaw Valley Academy * THINK Global School * Wolfeboro: The Summer Boarding School * Woodberry Forest School * z-test-school
*Note: I got this list from boardingschoolreview.com. And I would not trust "z-test-school".--heyjudecharlotte
80%+ BOARDING (for current info you can search by % boarding at boardingschoolreview.com):
* Exeter * Hotchkiss * Groton (85%) * Culver (90%) * Thacher (90%) * Deerfield * Blair * Cate * New Hampton School * Kent * Salisbury* Berkshire, Thacher (most day students are faculty kids living on campus)
CHAPEL/RELIGIOUS SERVICES REQUIRED:
St. Andrew’s * Salisbury (2x/week)
FARM
* NMH
GROUP HUG BEFORE VACATIONS AFTER CHAPEL:
* St Paul's
HORSE PROGRAM
* Thacher * Kent Orme
HUG LINE BEFORE CHAPEL:
* Concord
INDOOR ROWING TANKS:
* Brooks * Deerfield
JOBS PROGRAM
* NMH * Loomis Chaffee Madeira (internships in DC)
"NEW GIRL"/"OLD GIRL" PAIRING - CIRCLE OF LIGHT - SINGING IN THE GARDEN (Lots of singing at Porter's) - RING CEREMONY
* Miss Porter's
NIGHTLY HANDSHAKING:
* Groton
ONE-SANCTION EXPULSION (1-strike you're out)
* Hotchkiss * Pomfret * Emma Willard (for ANY candle or flame in dorm or on campus) *Concord (same as Emma Willard)
OUTDOOR PROGRAM
* Thacher * Cate Proctor Orme Berkshire
THE PORTER PLAN
* Miss Porter's - The Porter Plan requires that house (dorm) directors’ primary responsibilities on campus are within the dormitories, without the additional responsibilities of teaching or coaching.
SATURDAY CLASSES - NEVER (Many!):
* Andover * Choate * Concord * Deerfield * Governor’s * Lawrence * Lawrenceville * Middlesex * St. Andrew’s * Tabor * Westtown Thacher
SATURDAY CLASSES - OCCASIONAL:
* Cate (every other week) * Exeter * St. Paul’s * Hill School *
SATURDAY CLASSES - WEEKLY:
* Berkshire * Brooks * Hotchkiss * Loomis Chafee * Masters * St George’s * Salisbury
SENIOR SPEECHES (speeches given weekly by 1-2 senior students to the student body)
*Cate * Concord * Westminster
Thacher Senior Exhibitions: 30 minute presentations on chosen research topics during Spring of senior year
SIT-DOWN FORMAL MEALS:
* St. Paul’s (2x/week) * Deerfield * St. Andrew’s (DE) * Thacher * Groton (weekly, fall and spring)* Peddie * Loomis (weekly, fall and spring) * St. Mark's * Cate (once a week) * Episcopal * Portsmouth Abbey * Miss Porter's (2x/week) * Blair (generally 2x/week) * Brooks (2x/week, Fall and Spring) *Kent (once a week) * Millbrook (1x/week) * Salisbury (2x/week)* Berkshire (1x in Fall and Spring) Thacher (4X/week)
ZOO (ACCREDITED)
* Millbrook
A C A D E M I C S
ARABIC:
* Deerfield * Loomis * Exeter (Seniors with another language only)* Choate (Can also be in interdisciplinary Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies Program) *
ARTS CONCENTRATION PROGRAM:
* Choate
BALLET COMPANY (for credit):
* St. Paul’s * Westover * Concord (dance company: ballet as well as other dance disciplines) Deerfield
CARIBBEAN STUDIES (on a schooner 2 weeks)
* Tabor * Lawrenceville (Island School)
COLLEGE MODEL ACADEMIC PROGRAM (fewer classes per semester, but each semester covers entire year's worth of material)
* NMH
COMPUTER SCIENCE
* Concord * Loomis * Choate
CLASSICS DEGREE
* Exeter
ETHICS COURSE - REQUIRED:
* Miss Porter's School (Sophomore year) * Brooks * Cate (called “Sophomore Seminar”) * Salisbury
FILMMAKING:
* Concord * Loomis * Cate * Putney * Choate (Video Production courses) * Exeter Dunn
HARKNESS TABLE:
* Lawrenceville * Exeter (all classes, including math & science) * St Paul's * The Masters School * Blair * Cate (English/Humanities) *Loomis * Concord (in language/humanities) St. Andrew's
IB:
* Annie Wright * Carlisle * Cheshire (CT) * Dwight School * EF Intl Academy New York * George School * Mercyhurst Prep * Mid-Pacific Institute * Mount Saint Mary Academy * New Hampton School * North Broward Prep * Saint Andrew's (FL) * Saint John’s (MN) * St. Timothy's (MD) * Stoneleigh-Burnham * Montessori High School (OH) * UWC-USA * Verde Valley George School
INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS:
* Lawrenceville * Brooks School * NMH * Blair * Westover * Loomis * Exeter Proctor
ISLAND SCHOOL:
* Lawrenceville (Semester in Bahamas) * Exeter * Berkshire
MARINE SCIENCE - ADVANCED:
* Tabor * Portsmouth Abbey * Cate * Santa Catalina (all girls)
MOD SYSTEM (Academic calendar = 3 courses at a time taken for 6 weeks):
*Cambridge School of Weston (CSW)
MOUNTAIN CLASSROOM:
* Proctor (full trimester camping/academic adventure) * Cate (1 trimester, based in Leadville, Colorado. For experienced skiers/hikers)
NAUTICAL SCIENCE
* Tabor * Portsmouth Abbey
OCEAN CLASSROOM:
* Proctor (10 wks in fall aboard 130’ schooner sailing to Caribbean; also offered in spring—16 wks & open to non-Proctor students for credit)
SACRED TEXTS:
* Groton
SCIENCE RESEARCH PROGRAM:
* Choate * St. Mark's * Emma Willard (through its Practicum program) * Concord (InSPIRE program: summer internships in Boston area) * Exeter (Bio 584,690 - summer intern at Stanford / or by 999 field level course) *Berkshire (Advanced Math Science Research Program and Advanced Environmental Research Program)
Thacher (Astronomy)
SHAKESPEARE SEMESTER:
* Episcopal * Exeter (trimester in Stratford-Upon-Avon)
STAINED GLASS/ HOT GLASS:
St. Paul’s
INDUSTRIAL ARTS
Proctor
WINTER TERM (Period of time during a vacation where students return to campus for non-traditional classes of their choice)
* Brooks * Lawrence * Berkshire * Millbrook * New Hampton School
WOMEN IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
* Westover
* Advanced Academy of Georgia * Blue Ridge School * Camden Military Academy * Carlbrook School * Carson Long Military Academy * Episcopal High School * The Gow School * Grand River Academy * Hampshire Country School * Hyde School - Woodstock, CT * Leysin American School in Switzerland (LAS) * Marine Military Academy * Midland School * New Mexico Military Institute * Oak Creek Ranch School * Oliverian School * Robert Land Academy * St. Andrew's School, DE * St. John's Military School * St. Paul's School * St. Thomas More School * Scattergood Friends School * Squaw Valley Academy * THINK Global School * Wolfeboro: The Summer Boarding School * Woodberry Forest School * z-test-school
*Note: I got this list from boardingschoolreview.com. And I would not trust "z-test-school".--heyjudecharlotte
80%+ BOARDING (for current info you can search by % boarding at boardingschoolreview.com):
* Exeter * Hotchkiss * Groton (85%) * Culver (90%) * Thacher (90%) * Deerfield * Blair * Cate * New Hampton School * Kent * Salisbury * Berkshire * Thacher (most day students are faculty kids living on campus)
CHAPEL/RELIGIOUS SERVICES REQUIRED:
St. Andrew’s * Salisbury (2x/week) * St. Paul's (4x/week)
FARM
* NMH
GROUP HUG BEFORE VACATIONS AFTER CHAPEL:
* St. Paul's
HORSE PROGRAM
* Thacher * Kent * Orme
HUG LINE BEFORE CHAPEL:
* Concord
INDOOR ROWING TANKS:
* Brooks * Deerfield * St. Paul's
JOBS PROGRAM
* NMH * Loomis Chaffee * Madeira (internships in DC)
"NEW GIRL"/"OLD GIRL" PAIRING - CIRCLE OF LIGHT - SINGING IN THE GARDEN (Lots of singing at Porter's) - RING CEREMONY
* Miss Porter's
NIGHTLY HANDSHAKING:
* Groton
ONE-SANCTION EXPULSION (1-strike you're out)
* Hotchkiss * Pomfret * Emma Willard (for ANY candle or flame in dorm or on campus) * Concord (same as Emma Willard)
OUTDOOR PROGRAM
* Thacher * Cate * Proctor * Orme * Berkshire
THE PORTER PLAN
* Miss Porter's - The Porter Plan requires that house (dorm) directors’ primary responsibilities on campus are within the dormitories, without the additional responsibilities of teaching or coaching.
SATURDAY CLASSES - NEVER (Many!):
* Andover * Choate * Concord * Deerfield * Governor’s * Lawrence * Lawrenceville * Middlesex * St. Andrew’s * Tabor * Westtown * Thacher
SATURDAY CLASSES - OCCASIONAL:
* Cate (every other week) * Exeter * Hill School
SATURDAY CLASSES - WEEKLY:
* Berkshire * Brooks * Hotchkiss * Loomis Chafee * Masters * St. George’s * Salisbury * St. Paul's
SENIOR SPEECHES (speeches given weekly by 1-2 senior students to the student body)
* Cate * Concord * Westminster * Thacher (Senior Exhibitions: 30-minute presentations on research topics during Spring of senior year)
SIT-DOWN FORMAL MEALS:
* St. Paul’s (3-4x/term) * Deerfield * St. Andrew’s (DE) * Thacher * Groton (weekly, fall and spring) * Peddie * Loomis (weekly, fall and spring) * St. Mark's * Cate (once a week) * Episcopal * Portsmouth Abbey * Miss Porter's (2x/week) * Blair (generally 2x/week) * Brooks (2x/week, Fall and Spring) * Kent (once a week) * Millbrook (1x/week) * Salisbury (2x/week) * Berkshire (1x in Fall and Spring) * Thacher (4x/week)
ZOO (ACCREDITED)
* Millbrook
A C A D E M I C S
ARABIC:
* Deerfield * Loomis * Exeter (Seniors with another language only) * Choate (Can also be in interdisciplinary Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies Program)
ARTS CONCENTRATION PROGRAM:
* Choate
BALLET COMPANY (for credit):
* St. Paul’s * Westover * Concord (dance company: ballet as well as other dance disciplines) * Deerfield
CARIBBEAN STUDIES (on a schooner 2 weeks)
* Tabor * Lawrenceville (Island School)
COLLEGE MODEL ACADEMIC PROGRAM (fewer classes per semester, but each semester covers entire year's worth of material)
* NMH
COMPUTER SCIENCE
* Concord * Loomis * Choate * St. Paul's
CLASSICS DEGREE
* Exeter
ETHICS COURSE - REQUIRED:
* Miss Porter's School (Sophomore year) * Brooks * Cate (called “Sophomore Seminar”) * Salisbury
FILMMAKING:
* Concord * Loomis * Cate * Putney * Choate (Video Production courses) * Exeter * Dunn
HARKNESS TABLE:
* Lawrenceville * Exeter (all classes, including math & science) * St. Paul's * The Masters School * Blair * Cate (English/Humanities) * Loomis * Concord (in language/humanities) * St. Andrew's
IB:
* Annie Wright * Carlisle * Cheshire (CT) * Dwight School * EF Intl Academy New York * George School * Mercyhurst Prep * Mid-Pacific Institute * Mount Saint Mary Academy * New Hampton School * North Broward Prep * St. Andrew's (FL) * St. John’s (MN) * St. Timothy's (MD) * Stoneleigh-Burnham * Montessori High School (OH) * UWC-USA * Verde Valley * George School
INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS:
* Lawrenceville * Brooks School * NMH * Blair * Westover * Loomis * Exeter * Proctor * St. Paul's
ISLAND SCHOOL:
* Lawrenceville (Semester in Bahamas) * Exeter * Berkshire
LIVING IN COMMUNITY (required class):
* St. Paul's
MARINE SCIENCE - ADVANCED:
* Tabor * Portsmouth Abbey * Cate * Santa Catalina (all girls)
MOD SYSTEM (Academic calendar = 3 courses at a time taken for 6 weeks):
*Cambridge School of Weston (CSW)
MOUNTAIN CLASSROOM:
* Proctor (full trimester camping/academic adventure) * Cate (1 trimester, based in Leadville, Colorado. For experienced skiers/hikers)
NAUTICAL SCIENCE
* Tabor * Portsmouth Abbey
OBSERVATORY
* St. Paul's * Thacher
OCEAN CLASSROOM:
* Proctor (10 wks in fall aboard 130’ schooner sailing to Caribbean; also offered in spring—16 wks & open to non-Proctor students for credit)
SACRED TEXTS:
* Groton
SCIENCE RESEARCH PROGRAM:
* Choate * St. Mark's * Emma Willard (through its Practicum program) * Concord (InSPIRE program: summer internships in Boston area) * Exeter (Bio 584,690 - summer intern at Stanford / or by 999 field level course) *Berkshire (Advanced Math Science Research Program and Advanced Environmental Research Program) * Thacher (Astronomy) * St. Paul's (Engineering Honors Program, summer research internship)
SHAKESPEARE SEMESTER:
* Episcopal * Exeter (trimester in Stratford-Upon-Avon)
STAINED GLASS/ HOT GLASS:
* St. Paul’s
INDUSTRIAL ARTS
* Proctor
WINTER TERM (Period of time during a vacation where students return to campus for non-traditional classes of their choice)
* Brooks * Lawrence * Berkshire * Millbrook * New Hampton School
WOMEN IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
* Westover
* Advanced Academy of Georgia * Blue Ridge School * Camden Military Academy * Carlbrook School * Carson Long Military Academy * Episcopal High School * The Gow School * Grand River Academy * Hampshire Country School * Hyde School - Woodstock, CT * Leysin American School in Switzerland (LAS) * Marine Military Academy * Midland School * New Mexico Military Institute * Oak Creek Ranch School * Oliverian School * Robert Land Academy * St. Andrew's School, DE * St. John's Military School * St. Paul's School * St. Thomas More School * Scattergood Friends School * Squaw Valley Academy * THINK Global School * Wolfeboro: The Summer Boarding School * Woodberry Forest School * z-test-school
*Note: I got this list from boardingschoolreview.com. And I would not trust "z-test-school".--heyjudecharlotte
80%+ BOARDING (for current info you can search by % boarding at boardingschoolreview.com):
* Exeter * Hotchkiss * Groton (85%) * Culver (90%) * Thacher (90%) * Deerfield * Blair * Cate * New Hampton School * Kent * Salisbury* Berkshire
CHAPEL/RELIGIOUS SERVICES REQUIRED:
St. Andrew’s * Salisbury (2x/week)
FARM
* NMH
GROUP HUG BEFORE VACATIONS AFTER CHAPEL:
* St Paul's
HORSE PROGRAM
* Thacher * Kent
HUG LINE BEFORE CHAPEL:
* Concord
INDOOR ROWING TANKS:
* Brooks * Deerfield
JOBS PROGRAM
* NMH * Loomis Chaffee
"NEW GIRL"/"OLD GIRL" PAIRING - CIRCLE OF LIGHT - SINGING IN THE GARDEN (Lots of singing at Porter's) - RING CEREMONY
* Miss Porter's
NIGHTLY HANDSHAKING:
* Groton
ONE-SANCTION EXPULSION (1-strike you're out)
* Hotchkiss * Pomfret * Emma Willard (for ANY candle or flame in dorm or on campus) *Concord (same as Emma Willard)
OUTDOOR PROGRAM
* Thacher * Cate *Berkshire
THE PORTER PLAN
* Miss Porter's - The Porter Plan requires that house (dorm) directors’ primary responsibilities on campus are within the dormitories, without the additional responsibilities of teaching or coaching.
SATURDAY CLASSES - NEVER (Many!):
* Andover * Choate * Concord * Deerfield * Governor’s * Lawrence * Lawrenceville * Middlesex * St. Andrew’s * Tabor * Westtown
SATURDAY CLASSES - OCCASIONAL:
* Cate (every other week) * Exeter * St. Paul’s * Hill School *
SATURDAY CLASSES - WEEKLY:
* Berkshire * Brooks * Hotchkiss * Loomis Chafee * Masters * St George’s * Salisbury
SENIOR SPEECHES (speeches given weekly by 1-2 senior students to the student body)
* Berkshire *Cate * Concord * Westminster
SIT-DOWN FORMAL MEALS:
* St. Paul’s (2x/week) * Deerfield * St. Andrew’s (DE) * Thacher * Groton (weekly, fall and spring)* Peddie * Loomis (weekly, fall and spring) * St. Mark's * Cate (once a week) * Episcopal * Portsmouth Abbey * Miss Porter's (2x/week) * Blair (generally 2x/week) * Brooks (2x/week, Fall and Spring) *Kent (once a week) * Millbrook (1x/week) * Salisbury (2x/week)* Berkshire (1x in Fall and Spring)
ZOO (ACCREDITED)
* Millbrook
A C A D E M I C S
ARABIC:
* Deerfield * Loomis * Exeter (Seniors with another language only)* Choate (Can also be in interdisciplinary Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies Program) *
ARTS CONCENTRATION PROGRAM:
* Choate
BALLET COMPANY (for credit):
* St. Paul’s * Westover * Concord (dance company: ballet as well as other dance disciplines)
CARIBBEAN STUDIES (on a schooner 2 weeks)
* Tabor * Lawrenceville (Island School)
COLLEGE MODEL ACADEMIC PROGRAM (fewer classes per semester, but each semester covers entire year's worth of material)
* NMH
COMPUTER SCIENCE
* Concord * Loomis * Choate
CLASSICS DEGREE
* Exeter
ETHICS COURSE - REQUIRED:
* Miss Porter's School (Sophomore year) * Brooks * Cate (called “Sophomore Seminar”) * Salisbury
FILMMAKING:
* Concord * Loomis * Cate * Putney * Choate (Video Production courses) * Exeter
HARKNESS TABLE:
* Lawrenceville * Exeter (all classes, including math & science) * St Paul's * The Masters School * Blair * Cate (English/Humanities) *Loomis * Concord (in language/humanities)
IB:
* Annie Wright * Carlisle * Cheshire (CT) * Dwight School * EF Intl Academy New York * George School * Mercyhurst Prep * Mid-Pacific Institute * Mount Saint Mary Academy * New Hampton School * North Broward Prep * Saint Andrew's (FL) * Saint John’s (MN) * St. Timothy's (MD) * Stoneleigh-Burnham * Montessori High School (OH) * UWC-USA * Verde Valley
INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS:
* Lawrenceville * Brooks School * NMH * Blair * Westover * Loomis * Exeter
ISLAND SCHOOL:
* Lawrenceville (Semester in Bahamas) * Exeter * Berkshire
MARINE SCIENCE - ADVANCED:
* Tabor * Portsmouth Abbey * Cate
MOD SYSTEM (Academic calendar = 3 courses at a time taken for 6 weeks):
*Cambridge School of Weston (CSW)
MOUNTAIN CLASSROOM:
* Proctor (full trimester camping/academic adventure) * Cate (1 trimester, based in Leadville, Colorado. For experienced skiers/hikers)
NAUTICAL SCIENCE
* Tabor * Portsmouth Abbey
OCEAN CLASSROOM:
* Proctor (10 wks in fall aboard 130’ schooner sailing to Caribbean; also offered in spring—16 wks & open to non-Proctor students for credit)
SACRED TEXTS:
* Groton
SCIENCE RESEARCH PROGRAM:
* Choate * St. Mark's * Emma Willard (through its Practicum program) * Concord (InSPIRE program: summer internships in Boston area) * Exeter (Bio 584,690 - summer intern at Stanford / or by 999 field level course) *Berkshire (Advanced Math Science Research Program and Advanced Environmental Research Program)
SHAKESPEARE SEMESTER:
* Episcopal * Exeter (trimester in Stratford-Upon-Avon)
STAINED GLASS/ HOT GLASS:
St. Paul’s
WINTER TERM (Period of time during a vacation where students return to campus for non-traditional classes of their choice)
* Brooks * Lawrence * Berkshire * Millbrook * New Hampton School
WOMEN IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
* Westover
* Advanced Academy of Georgia * Blue Ridge School * Camden Military Academy * Carlbrook School * Carson Long Military Academy * Episcopal High School * The Gow School * Grand River Academy * Hampshire Country School * Hyde School - Woodstock, CT * Leysin American School in Switzerland (LAS) * Marine Military Academy * Midland School * New Mexico Military Institute * Oak Creek Ranch School * Oliverian School * Robert Land Academy * St. Andrew's School, DE * St. John's Military School * St. Paul's School * St. Thomas More School * Scattergood Friends School * Squaw Valley Academy * THINK Global School * Wolfeboro: The Summer Boarding School * Woodberry Forest School * z-test-school
*Note: I got this list from boardingschoolreview.com. And I would not trust "z-test-school".--heyjudecharlotte
80%+ BOARDING (for current info you can search by % boarding at boardingschoolreview.com):
* Exeter * Hotchkiss * Groton (85%) * Culver (90%) * Thacher (90%) * Deerfield * Blair * Cate * New Hampton School * Kent * Salisbury* Berkshire
CHAPEL/RELIGIOUS SERVICES REQUIRED:
St. Andrew’s * Salisbury (2x/week)
FARM
* NMH * Hotchkiss
GROUP HUG BEFORE VACATIONS AFTER CHAPEL:
* St Paul's
CONVOCATION HANDSHAKES:
* Choate
HORSE PROGRAM
* Thacher * Kent
HUG LINE BEFORE CHAPEL:
* Concord
INDOOR ROWING TANKS:
* Brooks * Deerfield
JOBS PROGRAM
* NMH * Loomis Chaffee
"NEW GIRL"/"OLD GIRL" PAIRING - CIRCLE OF LIGHT - SINGING IN THE GARDEN (Lots of singing at Porter's) - RING CEREMONY
* Miss Porter's
NIGHTLY HANDSHAKING:
* Groton
ONE-SANCTION EXPULSION (1-strike you're out)
* Hotchkiss * Pomfret * Emma Willard (for ANY candle or flame in dorm or on campus) *Concord (same as Emma Willard)
OUTDOOR PROGRAM
* Thacher * Cate *Berkshire
THE PORTER PLAN
* Miss Porter's - The Porter Plan requires that house (dorm) directors’ primary responsibilities on campus are within the dormitories, without the additional responsibilities of teaching or coaching.
SATURDAY CLASSES - NEVER (Many!):
* Andover * Choate * Concord * Deerfield * Governor’s * Lawrence * Lawrenceville * Middlesex * St. Andrew’s * Tabor * Westtown
SATURDAY CLASSES - OCCASIONAL:
* Cate (every other week) * Exeter * St. Paul’s * Hill School *
SATURDAY CLASSES - WEEKLY:
* Berkshire * Brooks * Hotchkiss * Loomis Chafee * Masters * St George’s * Salisbury
SENIOR SPEECHES (speeches given weekly by 1-2 senior students to the student body)
* Berkshire *Cate * Concord * Westminster
SIT-DOWN FORMAL MEALS:
* St. Paul’s (2x/week) * Deerfield * St. Andrew’s (DE) * Thacher * Groton (weekly, fall and spring)* Peddie * Loomis (weekly, fall and spring) * St. Mark's * Cate (once a week) * Episcopal * Portsmouth Abbey * Miss Porter's (2x/week) * Blair (generally 2x/week) * Brooks (2x/week, Fall and Spring) *Kent (once a week) * Millbrook (1x/week) * Salisbury (2x/week)* Berkshire (1x in Fall and Spring)
ZOO (ACCREDITED)
* Millbrook
A C A D E M I C S
ARABIC:
* Deerfield * Loomis * Exeter (Seniors with another language only)* Choate (Can also be in interdisciplinary Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies Program) *
ARTS CONCENTRATION PROGRAM:
* Choate
BALLET COMPANY (for credit):
* St. Paul’s * Westover * Concord (dance company: ballet as well as other dance disciplines)
CARIBBEAN STUDIES (on a schooner 2 weeks)
* Tabor * Lawrenceville (Island School)
COLLEGE MODEL ACADEMIC PROGRAM (fewer classes per semester, but each semester covers entire year's worth of material)
* NMH
COMPUTER SCIENCE
* Concord * Loomis * Choate * St. Mark's * Hotchkiss
CLASSICS DEGREE
* Exeter
ETHICS COURSE - REQUIRED:
* Miss Porter's School (Sophomore year) * Brooks * Cate (called “Sophomore Seminar”) * Salisbury
FILMMAKING:
* Concord * Loomis * Cate * Putney * Choate (Video Production courses) * Exeter
HARKNESS TABLE:
* Lawrenceville * Exeter (all classes, including math & science) * St Paul's * The Masters School * Blair * Cate (English/Humanities) *Loomis * Concord (in language/humanities)
IB:
* Annie Wright * Carlisle * Cheshire (CT) * Dwight School * EF Intl Academy New York * George School * Mercyhurst Prep * Mid-Pacific Institute * Mount Saint Mary Academy * New Hampton School * North Broward Prep * Saint Andrew's (FL) * Saint John’s (MN) * St. Timothy's (MD) * Stoneleigh-Burnham * Montessori High School (OH) * UWC-USA * Verde Valley
INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS:
* Lawrenceville * Brooks School * NMH * Blair * Westover * Loomis * Exeter * Choate * Hotchkiss
ISLAND SCHOOL:
* Lawrenceville (Semester in Bahamas) * Exeter * Berkshire
MARINE SCIENCE - ADVANCED:
* Tabor * Portsmouth Abbey * Cate
MOD SYSTEM (Academic calendar = 3 courses at a time taken for 6 weeks):
*Cambridge School of Weston (CSW)
MOUNTAIN CLASSROOM:
* Proctor (full trimester camping/academic adventure) * Cate (1 trimester, based in Leadville, Colorado. For experienced skiers/hikers)
NAUTICAL SCIENCE
* Tabor * Portsmouth Abbey
OCEAN CLASSROOM:
* Proctor (10 wks in fall aboard 130’ schooner sailing to Caribbean; also offered in spring—16 wks & open to non-Proctor students for credit)
SACRED TEXTS:
* Groton
SCIENCE RESEARCH PROGRAM:
* Choate * St. Mark's * Emma Willard (through its Practicum program) * Concord (InSPIRE program: summer internships in Boston area) * Exeter (Bio 584,690 - summer intern at Stanford / or by 999 field level course) *Berkshire (Advanced Math Science Research Program and Advanced Environmental Research Program) * Brooks
SHAKESPEARE SEMESTER:
* Episcopal * Exeter (trimester in Stratford-Upon-Avon)
STAINED GLASS/ HOT GLASS:
St. Paul’s
WINTER TERM (Period of time during a vacation where students return to campus for non-traditional classes of their choice)
* Brooks * Lawrence * Berkshire * Millbrook * New Hampton School * St. Mark's (Lion Term)
WOMEN IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
* Westover
* Advanced Academy of Georgia * Blue Ridge School * Camden Military Academy * Carlbrook School * Carson Long Military Academy * Episcopal High School * The Gow School * Grand River Academy * Hampshire Country School * Hyde School - Woodstock, CT * Leysin American School in Switzerland (LAS) * Marine Military Academy * Midland School * New Mexico Military Institute * Oak Creek Ranch School * Oliverian School * Robert Land Academy * St. Andrew's School, DE * St. John's Military School * St. Paul's School * St. Thomas More School * Scattergood Friends School * Squaw Valley Academy * THINK Global School * Wolfeboro: The Summer Boarding School * Woodberry Forest School * z-test-school
*Note: I got this list from boardingschoolreview.com. And I would not trust "z-test-school".--heyjudecharlotte
80%+ BOARDING (for current info you can search by % boarding at boardingschoolreview.com):
* Exeter * Hotchkiss * Groton (85%) * Culver (90%) * Thacher (90%) * Deerfield * Blair * Cate * New Hampton School * Kent * Salisbury* Berkshire
CHAPEL/RELIGIOUS SERVICES REQUIRED:
St. Andrew’s * Salisbury (2x/week)
FARM
* NMH * Hotchkiss
GROUP HUG BEFORE VACATIONS AFTER CHAPEL:
* St Paul's
CONVOCATION HANDSHAKES:
* Choate
HORSE PROGRAM
* Thacher * Kent
HUG LINE BEFORE CHAPEL:
* Concord
INDOOR ROWING TANKS:
* Brooks * Deerfield
JOBS PROGRAM
* NMH * Loomis Chaffee
"NEW GIRL"/"OLD GIRL" PAIRING - CIRCLE OF LIGHT - SINGING IN THE GARDEN (Lots of singing at Porter's) - RING CEREMONY
* Miss Porter's
NIGHTLY HANDSHAKING:
* Groton
ONE-SANCTION EXPULSION (1-strike you're out)
* Hotchkiss * Pomfret * Emma Willard (for ANY candle or flame in dorm or on campus) *Concord (same as Emma Willard)
OUTDOOR PROGRAM
* Thacher * Cate *Berkshire
THE PORTER PLAN
* Miss Porter's - The Porter Plan requires that house (dorm) directors’ primary responsibilities on campus are within the dormitories, without the additional responsibilities of teaching or coaching.
SATURDAY CLASSES - NEVER (Many!):
* Andover * Choate * Concord * Deerfield * Governor’s * Lawrence * Lawrenceville * Middlesex * St. Andrew’s * Tabor * Westtown * Loomis Chaffee
SATURDAY CLASSES - OCCASIONAL:
* Cate (every other week) * Exeter * St. Paul’s * Hill School *
SATURDAY CLASSES - WEEKLY:
* Berkshire * Brooks * Hotchkiss * Masters * St George’s * Salisbury * St. Mark's (not regular classes)
SENIOR SPEECHES (speeches given weekly by 1-2 senior students to the student body)
* Berkshire *Cate * Concord * Westminster
SIT-DOWN FORMAL MEALS:
* St. Paul’s (2x/week) * Deerfield * St. Andrew’s (DE) * Thacher * Groton (weekly, fall and spring)* Peddie * Loomis (weekly, fall and spring) * St. Mark's * Cate (once a week) * Episcopal * Portsmouth Abbey * Miss Porter's (2x/week) * Blair (generally 2x/week) * Brooks (2x/week, Fall and Spring) *Kent (once a week) * Millbrook (1x/week) * Salisbury (2x/week)* Berkshire (1x in Fall and Spring)
ZOO (ACCREDITED)
* Millbrook
SWIMMING REQUIREMENTS
* NMH
A C A D E M I C S
ARABIC:
* Deerfield * Loomis * Exeter (Seniors with another language only)* Choate (Can also be in interdisciplinary Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies Program) *
ARTS CONCENTRATION PROGRAM:
* Choate
BALLET COMPANY (for credit):
* St. Paul’s * Westover * Concord (dance company: ballet as well as other dance disciplines) * Loomis Chaffee
CARIBBEAN STUDIES (on a schooner 2 weeks)
* Tabor * Lawrenceville (Island School)
COLLEGE MODEL ACADEMIC PROGRAM (fewer classes per semester, but each semester covers entire year's worth of material)
* NMH
COMPUTER SCIENCE
* Concord * Loomis * Choate * St. Mark's * Hotchkiss
CLASSICS DEGREE
* Exeter * St. Mark's
ETHICS COURSE - REQUIRED:
* Miss Porter's School (Sophomore year) * Brooks * Cate (called “Sophomore Seminar”) * Salisbury * Loomis Chaffee (not required)
FILMMAKING:
* Concord * Loomis * Cate * Putney * Choate (Video Production courses) * Exeter
HARKNESS TABLE:
* Lawrenceville * Exeter (all classes, including math & science) * St Paul's * The Masters School * Blair * Cate (English/Humanities) *Loomis * Concord (in language/humanities)
IB:
* Annie Wright * Carlisle * Cheshire (CT) * Dwight School * EF Intl Academy New York * George School * Mercyhurst Prep * Mid-Pacific Institute * Mount Saint Mary Academy * New Hampton School * North Broward Prep * Saint Andrew's (FL) * Saint John’s (MN) * St. Timothy's (MD) * Stoneleigh-Burnham * Montessori High School (OH) * UWC-USA * Verde Valley
INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS:
* Lawrenceville * Brooks School * NMH * Blair * Westover * Loomis * Exeter * Choate * Hotchkiss
ISLAND SCHOOL:
* Lawrenceville (Semester in Bahamas) * Exeter * Berkshire
MARINE SCIENCE - ADVANCED:
* Tabor * Portsmouth Abbey * Cate
MOD SYSTEM (Academic calendar = 3 courses at a time taken for 6 weeks):
*Cambridge School of Weston (CSW)
MOUNTAIN CLASSROOM:
* Proctor (full trimester camping/academic adventure) * Cate (1 trimester, based in Leadville, Colorado. For experienced skiers/hikers)
NAUTICAL SCIENCE
* Tabor * Portsmouth Abbey
OCEAN CLASSROOM:
* Proctor (10 wks in fall aboard 130’ schooner sailing to Caribbean; also offered in spring—16 wks & open to non-Proctor students for credit)
SACRED TEXTS:
* Groton
SCIENCE RESEARCH PROGRAM:
* Choate * St. Mark's * Emma Willard (through its Practicum program) * Concord (InSPIRE program: summer internships in Boston area) * Exeter (Bio 584,690 - summer intern at Stanford / or by 999 field level course) *Berkshire (Advanced Math Science Research Program and Advanced Environmental Research Program) * Brooks
SHAKESPEARE SEMESTER:
* Episcopal * Exeter (trimester in Stratford-Upon-Avon)
STAINED GLASS/ HOT GLASS:
St. Paul’s
WINTER TERM (Period of time during a vacation where students return to campus for non-traditional classes of their choice)
* Brooks * Lawrence * Berkshire * Millbrook * New Hampton School * St. Mark's (Lion Term)
WOMEN IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
* Westover