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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 * Kent * New Hampton School * Salisbury * Thacher (90% - most day students are faculty kids on campus) * St Mark’s

5 DAY BOARDING

  • Belmont Hill * Masters * Noble and Greenough * Winchendon * Worcester Academy

CHAPEL/RELIGIOUS SERVICES REQUIRED:

  • George (Quaker mtg)* Kent * Peddie (2x/wk, not religious) * St. Andrew’s * St. Mark’s * St. Paul’s (4x/wk) * Salisbury (2x/wk)

CONVOCATION HANDSHAKES:

  • Choate

EVENING ARTS

  • Putney

FARM

  • George (organic garden) * Hillside (Jr. BS) * Hotchkiss * NMH * Putney

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 school’s approach to building character, self-awareness, & leadership)

HUG LINE BEFORE CHAPEL:

  • Concord

INDOOR ROWING TANKS:

  • Brewster * Brooks * Deerfield * Kent * St. Paul’s

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 - RING CEREMONY

  • Miss Porter’s

NIGHTLY HANDSHAKING:

  • Groton * St Mark’s

ONE-SANCTION EXPULSION (1-strike you’re out)

  • Concord (certain infractions) * Emma Willard (certain infractions) * Hotchkiss * Peddle * Pomfret * St Mark’s (certain infractions)

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 additional responsibilities of teaching or coaching.

SATURDAY CLASSES - NEVER:

  • Andover * Choate * Concord * Deerfield * Governor’s * Lawrence * Loomis * Masters * Middlesex * St. Andrew’s * Tabor * Thacher * Westtown

SATURDAY CLASSES - OCCASIONAL:

  • Cate (every other week) * Exeter * Hill School

SATURDAY CLASSES - WEEKLY:

  • Berkshire * Brewster * Brooks * Forman * Gould * Hotchkiss * Kent * Kimball Union * Lawrenceville * Loomis * 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)

  • Cate * Concord * Masters * St Mark’s * Thacher (Senior Exhibitions) * Westminster

SIT-DOWN FORMAL MEALS:

  • Berkshire (1x in Fall & Spring) * Blair (generally 2x/wk) * Brooks (2x/wk, Fall & Spring) * Cate (1x/wk) * Deerfield * Episcopal * Groton (wkly, fall & spring) * Kent (1x/wk) * Loomis (wkly, fall & spring) * Mercersburg * Millbrook (1x/wk) * Miss Porter’s (2x/wk) * Peddie (1x/wk) * Portsmouth Abbey * St. Andrew’s (DE) * St. Mark’s * St. Paul’s (3-4x/term) * Salisbury (2x/wk) * Thacher (4x/wk)

SWIMMING REQUIREMENT:

  • NMH * St. Mark’s (for crew only)

ZOO (ACCREDITED)

  • Millbrook

A C A D E M I C S

ACADEMIC SUPPORT
*Berkshire * Brewster * Cheshire * Cushing Academy * Darrow * Dublin * Forman * Gould * Kents Hill * Kimball Union * Mercersburg * Millbrook * New Hampton * NMH * Pennington * Pomfret * Solebury * Suffield * Vermont Academy * Winchendon * Worcester Academy

ARABIC:

  • Choate * Deerfield * Exeter (Seniors w/ another language only) * Loomis

ARTS CONCENTRATION PROGRAM:

  • Choate

AVIATION SCIENCE (flight school)

  • Berkshire

BLOCK SCHEDULE:

  • Forman * Pomfret * St. Mark’s

CAPSTONE REQUIRED:

  • Mercersburg

CARIBBEAN STUDIES

  • Lawrenceville (Island School) * Tabor (on a schooner 2 weeks)

COLLEGE MODEL ACADEMIC PROGRAM (fewer classes per semester; each semester covers entire year’s worth of material)

  • NMH

CLASSICS DEGREE

  • Exeter * St. Mark’s

DANCE COMPANY (for credit):

  • Concord * Deerfield * Emma Willard * Loomis * Masters * Miss Porters * St. Paul’s * Westover

ENGINEERING (4 YR PROGRAM)

  • Masters

ESPORTS (Electronic Sports)

  • Stuart Hall

ETHICS COURSE - REQUIRED:

  • Brooks * Cate * Loomis (not req.) * Masters * Miss Porter’s School * St. Mark’s (req. Saturday class IV form) * Salisbury

FILMMAKING:

  • Cate * Choate * Concord * Dunn * Exeter * George * Loomis * Masters * Peddie * Putney

HARKNESS TABLE:

  • Blair * Cate (English/Humanities) * Concord (in language/humanities) * Exeter (all classes, including math & science) * Lawrenceville * Loomis * Masters * Mercersberg * St. Andrew’s * St Mark’s * St. Paul’s

IB:

  • Annie Wright * Carlisle * Cheshire (CT) * Dwight School * EF Intl Academy New York * George School * Mercyhurst Prep * Mid-Pacific Institute * Montessori HS (OH) * Mount Saint Mary Academy * New Hampton School * North Broward Prep * St. Andrew’s (FL) * St. John’s (MN) * St. Timothy’s (MD) * Stoneleigh-Burnham * UWC-USA * Verde Valley

INGENUITY LAB

  • Forman

INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS:

  • Blair * Brooks School * Choate * Exeter * George (service learning) * Hotchkiss * Lawrenceville * Loomis * NMH * Peddie * Proctor *St Mark’s * St. Paul’s * Westover

ISLAND SCHOOL:

  • Berkshire * Exeter * Lawrenceville (Semester in Bahamas)

LIVING IN COMMUNITY (req.\ class):

  • George * St. Paul’s

MARINE SCIENCE - ADVANCED:

  • Portsmouth Abbey * Cate * Santa Catalina * Tabor

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)

NAUTICAL SCIENCE

  • Portsmouth Abbey * Tabor

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)

ON SNOW PROGRAM (competitive skiing/snowboarding, certifications in ski instruction, ski patrol or adaptive skiing and instruction for beginners)

  • Gould

RAINFOREST PROGRAM

  • Forman

ROBOTICS TEAM:

  • Forman * George * Masters * Peddie * St. Mark’s * Winchendon

SACRED TEXTS:

  • Groton

SCIENCE RESEARCH PROGRAM:

  • Berkshire (Math Science / Environmental) * Brooks * Choate * Emma Willard * Concord * Exeter * St. Mark’s * St. Paul’s (Engineering) * Thacher (Astronomy)

SHAKESPEARE SEMESTER:

  • Episcopal * Exeter (trimester in Stratford-Upon-Avon)

SIGNATURE EXPERIENCE:

  • Peddie (in Advanced Research Science, Arts, Asian Studies, Creative Writing, Languages & Robotics) * St. George’s (Semester at Sea) * Winchendon (ColLABS - either do a “deep dive” into a new topic that interests you w/ other students & teachers, or design your own independent study or internship)

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)

  • Berkshire * Brooks * Forman (many off campus/travel) * Lawrence * Millbrook * New Hampton School * Pomfret * St. Mark’s (NOT in Winter; last 3 weeks of school, mainly off campus)

WOMEN IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
*St. Mark’s * Westover