Private boarding schools give students the opportunity to live away from home before college in a supporting community, and the opportunity to be challenged in an academically rigorous college preparatory environment. Students attending these schools reap many benefits, including independence and maturity, an excellent education, and abundant educational and extracurricular resources.
By moving away from home early, students get a head start on growing up, gaining maturity, and learning personal skills that will make them successful throughout their lives. Interaction with dedicated teachers, advisors, and peers helps to make boarding schools nurturing environments for students during these important formative years.
For a second-to-none education, high school boarding schools in the USA are a great choice. Class sizes are small, generally 10-15 students, ensuring that all students participate actively in class and receive attention from the teachers. Classes are taught by devoted faculty, many with advanced degrees in education or their respective area of teaching. In addition to excellent teachers, classrooms are filled with students holding a strong desire to learn and succeed. This creates a very positive and productive learning environment for everyone. Further, the main goal of high school boarding schools is to get students into college. Many public schools unfortunately ‘teach to the test’, in hopes that students will do well on state aptitude tests. With college as the educational focus, boarding schools boast exceptionally broad, deep and challenging curricula.
In addition to the mainstays of high school education, many high school boarding schools have opportunities for art, music, theater and dance. It is well known that the arts are a valuable part of any education, and the programs many schools have enriches education and lets students explore their talents. Libraries and media centers are important resources for education, and students have access to excellent tools to help their education through these resource centers. Sports, teamwork and personal health are also emphasized through a variety of sports programs and excellent gym facilities.
High school boarding schools offer everything students need at this critical developmental time, an excellent educational community with a focus on college entrance, support from faculty and peers, and the chance to nurture artistic and athletic talents.
