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Ok, I think I got everything. I also alphabetized it all to make it easier to read through.

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

80%+ BOARDING (for current info you can search by % boarding at boardingschoolreview.com):

  • Berkshire * Blair * Cate * Culver (90%) * Deerfield * Exeter * Groton (85%) * Hotchkiss * 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 meeting)* Peddie (2x/week, not religious) * St. Andrew’s * St. Mark’s * St. Paul’s (4x/week) * Salisbury (2x/week)

CONVOCATION HANDSHAKES:

  • Choate

FARM

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

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:

  • Brooks * Deerfield * St. Paul’s

JOBS ON CAMPUS ( REQUIRED)

  • Loomis Chaffee * Madeira (internships in DC) * NMH

“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 the infraction is bullying or putting another in a harmful situation)

OUTDOOR PROGRAM

  • Berkshire * Cate * Orme * Proctor * Thacher

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 * Loomis Chafee * Middlesex * St. Andrew’s * Tabor * Thacher * Westtown

SATURDAY CLASSES - OCCASIONAL:

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

SATURDAY CLASSES - WEEKLY:

  • Berkshire * Brooks * Hotchkiss * Lawrenceville * Loomis Chafee * Masters * Peddie * St. George’s * St. Paul’s * St. Mark’s (all pass/fail electives) * Salisbury

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 and Spring) * Blair (generally 2x/week) * Brooks (2x/week, Fall and Spring) * Cate (once a week) * Deerfield * Episcopal * Groton (weekly, fall and spring) * Kent (once a week) * Loomis (weekly, fall and 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

A C A D E M I C S

ARABIC:

  • Choate (Can also be in interdisciplinary Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies Program) * Deerfield * Exeter (Seniors with another language only) * Loomis Chaffee

ARTS CONCENTRATION PROGRAM:

  • Choate

BALLET COMPANY (for credit):

  • Concord (dance company: ballet as well as other dance disciplines) * Deerfield * Loomis Chaffee * St. Paul’s * Westover

BLOCK SCHEDULE:

  • St. Mark’s

CAPSTONE REQUIRED:

  • Mercersburg (MAPS and Springboard programs)

CARIBBEAN STUDIES

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

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

  • NMH

COMPUTER SCIENCE

  • Choate * Concord * Exeter * Hotchkiss * Loomis * Peddie * St. Mark’s * St. Paul’s

CLASSICS DEGREE

  • Exeter * St. Mark’s

ETHICS COURSE - REQUIRED:

  • Brooks * Cate (called “Sophomore Seminar”) * Loomis Chafee (not required) * Miss Porter’s School (Sophomore year) * St. Mark’s (required Saturday class IV form) * Salisbury

FILMMAKING:

  • Cate * Choate (Video Production courses) * Concord * Dunn * George * Loomis * Exeter * Peddie * Putney

HARKNESS TABLE:

  • Blair * Cate (English/Humanities) * Concord (in language/humanities) * Exeter (all classes, including math & science) * Lawrenceville * Loomis * The Masters School * 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 High School (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

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 (required class):

  • George * St. Paul’s

MARINE SCIENCE - ADVANCED:

  • Portsmouth Abbey * Cate * Santa Catalina (all girls) * 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)

ROBOTICS TEAM:

  • George * Peddie * St. Mark’s

SACRED TEXTS:

  • Groton

SCIENCE RESEARCH PROGRAM:

  • Berkshire (Advanced Math Science Research Program and Advanced Environmental Research Program) * Brooks * Choate * 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) * St. Mark’s * St. Paul’s (Engineering Honors Program, summer research internship) * Thacher (Astronomy)

SHAKESPEARE SEMESTER:

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

SIGNATURE EXPERIENCE:

  • Peddie (in Advanced Research Science, Arts, Asian Studies, Creative Writing, Languages and Robotics)

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 * Lawrence * Millbrook * New Hampton School * St. Mark’s (Lion term — Note…this is NOT in Winter…it is last 3 weeks of school and is mainly off campus)

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