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 * 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