The path to leading an examined life requires courage, curiosity, and commitment.
Elite colleges, top graduate schools, and the most highly skilled professions demand of high school graduates what they have always demanded—outstanding skills of literacy, numeracy and reasoning, an ability to master content in core academic disciplines, a fluency in the cultural literacy of our Western tradition, and the initiative to work hard and to confidently manage one's own learning.
Practically speaking, we offer a range of honors, accelerated, and AP core curricular and elective courses. The academic year is divided into terms—Fall, Winter, Spring—and each term ends with a formal examination period which determines twenty-five percent of the term grade. At the end of each term, grades and detailed comments from the student's teachers, houseparent, and athletics coach are reported to parents.
In addition to traditional secondary disciplines, we offer a number of electives to broaden your preparation for college, including offerings in the fine arts and advanced work in classical and modern languages.
