<p>ok i have a few questinos about SPS. if you attend or just know please answer.
on average how much does books cost?
on average how much does like extra fees like paying for classes cost?
what are the dorm rooms like?
do the kids hang out in like cliques? (ex. like preps goths etc)
is the work overwhelming?
how is the food?
is everyone friendly?</p>
<p>I think SPSstudent goes to St. Paul's. Try PMing (private messaging) him.</p>
<p>Books cost several hundred dollars each term but you can also buy them used from other students. The only vlaaes that you pay extra for are things like private music lessons. Dorm, called houses, are great. There are some classic gothic and some contemporary. Some are known as more social, others more studious. Of course there are cliques, there are everywhere, but everyone is friendly and nice. The are goths, preps, frelks and everything else. We all work very hard. We're said to have the best food of any BS. Made to order eggs in the AM, make your own stir fry and panini, lobster bakes, we have it all. You'll love SPS!!.</p>
<p>I'll be a senior next year at SPS, I'll probablt be in nash... great guys dorm
-Books can be expensive... try ordering online from amazon after you get your list, I bought all of mine off of kids in the grades above me for realy cheap... if you buy just from the bookstore it will be like 400-500 bucks but I got mine for under 200 online and from upper classmen</p>
<p>-there are various extra fees that your parents get billed they come to like 100 dollars a term, like for labs and such</p>
<p>-rooms are all really nice, If you're lucky enough to get into kehaya then its like a hotel</p>
<p>-there really are no cliques just groups of friends and financial status doesn't really matter (this is from a lower class person) you can really make friends with most anyone. BTW there are no goths. </p>
<p>-The work can be overwhelming, its eased on pretty well. If you want to do all of your work per night as a freshman it will probably be like 3 hours a night. A little more on the weekends as you have labs and essays then. </p>
<p>-Foods good - but you can gain weight if you don't watch yourself</p>
<p>-you'll find this is probably the friendliest place you'll ever be in your life</p>
<p>Do you have a science building designed specifically for science???</p>
<p>yes... its called payson, then there's moore for math, and the "schoolhouse" for english and language</p>
<p>Do you go to SPS as well, jonese???</p>
<p>never mind...answered that question myself.</p>
<p>Since you're a male, I'm going to ask you this...</p>
<p>The ballet program...What do you think of it?</p>
<p>How are the shows in everything?</p>
<p>amazing!?
mediocre?
terrible?</p>
<p>lol.</p>
<p>the ballet company is stellar</p>
<p>jonese8</p>
<p>What do you feel is the biggest challenge SPS faces right now? What would you most like to change about your school?</p>
<p>That's good to know, jonese. I second creative's question.</p>
<p>Also, are the chapel meetings in the morning a good part of the day, or a more painful part?</p>
<p>Is everything about the school REALLY based upon the Espicopal spiritual foundations?</p>
<p>Are the rules a little overboard in some areas? I read part of the student handbook and it said you absolutely need a helmet to ride a bike or skateboard. Is this rule particularly enforced? I hate helmets, lol.</p>
<p>& also, is the dress code really, really, strict and enforced? I want to go to school and get an education to make the best of it. Not to be witched at for having shoes that have two high of a heel...</p>
<p>SPS probably has the fewest rules of any of the big name schools. No mandatory study hours, lights out or phones turned off. The dress code is very casual, just no jeans in class. Chapel is four mornings per week at not religion based.</p>
<p>Oh, I thought it was a formal in school dress code. I must have been thinking of Deerfield..</p>
<p>dress code is really lax, esp for girls</p>
<p>all the rules are pretty lax with the exception of the helmet one solely because we had a couple of students suffer concussions in the last couple of years... so yeah... but you don't even have to buckle the helmet.</p>
<p>the biggest challenge SPS faces right now is definately stress reduction among students - which is probably something many boarding schools are facing. We actually do talk about it alot, the joke is that all of the stress talk actually stresses us out more. lol. But in the end, imho, the stress is usually self-created by the student. </p>
<p>-as far as the episcopal thing, I believe as a religion it has little to no impact on the school but rather as a set of morals that students are expected to follow. The episcopal religion will never be forced down your throat... It won't even be lightly coaxed... its there if you want it but otherwise not. Chapel is mainly various clubs and organizations giving announcements.</p>
<p>The helmet thing is also a NH state law, so the school is just enforcing local law. (kind of surprising law for the live free or die state)</p>
<p>No, it's not a law.</p>
<p>NOT IN NEW HAMPSHIRE... Most people on motorcycles in New Hampshire don't even wear helmets...</p>
<p>Yes - it is. Went into effect last year.</p>
<p>check it out if you don't believe me:
<a href="http://www.nh.gov/hsafety/hsbicyc.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.nh.gov/hsafety/hsbicyc.html</a></p>
<p>we're not talking adults here but kids. Just like seatbelts - no for adults in NH but required for kids.</p>