St. Paul's School Concord NH

<p>Third and fourth formers have to take a sport each trimester, fifth formers must take a sport two out of the three trimesters, and sixth formers must take a sport for one trimester. I could be slightly off on the fifth and sixth form requirements, but I am fairly certain that you have to take a sport for three of your last six trimesters. There are some rules where dance can be substituted for a sport, but I don't understand this in detail.</p>

<p>All students (third through sixth formers) can take participate at any level (varsity, JV or club). A third former could play a varsity sport.</p>

<p>SPS does not offer P. E., but it does offer Fitness. Fitness is just another sport option.</p>

<p>d2g - there are a few triples on campus but not many and are usually snapped up by upperformers.</p>

<p>In addition to team sports, the following club level sports were offered this year according to the course catalog: alpine skiing, crew, fitness (all 3 semesters), golf (Fall), hockey, rock climbing, soccer, squash, swimming, tennis, ultimate frisbee</p>

<p>really?
i only wanted 1 roommate- otherwise things would get complicated
i don't know anyone else that will be going
mehkins- u r very lucky that you know someone that is going with you
In Texas, everyone actually WANTS to go to the public school. So my friends think I'm completely crazy...</p>

<p>are the academics brutally hard??
i am a smart kid, but i am not the type of person that studies for hours and makes flash cards. I'm a B and A kid with an 86 on the ssats</p>

<p>WILL I FAIL OUT OF SPS?!?!??!!</p>

<p>I find it kind of funny how all the sps folk have nothing to do during the day but this, lol</p>

<p>woah!
SPS had ultimate frisbee as a club sport!
Cool</p>

<p>lol
but jeez, texas is rly far from here. i liv in CT, so it's not rly so far. u musta had to drive for such FREAKIN long time, lol</p>

<p>mehkins- chill. ur most likely not going to fail out of SPS
lolz</p>

<p>i didn't drive
I flew there. Driving would just be kinda long</p>

<p>oh yea, flying. i forgot we had airplanes haha</p>

<p>i heard sps has like "recreational" or house sports. is that what you mean by clubs creative1?</p>

<p>good point.
what exactly are these club sports?</p>

<p>Regarding ballet - if you are part of the ballet company, it counts as a varsity sport for all 3 semesters. It is very time intensive. </p>

<p>My impression is that most students find the academics challenging. Expect several hours - or more- of homework per night, 6 nights per week. Depending on the demands of your current school and your current homework load, it can be quite a step up. If you come from a rigorous private school, the change may not be that much of an adjustment but it could be from a less intensive public school. However, they also ramp you up. 3rd form year, especially at the beginning is easier. 4th form year gets harder and 5th form year is notoriously brutal but by then students have learned to study more efficiently.</p>

<p>Personally, I think that the academics are necessarily that hard, I think that time management is the hardest part about it all. For example, my Algebra 2 teacher never goes around hounding students to see if they did their homework, she just asks us if we have any questions that we'd like to go over. Now this said you can choose to do your homework every night, or you can choose to never to any homework at all. These kind of choices that students are allowed to make for themselves id what I think makes the school so hard.</p>

<p>Yes, club sports are recreational or hosue sports. With club hockey and soccer, for example, you compete against other SPS students. It's coed and a lot of fun and everyone wants to win for bragging rights!</p>

<p>***, AHHH, SEVERAL HOURS?!?!?!??!?!?
that is IMPOSSIBLE, LOLL, STOP ITT
i come from a public school, so i will be knocked senseless at SPS</p>

<p>gobigred12 posted a nice description of club sports on post #717</p>

<p>like I said earlier- chill
I come from a public school too, and although I don't have that much hw... I know how much work they get there. It is a lot, and hard, but u just have to be good at time management.
Over all, school should still be very enjoyable
:D</p>

<p>lol, still, i keep thinking of b skewl as a skewl just for fun. but the truth is, its a college prep school, and it's an elite school. i cant help but be kinda nervous....lol</p>

<p>Don't worry guys I've gone to public school all of the years leading up to SPS and transitioning is not that bad. It just depends on your personal drive and you deciding how hard you're going to work/study because even the kids from elite private schools often don't have the personal drive to succeed at SPS.</p>

<p>hint: stay away from gaming systems ;)</p>

<p>joking aside, gobigred is correct. Time management is key!</p>