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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 * 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
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This can only work if people update THE LAST post!! Please make sure to use the most recent post!

@cababe97 (#38) didn’t use the most recent post (#34) for her updates, so all consequent updates (#39, #40) by @sparkatzz and @CavsFan2003 don’t include the updates in post #34. You guys please fix that. I’ve already updated twice, not doing it third time.

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Ok, I THINK I got everyone’s changes. If it would be easier, just list all the changes needed, and tag me; I’m happy to keep updating the list for everyone.

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) * Mercersburg

CHAPEL/RELIGIOUS SERVICES REQUIRED:

  • St. Andrew’s * Salisbury (2x/week) * St. Paul’s (4x/week) * Peddie (2x/week, not religious)

CONVOCATION HANDSHAKES:

  • Choate

FARM

  • NMH * Hotchkiss

GROUP HUG BEFORE VACATIONS AFTER CHAPEL:

  • St. Paul’s

HEALTH & WELLNESS PROGRAM:

  • Emma Willard (w/ residential option - ‘The Wellies’

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) * Peddie

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 * Loomis Chafee

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 * St. Mark’s (all pass/fail electives) * Peddie

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 (1x/week) * 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) * Mercersburg

SWIMMING REQUIREMENT:

  • 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) * Deerfield * Loomis Chaffee

CAPSTONE REQUIRED:

  • Mercersburg (MAPS and Springboard programs)

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 * St. Mark’s * Hotchkiss * Exeter * Peddie

CLASSICS DEGREE

  • Exeter * St. Mark’s

ETHICS COURSE - REQUIRED:

  • Miss Porter’s School (Sophomore year) * Brooks * Cate (called “Sophomore Seminar”) * Salisbury * Loomis Chafee (not required)

FILMMAKING:

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

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 * Mercersburg

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 * Choate * Hotchkiss * Peddie

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)

ROBOTICS TEAM:

  • Peddie

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) * Brooks

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)

  • Brooks * Lawrence * Berkshire * Millbrook * New Hampton School * St. Mark’s (Lion term)

WOMEN IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

  • Westover
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All of my changes were missed… I will try again:

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) * * St Mark’s

CHAPEL/RELIGIOUS SERVICES REQUIRED:

  • St. Andrew’s * Salisbury (2x/week) * St. Paul’s (4x/week) * Peddie (2x/week, not religious)* St Mark’s

CONVOCATION HANDSHAKES:

  • Choate

FARM

  • NMH * Hotchkiss

GROUP HUG BEFORE VACATIONS AFTER CHAPEL:

  • St. Paul’s

HEALTH & WELLNESS PROGRAM:

  • Emma Willard (w/ residential option - ‘The Wellies’

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 *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) * Peddle * St Mark’s (if lying about an infraction or if the infraction is bullying or putting another in a harmful situation)

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 * Loomis Chafee

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 * St. Mark’s (all pass/fail electives) * Peddie

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) *St Mark’s

SIT-DOWN FORMAL MEALS:

  • St. Paul’s (3-4x/term) * Deerfield * St. Andrew’s (DE) * Thacher * Groton (weekly, fall and spring) * Peddie (1x/week) * 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) * Mercersburg

SWIMMING REQUIREMENT:

  • NMH * St Mark’s (for crew only)

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 * Loomis Chaffee

BLOCK SCHEDULE:
St Mark’s

CAPSTONE REQUIRED:

  • Mercersburg (MAPS and Springboard programs)

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 * St. Mark’s * Hotchkiss * Exeter * Peddie

CLASSICS DEGREE

  • Exeter * St. Mark’s

ETHICS COURSE - REQUIRED:

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

FILMMAKING:

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

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 * Mercersberg * St Mark’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 * Choate * Hotchkiss * Peddie *St Mark’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)

ROBOTICS TEAM:

  • Peddie * St Mark’s

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) * Brooks

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)

  • Brooks * Lawrence * Berkshire * 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

  • Westover *St Mark’s
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@JustWinginIt , since you volunteered…lawrenceville has Saturday classes.

George has robotics team, horse program, living in community (essential class), international programs (service learning), film-making, computer science, farm? (Organic garden), chapel (Quaker meeting) lots of hugging but spontaneous!!

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Just wanted to clarify that while there are many schools with horse/equestrian programs, Thacher is the only school I know of where it is mandatory and core to the school’s approach to building character, self-awareness, and leadership.

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@justwingingit Thank you for being a point person!

To my knowledge Cate no longer has the Mountain program (missed that on my prior edit, sorry).

Also, for the “Jobs Program” category (I added it) – I meant that the student all have jobs on campus. Not just the “taking care of the dorm” kind of thing, but like with NMH, working on the farm, maintaining the chapel, that kind of thing. I think internship programs are important to highlight and deserve their own separate category.

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I think you can remove “z-test” and the accompanying note from the 100% boarding list. I’m sure it was an internal test and no longer shows upon on BSR.

Add to FARM: Hillside (Jr. boarding school)

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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

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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)* Kent * 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 * Kent * St. Paul’s

JOBS ON CAMPUS ( REQUIRED)

  • Kent * 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 * Kent * 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

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@JustWinginIt , great job!! Thanks!

George has required jobs on campus.

I am pretty sure that Lawrenceville continues to have Saturday classes every week (over by 11:35), so that one is in the wrong category (unless they are changing it.)

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Thank you, @JustWinginIt !
Peddie also has required jobs on campus. :slight_smile:

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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) * * St Mark’s*Forman

CHAPEL/RELIGIOUS SERVICES REQUIRED:

  • St. Andrew’s * Salisbury (2x/week) * St. Paul’s (4x/week) * Peddie (2x/week, not religious)* St Mark’s

CONVOCATION HANDSHAKES:

  • Choate

FARM

  • NMH * Hotchkiss *Putney

GROUP HUG BEFORE VACATIONS AFTER CHAPEL:

  • St. Paul’s

HEALTH & WELLNESS PROGRAM:

  • Emma Willard (w/ residential option - ‘The Wellies’

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 *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) * Peddle * St Mark’s (if lying about an infraction or if the infraction is bullying or putting another in a harmful situation)

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 * Loomis Chafee

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 * St. Mark’s (all pass/fail electives) * Peddie * Forman

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) *St Mark’s

SIT-DOWN FORMAL MEALS:

  • St. Paul’s (3-4x/term) * Deerfield * St. Andrew’s (DE) * Thacher * Groton (weekly, fall and spring) * Peddie (1x/week) * 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) * Mercersburg

SWIMMING REQUIREMENT:

  • NMH * St Mark’s (for crew only)

ZOO (ACCREDITED)

  • Millbrook

A C A D E M I C S

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

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 * Loomis Chaffee

BLOCK SCHEDULE:
St Mark’s

CAPSTONE REQUIRED:

  • Mercersburg (MAPS and Springboard programs)

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 * St. Mark’s * Hotchkiss * Exeter * Peddie

CLASSICS DEGREE

  • Exeter * St. Mark’s

ETHICS COURSE - REQUIRED:

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

FILMMAKING:

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

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 * Mercersberg * St Mark’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

INGENUITY LAB:
Forman

INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS:

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

RAINFOREST PROGRAM
*Forman

ROBOTICS TEAM:

  • Peddie * St Mark’s

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) * Brooks

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)

  • Brooks * Lawrence * Berkshire * 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) * Forman

WOMEN IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

  • Westover *St Mark’s
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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 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) * * St Mark’s * Forman

CHAPEL/RELIGIOUS SERVICES REQUIRED:

  • St. Andrew’s * Salisbury (2x/week) * St. Paul’s (4x/week) * Peddie (2x/week, not religious)* St Mark’s

CONVOCATION HANDSHAKES:

  • Choate

EVENING ARTS:
*Putney

FARM

  • NMH * Hotchkiss *Putney

GROUP HUG BEFORE VACATIONS AFTER CHAPEL:

  • St. Paul’s

HEALTH & WELLNESS PROGRAM:

  • Emma Willard (w/ residential option - ‘The Wellies’

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) * 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)

  • Hotchkiss * Pomfret * Emma Willard (for ANY candle or flame in dorm or on campus) * Concord (same as Emma Willard) * Peddle * St Mark’s (if lying about an infraction or if the infraction is bullying or putting another in a harmful situation)

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 * Loomis Chafee

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 * St. Mark’s (all pass/fail electives) * Peddie * Forman

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) *St Mark’s

SIT-DOWN FORMAL MEALS:

  • St. Paul’s (3-4x/term) * Deerfield * St. Andrew’s (DE) * Thacher * Groton (weekly, fall and spring) * Peddie (1x/week) * 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) * Mercersburg

SWIMMING REQUIREMENT:

  • NMH * St Mark’s (for crew only)

ZOO (ACCREDITED)

  • Millbrook

A C A D E M I C S

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

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 * Loomis Chaffee

BLOCK SCHEDULE:
St Mark’s

CAPSTONE REQUIRED:

  • Mercersburg (MAPS and Springboard programs)

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 * St. Mark’s * Hotchkiss * Exeter * Peddie

CLASSICS DEGREE

  • Exeter * St. Mark’s

ETHICS COURSE - REQUIRED:

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

FILMMAKING:

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

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 * Mercersberg * St Mark’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

INGENUITY LAB:
Forman

INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS:

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

RAINFOREST PROGRAM
*Forman

ROBOTICS TEAM:

  • Peddie * St Mark’s

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) * Brooks

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)

  • Brooks * Lawrence * Berkshire * 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) * Forman *Putney *Pomfret

WOMEN IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

  • Westover *St Mark’s
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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 living on campus) * St Mark’s

CHAPEL/RELIGIOUS SERVICES REQUIRED:

  • George (Quaker mtg)* 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

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 * 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 (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

SATURDAY CLASSES - WEEKLY:

  • Berkshire * Brooks * Forman * Hotchkiss * Kent * Lawrenceville * Loomis * 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 & Spring) * Blair (generally 2x/week) * Brooks (2x/week, Fall & Spring) * Cate (1x/week) * Deerfield * Episcopal * Groton (weekly, fall & spring) * 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

A C A D E M I C S

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

ARABIC:

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

ARTS CONCENTRATION PROGRAM:

  • Choate

AVIATION SCIENCE (flight school)

  • Berkshire

BALLET COMPANY (for credit):

  • Concord (dance company: ballet & other dance disciplines) * Deerfield * Loomis * 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; 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 (“Sophomore Seminar”) * Loomis (not req.) * Miss Porter’s School (Sophomore year) * St. Mark’s (req. 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 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 (required 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) * Cate (1 trimester, based in Leadville, CO. For experienced skiers/hikers)

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)

RAINFOREST PROGRAM

  • Forman

ROBOTICS TEAM:

  • George * Peddie * St. Mark’s

SACRED TEXTS:

  • Groton

SCIENCE RESEARCH PROGRAM:

  • Berkshire (Advanced Math Science Research Program & Advanced Environmental Research Program) * Brooks * Choate * Emma Willard (Practicum program) * Concord (InSPIRE program: summer internships in Boston area) * Exeter (summer intern at Stanford / or 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 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: NOT in Winter; last 3 weeks of school & mainly off campus)

WOMEN IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

  • St. Mark’s * Westover
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Additions:

(New topic) 5 Day BOARDING - WInchendon, Worcester Academy

Rowing tank - Brewster

Saturday Classes Weekly - Brewster, New Hampton, Kimball Union, Vermont Academy, Pomfret

Academic Support - Pomfret, Winchendon, Worcester Academy, Gould

Block Schedule - Forman, Pomfret

Robotics Team - Forman, Winchendon

Winter Term - Pomfret, Forman (many off campus and travel opportunities)

Signature Programs

  • ColLABS - Collaborative Laboratories”, \ these are where you will have the chance to either do a “deep dive” into a new topic that interests you with other students and teachers, or design your own independent study or internship. Winchendon
  • On Snow Program - competitive skiing/snowboarding, certifications in ski instruction, ski patrol or adaptive skiing and instruction for beginners with their own lodge and lift at Sunday River. Flipped schedule winter term to accommodate morning training with classes going later in the afternoon. Gould
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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
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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 (Can also be in interdisciplinary Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies Program) * Deerfield * Exeter (Seniors w/ another language only) * Loomis

ARTS CONCENTRATION PROGRAM:

  • Choate

AVIATION SCIENCE (flight school)

  • Berkshire

BALLET COMPANY (for credit):

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

BLOCK SCHEDULE:

  • Forman, Pomfret * St. Andrew’s (DE) * 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; 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 (“Sophomore Seminar”) * Loomis (not req.) * Miss Porter’s School (Sophomore year) * St. Mark’s (req. 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) * Hotchkiss (language/humanities) * 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 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 (required 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) * Cate (1 trimester, based in Leadville, CO. For experienced skiers/hikers)

NAUTICAL SCIENCE

  • Portsmouth Abbey * Tabor

OBSERVATORY
Hotchkiss * 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

  • Gould

RAINFOREST PROGRAM

  • Forman

ROBOTICS TEAM:

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

SACRED TEXTS:

  • Groton

SCHOOL YEAR ABROAD

  • Andover * Belmont Hill * Brooks * Culver * Deerfield * Exeter * Hill * Hotchkiss * Lake Forest * Lawrenceville * Loomis * Mercersburg * Milton * Peddie * St. Mark’s * Taft * Thacher * Westminster

SCIENCE RESEARCH PROGRAM:

  • Berkshire (Advanced Math Science Research Program & Advanced Environmental Research Program) * Brooks * Choate * Emma Willard (Practicum program) * Concord (InSPIRE program: summer internships in Boston area) * Exeter (summer intern at Stanford / or 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) * St. George’s (Semester at Sea) * Winchendon

STAINED GLASS/ HOT GLASS:

  • St. Paul’s

INDUSTRIAL ARTS

  • Proctor

WINTER TERM (Period during a vacation where students return to campus for non-traditional classes of their choice)

  • Berkshire * Brooks * Forman * Lawrence * Millbrook * New Hampton School * Pomfret * St. Mark’s (Lion term - Note: NOT in Winter; last 3 weeks of school & mainly off campus)

WOMEN IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

  • St. Mark’s * Westover