Summary update:
100% BOARDING (for current info, search by % boarding at boardingschoolreview.com):
- Advanced Academy of Georgia * Blue Ridge School * Camden Military Academy * Carlbrook School * Carson Long Military Academy * Episcopal HS * 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
80%+ BOARDING (see note above):
- Berkshire * Blair * Cate * Culver (90%) * Deerfield * Exeter * Forman * Groton (85%) * Hotchkiss (>95%) * Kent * New Hampton School * Salisbury * Thacher (90% - most day students are faculty kids living on campus) * St Mark’s
CHAPEL/RELIGIOUS SERVICES REQUIRED:
- George (Quaker mtg)* Groton (4X/week) * Kent * Peddie (2x/week, not religious) * St. Andrew’s * St. Mark’s * St. Paul’s (4x/week) * Salisbury (2x/week)
CONVOCATION HANDSHAKES:
- Choate
EVENING ARTS
- Putney
FARM
- George (organic garden) * Hillside (Jr. BS) * Hotchkiss * NMH * Putney
FIVE DAY BOARDING
- Belmont Hill * Nobles * Winchendon * Worcester Academy
GOLF COURSE ON CAMPUS
- Blair * Hotchkiss * Lawrenceville * Peddie * Taft (adjacent)
GROUP HUG BEFORE VACATIONS AFTER CHAPEL:
- St. Paul’s
HEALTH & WELLNESS PROGRAM:
- Emma Willard (w/ residential option - ‘The Wellies’)
HORSE PROGRAM
- George * Kent * Orme * Thacher (mandatory, core to the school’s approach to building character, self-awareness, & leadership)
HUG LINE BEFORE CHAPEL:
- Concord
INDOOR ROWING TANKS:
- Brewster * Brooks * Deerfield * Kent * St. Paul’s * Suffield
JOBS ON CAMPUS ( Req.)
- George * Kent * Loomis * Madeira (internships in DC) * NMH * Peddie * Putney
“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)
- Concord (same as Emma Willard) * Emma Willard (for ANY candle or flame in dorm or on campus) * Hotchkiss * Peddle * Pomfret * St Mark’s (if lying about an infraction or if infraction is bullying or putting another in a harmful situation)
OUTDOOR PROGRAM
- Berkshire * Cate * Orme * Proctor * Thacher
THE PORTER PLAN
- Miss Porter’s - House (dorm) directors’ primary responsibilities on campus are within the dormitories, w/o the additional responsibilities of teaching or coaching.
SATURDAY CLASSES - NEVER:
- Andover * Choate * Concord * Deerfield * Governor’s * Lawrence * Loomis * Middlesex * St. Andrew’s * Tabor * Thacher * Westtown
SATURDAY CLASSES - OCCASIONAL:
- Cate (every other week) * Exeter * Hill School * Hotchkiss (50%)
SATURDAY CLASSES - WEEKLY:
- Berkshire * Brewster * Brooks * Forman * Groton * Kent * Kimball Union * Lawrenceville * Loomis * Masters * Middlesex * New Hampton * Peddie * Pomfret * St. George’s * St. Paul’s * St. Mark’s (all pass/fail electives) * Salisbury * Vermont Academy
SENIOR SPEECHES (speeches given weekly by 1-2 senior students to the student body)
- Cate * Concord * St Mark’s * Thacher (Senior Exhibitions: 30-minute presentations on research topics during Spring of senior year) * Westminster
SIT-DOWN FORMAL MEALS:
- Berkshire (1x in Fall & Spring) * Blair (generally 2x/week) * Brooks (2x/week, Fall & Spring) * Cate (1x/week) * Deerfield * Episcopal * Groton (weekly, fall & spring) * Hotchkiss (w/faculty, 1x/week, informal) * Kent (1x/week) * Loomis (weekly, fall & spring) * Mercersburg * Millbrook (1x/week) * Miss Porter’s (2x/week) * Peddie (1x/week) * Portsmouth Abbey * St. Andrew’s (DE) * St. Mark’s * St. Paul’s (3-4x/term) * Salisbury (2x/week) * Thacher (4x/week)
SWIMMING REQUIREMENT:
- NMH * St. Mark’s (for crew only)
ZOO (ACCREDITED)
- Millbrook
