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A Remarkable Founding Story

How the Past can be a Useful, Inspiring, Energizing and Creative Force for Schools in 2020

By Peter W.E. Becker All schools have a history, a founding story. Schools come from particular places and times and typically have a particular founding purpose. Some are named to honor an actual person, visionary or inspiring – their founder, or more often, another i n f luentia l leader, educator, a c t i v i s t , p o e t , p h i l o s o p h e r, scient ist, or ph i la nt h ropist.

Ideally, the inspiration derived from that person or that purpose, which was so clear at the beginning, remains relevant and energizing from one generation t o t h e n e x t , i n p e r p e t u i t y.

Unfortunately, we k now that often, when institutions reckon with their founding, it drives them to have to clarify what they stand for today, and they discover

that their current purpose does not align with their founding purpose, for better or worse.

It is essential for families considering schools, and for school leaders and boards, to pursue this line of inquiry: Why does this school exist today, a nd i n what ways is t hat i n line with or different from its original reason for being? When the boarding school I lead went through this process, centered on our founder, Frederick Gunn, it culminated in the decision to change our school’s name after 170 years from The Gunnery to The Frederick Gunn School.

A Connecticut native and graduate of Yale, Mr. Gunn was an outdoorsman and naturalist recognized as the founder of camping in the United States, a courageous abolitionist, a leader of the Underground Railroad i n t he tow n of Wa sh i ng ton , Connecticut, and a pioneering e du c ato r. H e m o d e l e d b o t h resilience in the face of unanticipated challenges and a willingness to stand up for the rights of all people. His message is a message for our time, and for all time.

The responses we received to our name change – from current students, parents, faculty, alumni

and residents of the town, where incidentally, the public library and the local history museum also bear Mr. Gunn’s name – rem ind us that the past has power, whether we choose to acknowledge it or not. At The Frederick Gunn School, we are fortunate that the founding ethos and philosophy of Mr. Gunn is in many ways more relevant today than ever. Discovering alignment, or a lack thereof, between past and present keeps an institution on its toes, and forces it to stay cle a r on it s pu r p o s e a s t he trends i n education a nd the pressures of the meritocracy and the market essentially compel institutions to make changes out of expediency, rather than out of a deep commitment or belief that something is actually in the best interest of students.

We are for tunate to have a fou nder whose re ason for being was the best interest of the student in ways that every parent today would want for their own child. Who wouldn't want their child to grow up to be like Frederick Gunn? He was, in essence, an entrepreneur who modeled and sought to instill in his students what David Brooks refers to as “eulogy virtues,” the traits we should all aspire

to, which “exist at the core of your being, whether you are kind, brave, honest or faithful.”

He married performance with purpose.

The transformative power o f b o a r d i n g s c h o o l s i s t h at they challenge students to be independent, to try new things, to risk failure, secure in the knowledge that the teachers and friends around them believe in them. It is out of that belief, that confidence, and the supportive, challenging 24/7 environment that boarding school provides that students hone the inner drive and skills to succeed in school and in life. Perhaps most importantly in a boarding school setting, Mr. Gunn understood the power he (and almost any te ache r) held to sh ap e how a student saw himself – and wielded it deftly and with great compassion. He spoke about this most clearly in his 187 7 address when he said: “There is an unconscious inf luence, a mysterious, silent emanation going out from the personality of every teacher which is one of the strong forces of nature.

Silent as the force of gravity, more powerful than the will of man, this inf luence works like the unnoticed electricity of the

atmosphere, and makes it certain that every teacher will actually teach that which he is.” Any of us whose life has been transformed through the conviction of a nonparent adult mentor who believed in us, sometimes despite the evidence, knows how enduring is this ephemeral but powerful truth. Mr. Gunn knew that the key to unlock the potential in each student was the student’s ability and willingness to trust their teacher--and that boarding schools are unique in American education as places where this can happen.

The past matters. Exploring it can generate fresh thinking and fresh ideas, and the kind of entrepreneurial approach to life modeled by Mr. Gunn. Not afraid to face facts, he adjusted his position based on new information and thought about how to create things that were good and useful for other people.

H e b e l i e ve d t h a t c h a r a c t e r emerges through the intentional pu rsu it – i n k nowle dge a nd p r a c t i c e – o f w h at i s g o o d , rig ht, true, sustainable, and beautiful. These pillars are nonnegotiable. It’s just a question of how to achieve them around the intersection of innovation, citizenship, and holistic success

(u lti mately, i n t he l i fe wel llived). As the pressure seems only to increase for a purely instrumentalist approach to high school education, schools, and boarding schools in particular, that identify the deeper “why” behind the “what” can equip students for lives of both purpose and performance.

There is a goodness to any school reckoning with its founding story, and seeing if its future does and can align with its past. It’s not that a school gets extra credit if the two are in sync with one another. It’s a generative exercise that helps to clarif y why you do what you do the way you do it today. The process gives life to and animates those aspects of the school today that are either distinctive or represent fundamental commitments. The process can invite faculty, staff, students, parents and boards to identify and claim their school’s core commitments today. As we teach students, it’s the process of inquiry – in this case of whether your present and your past can be integrated – that bears fruit, someti mes i n u npred icta ble ways.

Peter Becker is the Head of The Frederick Gunn School

Education Options Are Incredibly Broad For your children, here is a selection listings from the top independent schools in our area.

Berkshire School admission@berkshireschool.org 245 North Undermountain Road, Sheffield, MA 413-229-8511 berkshireschool.org Students: 400 (91% Boarding, 9% Day) Teacher to Student Ratio: 1 to 4 Established: 1907 Berkshire School is a co-ed college preparatory boarding and day school for 400 ninth-12th graders and post-graduates, offering a forward-thinking curriculum and stateof-the-art facilities on a 400-acre campus in Sheffield, Massachusetts. Berkshire’s signature programs, including Advanced Math/Science Research, Advanced Humanities Research, and Sustainability, are offered along with advanced sections and AP offerings in all disciplines.

These programs are designed to expand the minds, provide real-world experiences, and help distinguish our students in an increasingly competitive college process. With a range of artistic and athletic offerings and national recognition for our efforts in sustainability, Berkshire provides an extraordinary setting in which students are encouraged to learn in the words of the School motto: Pro Vita Non Pro Schola Discimus, “Learning—not just for school but for life.”

Blair Academy

currap@blair.edu 2 Park Street Blairstown, NJ 07825 908-362-6121 | www.blair.edu 460 students, co-ed (50% male, 50% female) Teachers to Student ratio: 1 to 6 Established 1848 Founded in 1848, Blair Academy is a dynamic, coeducational boarding school where students in grades 9-12 pursue a superior college preparatory education empowered by strong faculty-student relationships and a vibrant community life.

On our historic campus is located 65 miles from New York City in northwest New Jersey.

The Blair experience is an extraordinary opportunity that empowers students to become persons of great accomplishment and character and prepares them for success in college and in life.

Our educational philosophy informs our work in and out of the classroom and includes these guiding principles.

Relationship-based learning is the foundation of great teaching.

At Blair, our teachers are experts in their subject areas and they know our students especially well.

Strong relationships between faculty and students develop amid a vibrant community life and lead to exceptional learning, in our classrooms and beyond.

Our teachers care deeply for students and, because they know them well, challenge them and tailor classroom learning based on individual

needs. Through class discussion, debate, project work and lectures, students develop new skills and passions and learn to connect with people and step outside their comfort zones to take bold but intelligent risks.

Blair’s robust curriculum features rigorous traditional coursework and innovative electives designed to help students pursue—or discover— their passions. As teachers challenge students with new ideas and skills, they encourage creative expression while ensuring that students learn how to learn, preparing them to confidently address the demands of college and the 21st- century world.

Working closely with faculty mentors, students help craft their individual Blair experience; having opportunities to take ownership of their education in this way teaches students to be autonomous and advocate for themselves, skills that will serve them well as college undergraduates and young professionals.

When students apply academic studies to realworld issues, impactful connections to people, places and ideas develop. We bring the world to Blair through our diverse student body, on-campus speakers and community service endeavors and broaden students’ horizons by offering schoolbreak travel opportunities. Experiential learning, hands-on projects and collaborative problemsolving in a variety of venues result in amplified awareness of self and others.

Our core curriculum and innovative offerings teach students how to engage, relate to and empathize with others, and how to solve problems in real-world settings. Our graduates are intellectually curious, service-minded global citizens who know their values, can articulate their beliefs, and have the resources to connect and grow in college and beyond.

The ability to concisely and compellingly convey one’s message is an essential leadership skill; at Blair, teaching the art of effective communication is among our highest priorities.

Our cross-curricular communication initiative and myriad public-speaking opportunities prepare students to craft and deliver compelling narratives, speak effectively to audiences of all sizes, and engage with others in ways that build vital relationships.

Students at every grade level engage in communications-focused work across academic departments; programs such as Blair LEADS and The Blair Leadership Stories Project further underscore the importance of these competencies.

Brewster Academy

admissions@brewsteracademy.org 80 Academy Dr., Wolfeboro, NH 03894 603-569-7200 brewsteracademy.org Students: 360 Students; 80% boarding; 20% day Teacher to Student Ratio: 1 to 6 Established 1820

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rewster is an elite boarding school without the elitism: an intellectually diverse and academically challenging community that nurtures curiosity, confidence, collaboration, and

character in preparation for lives of meaning and accomplishment.

Brewster students: • Learn to master academic content and the skills that matter in life.

• Transform in an academically challenging environment without standardization.

• Believe in our shared responsibility for success.

• Understand their potential.

• Feel empowered to achieve in an environment inclusive of everyone's unique talent.

• Emerge with a strong sense of self and a deep commitment to others.

Know that Brewster is the way education should be: the perfect balance of academic and emotional development in a place where all can do their best without having to best each other.

the youngest students participate in volunteer opportunities, which o en evolve into full-fledged service projects at the Upper School.

After school, students have access to 36 cocurricular clubs.

Through academics, athletics, arts and service to the community, Brunswick encourages every student to develop his talents to the fullest, to understand the obligation to share them generously, to take risks to ensure growth, and to refuse to accept a narrow definition of himself.

Choate Rosemary Hall

bellis@choate.edu 333 Christian Street, Wallingford, CT 06492 203-697-2000 Founded in 1890 Students to faculty advisor: 4:1 Brunswick

mkennedy@brunswickschool.org 100 Maher Avenue, Greenwich, CT 06830 203-625-5800 brunswickschool.org Students: 1021 boys Teacher to Student Ratio: 1 to 6 Established 1902 Vibrant and growing, Brunswick School has been defined and distinguished for 117 years by its commitment to “Courage, Honor, Truth.”

Enrolling 1,026 boys in pre-kindergarten through grade 12, the school believes that the strength of a young man’s character and depth of his spirit determines all genuine and lasting success.

To that end, Brunswick strives to help boys and young men acquire the personal, intellectual, and physical training that will best enable them to grow into responsible adults who can make significant and lasting contributions to society.

The school offers rigorous academics, including an advanced science research program, and, in a coordination program with Greenwich Academy, 83 Honors and Advanced Placement courses.

Brunswick offers comprehensive arts, drama, and music, and a renowned language program that includes instruction in Arabic, French, Spanish, Mandarin, Italian, Latin, and Greek.

Brunswick has four campuses on a total of 782 acres in Greenwich, Conn., and in Randolph, Vermont. The Upper School is located at 100 Maher Ave. in Greenwich, while the Pre School, Lower, and Middle Schools are located on King Street.

The 620-acre Vermont Campus is home to the school’s permanent o -campus wildernesseducation and applied-classroom-learning program.

The school also offers competitive athletics, with 17 varsity sports played on state-of-the- art facilities. e sports complex is situated on Edwards Campus on King Street, where the school’s main athletic fields, an ice rink and a natatorium are all located.

Brunswick believes that a complete education must include lessons beyond the classroom. Even

This is where amazing things begin. Where anything is possible. At Choate, you will work hard to develop your talents to the fullest. And along the way, you will discover new paths and possibilities.

Choate students stand out for their desire and drive for knowledge, their passion, their creativity, their energy, and their commitment to service. Along the way, their students are guided by passionate educators who are excited about their craft and who are energized by what they do every day. Choate is a place where, if you have a great idea, you can find the resources and a kindred spirit to help you bring your idea to fruition.

"Over the past 126 years we have had the privilege of knowing and nurturing over 17,000 graduates, and they’ve made us proud of the remarkable and distinctive lives they’ve chosen to live. Choate alumni are leaders, innovators, catalysts, and true originals.

Their unique way of seeing the world reflects our focus on the Life of the Mind: we aim to foster critical and independent thinking, deep intellectual curiosity, exploration, and a lifelong love of learning in everything we do.

If you want to be part of a dynamic and robust learning community, we welcome you to consider joining us at Choate Rosemary Hall.

Choate is warm and caring. You can connect with people here in a way that you can’t at other places.

Mutual respect and kindness have a big impact here: we encourage you to invest in the lives of others, on campus, in our wider community, and even across the globe. We believe that your willingness to serve and give selflessly speaks volumes about your character – and provides the foundation for a life well lived.

You will find mentors in, and outside of the classroom, and all the guidance you need to be successful. Our close-knit community always has room for a few more friends. Forge your own path, make new friends and make yourself at home.

We see potential in our students to pursue their goals and dreams through our academic, athletic and artistic programs, along with the opportunities our close-knit and collaborative community provides young people each day."

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Cushing Academy

admissions@cushing.org 39 School Street Ashburnham, MA 01430 978.827.7300 cushing.org Founded in 1865 Number of Students: 390 Student/Faculty Ratio: 7:1 Our innovative curriculum prepares students well for college and life by emphasizing essential skills such as collaboration, communication, and global awareness. Widely recognized as a leader in educational innovation, our real strength is in the commitment of every teacher to the success of every student. As pioneers in Academic Support, we strive to meet students where they are and provide them with a powerful toolkit for academic success. Our internationally renowned ESL Program provides 360-degree support, which is tailored to students' needs, and prepares them to take full advantage of our curriculum.

Our expansive and renowned visual and performing arts offerings attract accomplished artists to Cushing, while at the same time, our "give it a try" philosophy allows the entire community to explore creativity and discover new talents.

With 26 teams in 14 sports, we offer opportunities for athletes at every level of experience, and thrilling competition that binds us together as Penguins for life.

In the past 17 years, Cushing teams have won 25 NEPSAC championships in 6 sports.

If there's one thing our visitors experience (and remember!) it's the multitude of friendly Penguins that happily share their own Cushing stories and strive to embody the spirit of our school.

Dana Hall School

Through a rigorous liberal arts curriculum, extensive co-curricular program, and supportive residential environment, Deerfield encourages each student to develop an inquisitive and creative mind, sound body, and strong moral character.

For students ages 5-15 with DYSLEXIA • DYSCALCULIA • ADHD • DYSGRAPHIA • AUDITORY PROCESSING DISORDER

angela.brown@danahall.org 45 Dana Road Wellesley, MA 02482 781-489-1331 www.danahall.org

Students: 468 students in grades eaglehillschool.org • 45Hill Glenville Road, Greenwich CT 5-12, all-girls Eagle School Established 1881 p.pineau@eaglehill.org 45 Glenville Rd Founded in 1881, Dana Hall Greenwich, CT 06831 School in Wellesley, Mass., is 203-622-9240 an independent boarding and eaglehillschool.org day school for girls in grades 5-12 (boarding begins grade 9).

Eagle Hill is an independent Placing emphasis upon sound school for children ages 5-15 academic education and the with language-based learning preparation of each individual differences. for college and for life, the Eagle Hill offers a languageSchool balances exposure to based, remedial program new ideas and the challenge of committed to educating analytic and creative thinking children with learning with concentration on the disabilities. The curriculum is development of self-esteem, individualized, interdisciplinary, leadership, and respect for and transitional in nature. A others. As a school for girls, Dana secure, structured, nurturing Hall provides female students environment supports and with a particularly advantageous stimulates the development environment for both education of the whole child. As a and self-development. result, children learn to view themselves as competent individuals with a strong sense of self.

In an environment that recognizes and embraces diversity, Eagle Hill teaches children an array of strategies and skills to manage their learning disabilities effectively at school and at home. Eagle Deerfield Academy Hill helps children gain the Deerfield, MA 01342 self-esteem necessary to https://deerfield.edu/ initiate, nurture, and maintain friendships. Inherent in the Students: 655 Eagle Hill philosophy is the Male/Female Ratio: 52% / 48% development of children with Teacher to Student Ratio: 1 to 5 strong moral and ethical Established 1797 character. Children leave Eagle Deerfield offers a vibrant and Hill with confidence in their innovative curriculum that academic abilities, a true belief supports curiosity, exploration, in their worth as human beings, and leadership. But that’s not and the strategies necessary to all—Deerfield is a boarding meet the challenges of their new school community where the school and social settings. culture is strong, our sense of commitment to one another unwavering, and friendships last a lifetime. We hope you’ll join us!

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At Eagle Hill, we deliver a personalized education program to children who learn differently.

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PREP Open House: Sunday, October 4 FAIRFIELD PREP, a Jesuit, Catholic school of excellence, believes in educating the whole person. As a college preparatory school, Prep seeks to transform young boys into men of intellectual competence. That means a rigorous, hands-on education where our students learn both inside and outside of the classroom.

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As educators of a particular population of students, we are constantly studying and reviewing research about how var ious conditions affect students with learning differences. Before the COVID-19 pandemic upended our world along with everybody else’s, we had methods and strategies in place on our boarding school campus that worked wonderfully well w ith in-person classes, activities, and tutoring sessions.

At Forman, our COVID challenge was to keep our students learning successfully while they were at home. To achieve this goal, we had to recreate the whole Forman experience online.

The University of Kansas Center for Research and Learning has found that students with identif ied learning differences generally perform poorly in an online format. Additionally, they are less likely to engage fully in their academics in that setting and content retention goes down as well. And, as you would expect, the overall performance of these students in these settings falls off when compared to students without learning differences.

We knew, therefore, that this environment was not preferable for our students and we would have to adjust. We couldn’t just say “See you on Zoom!” It wouldn’t have worked.

Our first goal last spring was to make sure that our online classes were synchronous. We couldn’t just post reading and assignments for students to do on their own time and schedule. We also knew that we couldn’t expect the kids to engage with their screens all day long. We didn’t run all our classes back-to-back and we shortened the length of each class period.

Teachers posted demonstrations, short lectures, and interactive materials for students to complete on their own time and used the synchronous zoom sessions for discussions, debates, roundtables, and targeted reteaching. We knew that the frequent “live” sessions needed to be dynamic and interactive and they needed to, as much as possible, replicate the quality of an in-person class at Forman. We wanted students to feel that things were back to normal in a very abnormal world.

We a l s o p r o v i d e d m a n y opportunities outside of the online classes to engage with students.

We built in lots of faculty office hours and one-on-one online tutoring. For study hall, we created virtual dorm common rooms for students who like to study at night in groups with a teacher present.

We also created online rooms for students to drop into with a learning specialist as the monitor guiding them through work and assignments.

The third part of our approach was to offer a wide variety of non-academic activities that would keep our students connected to the faculty and the Forman community at large. We started each day with an online mindfulness session with some yoga and meditation as an opening exercise, a relaxed but formal beginning to the day. These same activities were offered in the afternoon as well as different types of athletic programming. We also provided many ways for students to interact with faculty and other students in pursuits such as baking bread, or virtual camping and board games.

Many of our students have had negative educational experiences in their younger years, mostly around specif ic teachers who d i d n ’t u n d e r s t a n d t h e m a s learners. We always maintain an inclusive, warm environment with teachers who are interested in and involved with students outside the classroom. Again, the necessity w a s to i nte nt i o n a l l y c r e ate something online that we know is good for the students and happens naturally on campus during the day and on weekends.

By the end of the year, we had received a lot of positive feedback

f r om st ude nt s a nd p a r e nt s , particularly from parents with other children attending school virtually. They reported that our virtual offerings, both academic and extra-curricular, were head and shoulders above what they saw elsewhere. We were glad to hear that but we also know that for our students nothing is as good, for them and for us, as having them here in person.

So while we met our goals last spring for remote learning, we knew we had to do everything in our power to open our campus to students for this fall semester.

While we studied the state’s guidelines, and while working with Yale Public Health and other health and medical professionals to develop our own policies and practices, we knew we would have to go above and beyond the basic recommendations for boarding schools.

We d e v e l o p e d o u r o w n approach to testing, quarantining, c a mpus access rest r ic t ions, c ont a c t t ra c i n g , a nd ot h e r pertinent issues because it is critical to our mission that the students be on campus and for us to stay up and running. We are testing much more than the state expects. We have developed a status model, based on flags of five different colors, so that we can monitor what is happening on campus in a nuanced way and see that everyone is following our guidelines, from wearing masks to practicing proper physical distancing. We are also monitoring COVID statistics in Litchf ield county. This system allows us to ease restrictions when it is safe to do so which is helpful when dealing with teenagers feeling a bit anxious and restrained.

So far, things are going well on our campus. We are serving our students in the best way possible during this pandemic while not sacrificing anything in regard to the safety and health of our entire school community. There have been additional costs but we are happy to bear them so that we can provide a supportive environment for students who learn differently and who want a return to normalcy just as much as everyone else.

Adam Man i s the Head of Forman School.

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October 12, 2020 Other schools may say they support learning differences. But no other school

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Forman is a traditional college preparatory boarding and day school with a mission to empower students with diagnosed learning differences to become self-confident learners.

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Emma Willard School

admissions@emmawillard.org 285 Pawling Ave, Troy, NY 12180 518-833-1320 www.emmawillard.org Established 1814 Madame Emma Hart Willard founded her school on the basis of providing girls with a first-class education that challenged, inspired, and enabled them to serve and shape their worlds. More than 200 years later, Emma Willard School proudly continues to carry on this mission.

Emma Willard School's curriculum allows girls to focus their future aspirations, and equips them with the interdisciplinary knowledge competitive colleges are looking for.

Our academic program offers more than 140 courses, including Advanced Placement options, where girls engage in discourse that brings context to high-level concepts and understanding of the world we live in. Personalized study programs enable girls to dive deep into a topic or field of their choosing, and gain hands-on experience.

Ethel Walker School

230 Bushy Hill Road Simsbury, CT 06070 admissions@ethelwalker.org ethelwalker.org/openhouse 234 Total Enrollment Boarding/Day: 60% / 40% Student/Teacher Ratio: 7:1 Faculty/Administrators with Advanced Degrees: 77% Established in 1911 Virtual Open Houses: October 12, November 9, December 7, 2020

The Ethel Walker School is an independent, allgirls college preparatory, boarding and day school in Simsbury, Connecticut. The Upper School is for boarding and day students in grades nine through 12 plus a postgraduate year. The Middle School is for day students in grades six through eight with boarding students in grades 7 and 8.

When girls first arrive at Walker’s, they fall in love with the all-girls environment, the beauty of our 175-acre campus and the power of learning in our

Independent School Guide | Page 5 | Greenwich Sentinel Our results speak for themselves: Not only do moved by the natural world and chose to locate his classrooms that elevates academic performance.

Walker’s is guided by the principle and pursuit of our graduates gain acceptance at the country's school on a hilltop above the Shepaug River Valley. integrity. We are a school where every aspect of a most prestigious colleges and universities, but Our campus is a ten-minute walk and five-minute girl’s life — academic, athletic, social, and well-being just as important, they leave Prep well prepared to drive from the 998-acre Steep Rock Preserve and the historic New England town where Mr. Gunn — comes together. Co-curriculars complement the succeed and excel.

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At Fairfield Prep, you are taught to think, to educator, outdoorsman, naturalist, and courageous At Greens Farms Academy (GFA) we empower engage, to speak and to debate. Jesuit education abolitionist who was a leader on the Underground students to do the hard, thrilling, essential work Railroad, established a school based on the belief goes beyond the classroom. Everyone at Prep is of shaping their own world, of building their own that strength of character was the goal of education. encouraged to discover what they are the most future.

Our 715 PreK–12 students come from 23 In doing so, he challenged the way people thought passionate about. towns in Fairfield and Westchester counties and about school.

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Simsbury, CT A vibrant, private, independent boarding and day school for girls in grades six through 12 plus postgraduate

At Walker’s, girls are thinkers and doers.

With the guidance of our exceptional faculty, our girls learn to think critically, experiment, improvise and take action. We place a strong emphasis on doing. We invite you to see for yourselves.

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Independent School Guide | Page 6 | Greenwich Sentinel ones, and the affection that the wider circle of the Groton family—alumni and parents—demonstrate in supporting the school. Groton produces capable and con dent graduates who are inspired to lead lives of significant accomplishment and service for the greater good.

Greenwich Academy

nhanlon@greenwichacademy.org 200 North Maple Avenue, Greenwich 203-625-8900 | greenwichacademy.org Established 1827 A leader in all-girls education, Greenwich Academy is an independent college preparatory day school for students in grades pre-K through 12. Its rigorous academic program empowers students to be creative, critical, inquisitive and resourceful in every aspect of their learning. The breadth of our liberal arts curriculum encourages girls of all ages to enthusiastically explore, interrogate, imagine, create and grow under the guidance of a dedicated and talented faculty. Underpinning everything we do is a firm commitment to helping girls develop compassion, moral courage, integrity and resilience, as embodied in our motto: ‘Toward the Building of Character’.

Rich co-curricular offerings enhance everyday learning at GA. Whether she’s writing for our award-winning literary magazine, working to cultivate new antibiotics, attending a conference on Kingian Non-Violence or fashioning a costume for a musical production, a GA girl has the opportunity to identify her interests and explore them fully.

The fine and performing arts are popular at every level, as are community service and social justice commitments. We are also proud of the strength of our athletic program, as well as the fact that girls of all skills levels can participate.

In GA’s Upper School, the Coordinate Program with our brother school, Brunswick, enables GA students to enroll in classes on both campuses and gives them access to a total of over 200 courses between the schools. Ultimately, coordination means that GA students have the benefits of a school that focuses on their development and needs as young women, but also exposes them to new classmates and coeducation in preparation for life beyond graduation.

Want to learn more? Visit our website: greenwichacademy.org/admission.

Hackley School

cclemente@hackleyschool.org 293 Benedict Avenue Tarrytown, NY 10591 914-366-2600 hackleyschool.org ‘Enter Here to Be and Find a Friend’. These words, which are carved over the school’s entrance, welcome and remind us of our commitment to one another. They are emblematic of our core values and they shape the experience of both students and adults on the Hilltop.

As a K-12 independent school on a single campus, we believe deeply in the importance of a diverse community: as learners, artists, athletes, and thinkers; as friends and peers; and as a school focused on developing personal character. At Hackley, students build lifelong relationships with one another and with faculty members, whether they enter in Lower, Middle, or Upper School.

Relationships lie at the heart of the school, enriching the educational experience, and ensuring that students “learn from the varying perspectives and backgrounds in our community and the world.”

From curricular to extracurricular offerings, our program supports our aspirational Portrait of a Graduate, a mission-driven articulation of the skills, habits, and mindsets that are developed through every aspect of a Hackley education. Hackley’s new strategic plan, Redefining Excellence: Learning Beyond Boundaries, is the vehicle that brings the Portrait of a Graduate to life. I encourage you to explore Redefining Excellence, which demonstrates the continued evolution of the school’s program with an unrelenting commitment to our core values.

Graduates have earned more than $130 million in academic, merit-based scholarships over the last five years.

Iona Preparatory was recently named the Tom Whelan Private School of the Year by LoHud Sports, with two wrestling state champions in Matt Kelly '20 and A.J. Kovacs '20, and Westchester County's top runner in Pedro Bravo '20. Varsity B basketball won the City Championship, while varsity soccer and indoor track were finalists. The latter also placed second at states, and varsity football enjoyed an unbeaten regular season title. Most impressively, our scholar-athletes had a cumulative GPA of 91.4 and 15 percent will play collegiately.

We have reopened with a plan that puts emphasis on in-seat instruction to maximize the cognitive and social-emotional benefits, while utilizing meticulously-crafted schedules that simultaneously allow for maximum physical distance in creating an exceptional educational environment with the lowest risk possible.

Kent School

admissions@kent-school.edu 1 Macedonia Rd, Kent, CT 06757 860-927-6111 http://www.kent-school.edu Students: 570 45% female, 55% male Teacher to Student Ratio: 1 to 7 Established 1906 Kent’s school motto is Simplicity of Life, Directness of Purpose, and Self-Reliance.

These values shape how we run the school and how we live our lives. They affect how we see the world and how we teach our students about it. They ground us in the important things like friends and family, hard work, and honesty. They remind us that spiritual understanding and growth, though sometimes difficult, are necessary to know oneself and to know one’s path.

admission@kingschoolct.org 1450 Newfield Avenue, Stamford, CT 06905 203- 322-3496 ext. 350 www.kingschoolct.org teccleston@thehill.org 717 East High Street, Pottstown, PA 19464 610-326-1000 | www.thehill.org Greenwich Country Day

admissions@gcds.net Greenwich, CT 06830 203-863-5610 | www.gcds.net Founded 1926 Greenwich Country Day School is a coeducational, college preparatory, independent school in Greenwich, CT, for nursery through 12th grade.

The mission of Greenwich Country Day School is to enable all children in their care to discover and to develop what is finest in themselves—to achieve the highest standards in their studies, in their play, and in their character.

The purposeful mission of academic excellence and character development is as relevant today as it was at the school’s founding in 1926. GCDS’s curriculum builds a solid background in the sciences and humanities while challenging students to develop critical knowledge and skills through inquiry, exploration, interdisciplinary studies and real-world applications. GCDS’s pedagogy and curricula seek to bring forward multiple perspectives, disciplines, and voices as a means to deepen learning and develop empathy—all to help GCDS students graduate as engaged, ethical global citizens. Important lessons are learned not only in the classroom, but also on the playing fields, in the art room, on stage and through extracurricular activities, such as the chess team, robotics club and student publications. An extensive community service program and numerous leadership opportunities teach students to turn their initiative and generosity into meaningful action. GCDS graduates are known as exceptionally well-prepared for success in higher education—and in life.

Groton School

jfunnell@groton.org 282 Farmers Row, Groton, MA 01450 978-448-7512 | www.groton.org Established 1884 Groton School Mission: To inspire lives of character, scholarship, leadership, and service within a diverse, inclusive, and close-knit community.

Consider the advantages of a small school with enormous opportunities. On Groton’s tight-knit campus—the Circle—you will know everyone, and you will be known. You will shape this community of peers and mentors, and you will be shaped by it.

You will be inspired by lifelong friends who are just as curious and motivated as you are.

The sense of belonging and togetherness is powerful. The commitment of one to another and of each to the whole is felt through the support teachers provide to students facing challenging material, the obligation older students feel to guide young

Students: 525 students Teacher to Student Ratio: 1 to 7 Founded: 1851 Founded in 1851 as The Family Boarding School, The Hill School prepares young men and women from across the country and around the world for college, careers, and life. Within a family school environment and a rigorous liberal arts curriculum, we challenge our young people to work hard; think and reason; be fulfilled; serve the common good; and be prepared to lead as citizens of the world, uniquely guided by our motto: “Whatsoever things are true.”

While The Hill’s historical liberal arts emphasis on literature, languages, history, the arts, religious studies, mathematics, and science remains essential, we must continue to complement our curriculum with new pedagogies that foster critical thinking and collaboration; infuse technology into many aspects of our teaching and learning strategies; and offer more career-specific programs for students.

Hotchkiss

11 Interlaken Road, Lakeville, CT 06039 (860) 435-3102 admission@hotchkiss.org www.hotchkiss.org The Hotchkiss School is an independent boarding school located in Lakeville, Connecticut.

Founded in 1891, the school provides an education of unsurpassed quality to 600 students in grades 9 through 12, and to a small number of postgraduates.

Students at Hotchkiss come from across the United States and 34 countries. Graduates attend many of the most selective universities and colleges.

IONA PREPARATORY SCHOOL K-12

Education for Higher Expectations One School, Two Campuses Lower School, 173 Stratton Road Upper School , 255 Wilmot Road, New Rochelle, N.Y. 10804 (914) 632-0714 ionaprep.org

Population of 1,014 young men (814 Upper School, 200 Lower School) Student/faculty ratio of 25:1 Westchester’s only all-boys, prekindergarten through 12th grade Catholic school has been preparing young men for success for more than 100 years. Rigorous academics with three levels of study, a personalized and comprehensive school counseling and college advisement program, unique Christian service and leadership opportunities locally, nationally and internationally, championship athletics and an array of activities provide students with the foundation for success in college and in life.

Total Enrollment: 695 52% boys 48% girls Average Class Size: 12 Teacher/Student Ratio: 1:6 Established 1865 King School prepares students to thrive in a rapidly changing world. What sets King apart is academic challenge, kindness, and personal growth are united within our unique community of engaged minds and meaningful connections. Guided by expert faculty, students take responsibility for their own learning as active learners in a studentcentered program that challenges students to achieve their personal best. Teachers make students feel known and safe enough to take risks in order to make discoveries.

We think deeply about our approach to teaching and learning and understand that relationships between students and teachers are at the core of academic excellence. Underpinning teachers’ deep understanding of each student is a comprehensive student learning profile, introduced in PreK and developed through senior year. This proprietary database captures learning strengths, challenges, and goals, and provides a window into a student’s social and emotional development.

The King community prioritizes kindness.

Our students thrive in a multicultural, diverse community and together we embrace our shared virtues of integrity, kindness, perseverance, and respect. Students emerge as their best selves as self-confident thought leaders who are able to analyze, synthesize, and communicate their knowledge in ways that demonstrate engagement and connection in the world community.

Lawrenceville School

admission@lawrenceville.org 2500 Main Street Lawrenceville, NJ 08648 800-735-2030; 609-895-2030 www.lawrenceville.org Established 1810 The Lawrenceville experience is over 200 years in the making, and core to that heritage is the value we place on our close, caring community. Young people encounter rigorous challenge in a highly supportive environment, and with this careful preparation, year after year, our talented graduates head out into the world with the confidence to thrive and the conviction to make a difference.

Loomis Chaffee School

admissions@loomis.org 4 Batchelder Road, Windsor, CT 06095 860.687.6400 loomischaffee.org Established 1874 Average class size: 12 4-6 student advisees for each faculty member

One of the nation’s preeminent boarding schools, Loomis Chaffee prepares smart and talented students to be civic-minded leaders, affect positive change, and make a life-long commitment to their best selves and the common good. Our students and faculty come from all over the world to form a tightknit community where individuality thrives; here you will be accepted and celebrated for who you are and who you want to become.

So, what are your interests? What do you want to learn more about? What problems do you want to solve?

Loomis students want to make a difference in the world, and they want to make it now! All our resources — curricular and extra-curricular programs, faculty, and facilities — will empower you to leverage your educational experience for the greater good. Among those resources are programs that include the Innovation Trimester (I-Tri), global & environmental studies certificate, and guided research projects in science and the humanities as well as three unique-to-Loomis interdisciplinary centers whose faculty will teach you how to identify problems worth solving, explore and evaluate potential solutions, and enact positive change in your local, national, and international communities.

Long Ridge School

jshettler@longridgeschool.org 478 Erskine Road, Stamford, CT 06903 203-322-7693 longridgeschool.org Established 1938 The Long Ridge School (LRS) is an independent school, age 2 to grade 5, on a spectacular campus tucked away in the North Stamford woods, just a mile from North Greenwich. Long Ridge is a small elementary school by design, where children stay children longer and thrive in an environment created specifically for them. Our teachers are themselves learners, constantly improving their practice to ensure gold standard academic programs with a modern, collaborative, problem-solving approach.

The Long Ridge School has a diverse and globally inclusive community, where children are known and valued as unique individuals and learning is an active, joyful experience. With excellent teachers and strong programs in math, literacy, science, music and the arts, Long Ridge graduates are actively recruited by the best area middle schools.

Learning at LRS is an active and joyful experience. We encourage children to explore, experience and investigate as part of the educational process. There is a diverse community of learners where children are respected as individuals with innate curiosity. We help children develop the skills, motivation and values to become successful students, responsible people and lifelong learners.

A hallmark of an LRS education is extending the learning experience outside to the organic garden, woods, athletic fields, nature trails and playgrounds.

From the moment you step onto our campus, you feel the warmth, rich diversity and joy that distinguish our school. We are a community of welcoming, passionate master teachers who understand the intellectual and emotional needs of early childhood, and partner with our parents to create the best, first educational experience possible.

Masters School

admission@mastersny.org 49 Clinton Ave, Dobbs Ferry, NY 10522 914-479-6420 | mastersny.org Established 1877 Faculty/student ratio: 1:8 The Masters School is a leading coeducational day and boarding school for grades 5-12 located on a beautiful 96-acre campus in Dobbs Ferry, New York. Masters begins its 143rd year with a diverse and talented student body of 675 upper and middle school students, representing 10 states and 26 countries. The School started the 20202021 academic year remotely and will phase into in-person instruction as soon as the School deems it safe to do so. Historically, Masters has provided private busing options for the greater Greenwich area and plans to do so when in-person instruction resumes.

At Masters, inclusion and diversity of thought are celebrated. Students are inspired to prepare thoroughly, participate daily, solve problems collaboratively, explore divergent ideas, and lead class discussions. In this way, they take an active role in and responsibility for their own learning.

Masters students develop outstanding skills and the confidence to write and speak with clarity and nuance.

Masters will have 137 boarding students this year; their presence, along with more than 60 faculty members who live on campus, results in a vibrant seven-day campus with a variety of enriching activities throughout the week and a faculty that is highly accessible to students. This provides both day and boarding students with the benefits typically associated with a full-time boarding school. In addition to an immersive sevenday boarding program, Masters also offers five-day boarding. Students in the five-day board program have the convenience of going home on weekends while receiving the benefits of a boarding education during the week: joining a tight-knit community, gaining independence and developing lifelong friendships.

Complementing its strong academics, Masters features a robust visual and performing arts program that is fully integrated into the curriculum and life of the School. Masters also fields 60 athletic teams. Whether a grade 6 student trying a sport for the first time or a nationally ranked squash player helping win the Division III National High School Championship, Masters supports all levels of play and competition.

The result is students who are empowered to realize their greatest potential across academic, athletic and artistic disciplines, and who emerge ready for success in college, career and life.

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Mead School

admissions@meadschool.org 1095 Riverbank Road, Stamford, CT 06903 203-595-9500 meadschool.org Founded in 1969, The Mead School serves infants, toddlers, and Pre-K to grade 8 students. Mead offers a nurturing, hands-on, experiential education beginning with the youngest of Early Childhood Center learners and, continuing on through 8th grade, a robust curriculum of academics and the arts.

Mead's student-teacher ratio of 6:1 allows faculty to provide a curriculum designed to encourage mastery across all academic subjects that engage students' senses and their passion for discovery and learning.

Instruction is based on cognitive and developmental research that shows that individualized, experiential learning provides the most rewarding education for children. Teachers consistently provide learning opportunities so that children are challenged academically, socially and emotionally.

Middlesex School

admissions@mxschool.edu 1400 Lowell Road, Concord, MA 01742 978-371-6524 www.mxschool.edu Founded in 1901, and located in one of this country’s most historic towns, Concord, Massachusetts, Middlesex aspires to help its students “find their promise” through immersion in a challenging academic program, inclusive cocurricular programs in arts and athletics, and a commitment to service. A skilled and caring faculty provides classroom inspiration and advising, establishing a culture where each student is known and valued. Thirty-five percent of students receive financial aid.

Millbrook School

131 Millbrook School Rd, Millbrook, NY 12545 845-677-8261 | www.millbrook.org Established 1931 Millbrook offers a rigorous college preparatory curriculum that integrates academics, service, athletics, arts, and leadership. A gifted faculty takes pride in knowing every student and seeks to promote in each one the intellectual, emotional

and physical growth that will lead to a life both individually satisfying and valuable to the greater society.

Students are encouraged to be curious, involved, and active learners. They not only acquire knowledge of their subject matter, but also learn to read critically, write clearly, speak persuasively, think independently, and collaborate effectively. Students graduate from Millbrook prepared to succeed at the most ambitious colleges and universities.

Milton Academy

admission@milton.edu 170 Centre Street, Milton, Mass 617-898-2227 | www.milton.edu Established 1798 Milton Academy is an independent college preparatory K-12 school, boarding and day in grades 9-12. Now in its third century, Milton develops confident, creative, and independent thinkers. In an intimate, friendly setting, dedicated faculty give students the structure to learn and the support to take risks. Aware that every encounter affects a young person’s development, Milton faculty surround students with opportunities for intellectual and personal growth—in and out of class. Inspired by their teachers and classmates, Milton students probe new areas of interest and maximize their strengths.

Located eight miles south of Boston, Massachusetts, Milton’s 125-acre campus combines traditional brick and ivy buildings, and lots of green space, with cutting edge facilities—in science and performing arts.

FOCUSED ON THE FUTURE Greenwich Academy is an independent college-preparatory day school for girls in pre-kindergarten through 12.

Miss Hall’s School

info@misshalls.org 492 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA. 01201 413-499-1300 | www.misshalls.org Founded in 1898, Miss Hall’s School was one of the first all-girls boarding schools established in New England. Today the School is a nationally recognized, boarding and day independent secondary school that combines an exceptional college-preparatory curriculum with two acclaimed leadership programs, the Girls’ Leadership Project (GLP) and Horizons. Both programs are central to our belief that, in addition to outstanding academic preparation, girls need additional skills that allow them to step confidently into the real world, where they will be expected to communicate effectively and authentically, voice opinions with resolve and respect, and be comfortable having influence, leading change, and contributing boldly and creatively to the common good. The GLP is the ongoing exploration of what best helps girls become powerful, undeterred agents of their own futures.

Horizons is Miss Hall’s experiential, servicelearning and internship program.

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2020-2021 INDEPENDENT SCHOOL GUIDE

Will It Ever Be The Same? I Hope Not!

By Jack Creeden Now that schools are open for the fall, students, faculty, and parents have direct experience with the realities of the COVID-19 environment. All the discussions and planning we engaged in this summer were highly theoretical.

But there are students in the hallways and in classrooms today, and none of it is theoretical any longer.

We all did careful scenario planning based on a set of assumptions that were valid in August. Most of those assumptions are still in place, but if we have learned anything

students. I have watched master teachers deliver on that claim, but believe that most us who teach struggle to push the most advanced students forward while simultaneously making sure the least prepared do not fall behind.

The temptation to regress to the mean because that is where one f inds most of the class is understandable. Of fering the advanced students extra work is not the same as having them do advanced work, but that often happens to the best and brightest in the classroom setting.

Let’s be frank. Online learning is designed for differentiated learning. Students can progress at their own speed, do not get distracted in a class discussion by students who have yet to master a concept, and are rewarded by being introduced to a more advanced level of study. Online learning, guided by a teacher, truly dif ferentiates learning.

And now that we have multiple examples of this, who would want to go back to the old way of doing things? Why not combine

since last March when COVID-19 altered all of our lives, we now know the virus sets the schedule and the only thing we can be assured of is that change will occur.

So we school leaders will follow our scenarios, dutifully mon itor t he lo c a l a nd st ate numbers, confidently take the vaccine, and eventually f ind ourselves on the other side of this pandemic. When and how that will work out is yet to be determined.

But will the world of education return to the normal we knew before COVID-19? I hope not!

The pandemic has forced us, and in an odd way educated us about the value of thinking about teaching and learning in different ways. We discovered that not all classroom learning is the best, and in some cases, clearly deficient to some online learning methodologies.

In the best public and independent schools, we proudly cla i m to of fer d if ferentiated learning in a classroom full of

c l a s s r o o m wo rk w i t h s o m e online learning to best serve all students?

On those first few days when we reopened, I cannot tell you how many children I saw get out of cars or off the bus and run into school, in spite of admonitions from teachers to “Walk, please!”

The joyful noise in school the first few weeks was testimony to the value students place in the socialization process of schools.

Students were happy to be with their friends and teachers. They missed the interactions in class, on the playground, and while eating lunch together.

Our responsibility as teachers is to nurture literacy and numeracy skills. No one disagrees w ith that. Unfortunately, we have built an education system around measuring those capabilities af ter completing a battery of standardized test scores, culminating in the much sought after Early Admission to the college of your choice. And the highly competitive, sadly r eput at ion a l- d r ive n c ol le ge

process devolved to its lowest level as we saw in The Varsity Blues scandal. But tests scores are still the coin of the admission realm.

What we do not have is a measure of the social-emotional development of students along the K-12 continuum. Last spring, we learned that it is challenging to promote social-emotional growth in the online environment. For social-emotional learning, inperson trumps instruction conducted in cyberspace. The value of building relationships, interacting across groups and topics, and responding to inquiries is extremely difficult online.

So on the other side of the pandem ic, w ill we pay more attention to the “second curriculum,” the social-emotional, as opposed to the obsession with ERB, SAT and AP scores?

O ne c a n hop e t hat w it h t he increased number of colleges and universities allowing students to apply w ithout subm itting tests scores, there is a chance

for change. In taking this action, the undergraduate colleges are acknowledging that there are significantly capable students in the admission pools who may not test well but should be seriously considered for admission. So there is hope for the future.

The lessons learned from COVID-19 will continue to point us in new directions. We will take the best from online learning and use it to enhance classroom instruction. Our classes should be and will be different from pre-COVID instruction. We have the opportunity to truly deliver on student-centered learning, sharply differentiated, and not driven by a series of standardized metrics. It may be a long fall and winter as COVID-19 lingers, but as always, spring holds boundless opp or t u n it y for g row t h a nd change in how we teach and learn.

Jack Creeden is the Head of School at Whitby School.

Education Options Are Incredibly Broad For your children, here is a selection listings from the top independent schools in our area.

CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS SECTION Miss Porter’s School admission@missporters.org 60 Main St, Farmington, CT 06032 860-409-3530 porters.org Established 1843 Miss Porter’s is for smart, strong, and creative girls who want to become young women who are prepared to lead with conviction and courage. When you graduate from Porter’s, you will join a worldwide network of accomplished women who are fulfilling the school’s mission statement, “We expect our graduates to shape a changing world.” You will be part of a fabric of relationships that will benefit you personally and professionally throughout your life.

If you are ready to be inspired by supportive classmates and dedicated faculty who encourage you on a daily basis to be your best self, please take a few minutes to fill out our online inquiry form. We are happy to mail you our admission materials, and we invite you to contact us to set up an appointment for your campus visit and interview. It is our privilege to share with visitors how Porter’s has been a leader in girls’ education since 1843. We’re eager to meet you in person and look forward to welcoming you to our Farmington campus and having you join our legacy of learning.

Phillips Exeter Academy admit@exeter.edu 20 Main St, Exeter, NH 03833 603-777-4311 exeter.edu Phillips Exeter Academy is a co-educational residential school founded in 1781 and serving 1000 students in grades 9 through 12, and post-graduate level.

Founded in 1781 by John Phillips, Exeter has a tradition of academic excellence, a distinguished faculty, and a long history of educating young people to find their place in the world.

Riverside School of Music learnstrings@aol.com riversideschoolofmusic.org 401 E Putnam Ave, Cos Cob, CT 06807 203-661-9501 The Riverside School of Music is a unique cooperative of exceptional string and piano teachers. The Riverside School of Music currently offers in-person and online lessons.

Rumsey Hall School admissions@rumseyhall.org 201 Romford Road, Washington, CT 06794 860-868-0535 rumseyhall.org Rumsey Hall is for the curious and the bold— the forward-movers—who seek honesty, kindness, and respect in all they do. Children in our coeducational junior boarding and day school for grades K-9 are valued and celebrated for their unique gifts, learning styles, and innate character.

Founded in 1900, we honor tradition; subsequently, we challenge ourselves and our students to grow without limit from the foundation of our deeplyrooted history. Our students serve each other and their community, find the courage to be themselves, and enjoy the intangible benefits of long lasting friendship and connection.

With effort as our main criterion for success, teachers and leaders see children as a ‘whole person’: a mind to fuel with proven and innovative academic instruction; a body to train with outdoor recreation and seasoned, competitive athletic

program; a creative spirit to nurture through music, the arts, and innovation challenges and, a unique personality entitled to feelings, likes and dislikes who can both understand others and be understood. Our students—from the wonderfilled “Kindie” exploring Shepaug’s teeming oncampus riverbed to the “VIIth Former” (9th grader) confidently addressing the student body on the topic of DEIJ (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice)—are given the space to expand, fail, rebound, and THRIVE. The Rumsey community provides students with a broad base of support, giving students the assurance that they need to embrace new challenges. Bolstered by a dedicated network of teachers and family supporting them, Rumsey graduates go on to the secondary school realm equipped for success. From there, they go on to better the world!

Located in Washington, in the Litchfield Hills of Northwest Connecticut, our vibrant campus bustles with the energy of 309 students learning and living in 32 gleaming-white buildings on 231 acres along the scenic Bantam River. The artistswithin find a place to beam creativity out in our fine arts and performing arts centers. Children from all over the globe find a sense of home—of family—in our nine dormitories. Athletes of all levels discover the benefits of perseverance and ambition in our seven athletic fields, two gymnasiums, hockey rink, indoor crew tanks/facility, and three indoor and three outdoor tennis courts.

RYE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL

Rye Country Day School CORE VALUES admissions@ryecountryday.org R ESPECT AND RESPONSIBILITY 3 Cedar Street, Rye, NY 10580 C OMMITMENT TO 914-967-1417 PERSONAL AND ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE CAMPUS & ryecountryday.org

EXPERIENCE

Providing Pre-K – Grade 12 students with an excellent education delivered in person or online. $2.5+ million invested in leading-edge technology for hybrid-flex learning, safety equipment, and facilities updates.

LOCATION

The 26-acre campus features state-of-the-art academic, athletic, and creative facilities and is conveniently accessible by train and car. Students and faculty commute from Fairfield and Westchester counties and New York City.

Founded 1869

D IVERSITY WITHIN AN

INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY

S ERVICE

Rye Country Day School is a co-educational, college preparatory school for students in PreKindergarten through Grade 12. Dedicated to COMMUNITY providing an excellent education both in-person 900+ students school representing 40+RCDS anddistricts online, offers a challenging program that from NY and CT. 8:1 student/faculty ratio stimulates individuals to achieve their maximum potential through academic, athletic, creative, and ADMISSIONS INFORMATION social endeavors.

The School is deeply committed to SUNDAY, 10/18: Lower School (Pre-K – Grade 4) SUNDAY, 10/25: Middle School (Grades 5 – 8) inclusion, and it promotes moral responsibility and SUNDAY, 11/1: Upper School (Grades 9 – 12) strength of character within a respectful, diverse, RYECOUNTRYDAY.ORG/ADMISSIONS and nurturing school community. Rye Country Day fosters empathy, adaptability, and a lifelong passion for learning in an evolving world. Since its founding, the School has been guided by the motto ‘Not for Self, but for Service’, which stresses the core belief in the potential of each student to have a positive, lasting impact on their community and the world at large.

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Sacred Heart Greenwich admission@cshct.org 1177 King Street, Greenwich, CT 06831 203.531.6500 shgreenwich.org Student-Teacher Ratio 6:1

Founded in 1848, Sacred Heart Greenwich is an independent, college preparatory day school for girls from kindergarten through 12th grade with its co-ed Barat Center for Early Childhood Education.

As an ethics-based, international school, Sacred Heart Greenwich brings the world to each student.

It offers an unparalleled academic program that exceeds the needs of the 21st-century learner. The program supports family values, honors tradition,

and values all faiths. Sacred Heart provides an educational program to inspire young women to become global leaders.

True to its international heritage, Sacred Heart Greenwich welcomes students of all backgrounds and faiths. The international exchange program strengthens cultural and world language interests and provides opportunities for personal growth.

Renowned for its rigorous academics, the school offers many curricular innovations and awardwinning programs in science research and STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and math).

Graduates attend top colleges and universities, and become leaders with broad intellectual and spiritual horizons.

Technology is integrated into all academic disciplines at all grade levels. Students learn to code and engage in advanced academic courses facilitated by the Online School for Girls and SophieConnect. The 29,000-square-foot science center has fully equipped laboratories for all three divisions. An outdoor observatory features a computerized, college-level telescope.

Sacred Heart Greenwich has enhanced its competitive team sports with a new 35,600-sq-ft athletic center that expands the school’s facilities for training, practice and competition. The school’s athletic teams compete in leagues in Westchester and Fairfield counties and throughout New England.

A well-rounded approach to women’s sports and fitness begins in the early grades where it FOUNDED focuses on physical fitness, wellness and age1869 collaborative activities before moving appropriate Not for Self, into sports in Middle and Upper School. butcompetitive for Service.

- School motto

COLLEGE MATRICULATION The most popular matriculation choices for RCDS students 2016-2020 (number of students attending in parentheses):

Cornell University (34) University of Pennsylvania (27) Harvard University (19) New York University (17) Vanderbilt University (14) Brown University (13) Duke University (13) Georgetown University (13) University of Michigan (13) Washington University in St. Louis (13) Northwestern University (12) University of Chicago (11) Bucknell University (10) Colgate University (10) University of Southern California (10) Wake Forest University (10) Yale University (9) Dartmouth College (8) Columbia University (7)

Salisbury School admissions@salisburyschool.org 251 Canaan Rd, Salisbury, CT 06068 860-435-5730 salisburyschool.org

Established 1901

Founded by George Quaile in 1901, Salisbury School provides boys with an educational environment that is uncomplicated, and focused on core values and high standards.

The school currently serves the needs of over 300 boys from all over the country and the world.

We are a school that recognizes and works with a young man’s academic and developmental needs.

We educate young men by inspiring in each student an enthusiasm for learning and the self-confidence needed for intellectual, spiritual, physical, and moral development. We want every boy to achieve, and to have fun doing it.

St. George’s School admission@stgeorges.edu 372 Purgatory Road, Middletown, RI, 02842 401-847-7565 | stgeorges.edu Established 1896

St. George’s is an independent, coeducational boarding and day school offering a comprehensive college-preparatory program to students in grades 9-12.

St. Luke's School admissions@stlukesct.org 377 North Wilton Road, New Canaan, CT 06840 203-424-2989 | stlukesct.org St. Luke’s School is a secular private school in New Canaan, CT for grades 5 through 12 serving 25 towns in Connecticut and New York. Our exceptional academics and diverse co-educational community foster students’ intellectual and ethical development and prepare them for top colleges. St. Luke’s Center for Leadership builds the commitment to serve and the confidence to lead.

St. Paul's School admission@sps.edu 325 Pleasant Street, Concord, NH 03301 603-229-4600 sps.edu Open House: Please call to schedule a visit Students: 545 Teacher to Student Ratio: 1 to 5 Established in 1856

Set on a beautiful, 2,000-acre campus and enrolling students from diverse backgrounds, St. Paul’s is a coeducational, college-prep, boarding school in the Episcopal tradition. The curriculum emphasizes critical thinking, written and spoken communication, leadership, service, and analysis.

Located within New Hampshire's capital city, St. Paul's is one of a few U.S. schools that remains fully boarding, both for students and faculty. SPS is committed to the three essential elements of adolescent development – mind, body, and spirit.

Students encounter rigorous academics and the highest levels of college preparation. An expansive athletic center, two climbing walls, two indoor hockey rinks, two boathouses, and a 2,000-meter rowing course speak to the School’s emphasis on sports and fitness. The Episcopal tradition supports students of every faith, encouraging open discussion of spirituality in the modern world.

Close adult-student relationships are at the core of SPS community life, with its emphasis on personal responsibility and service. More than $11.5 million in financial aid is awarded annually to support 38 percent of its students.

Suffield Academy saadmit@suffieldacademy.org 185 North Main Street, Suffield, CT 06078 860-386-4400 suffieldacademy.org Suffield Academy is a co-ed independent boarding school with a total enrollment of 415 students grades 9-12 (and a Post-Graduate program).

Suffield Academy is a school with rich traditions, an emphasis on community, and a commitment to innovation. Suffield Academy’s greatest strength is its clarity of purpose. Our focus is on the distance each student travels here, and on providing an environment blending rigor, structure, and encouragement. e academic program rests on the belief that each student is unique.

Suffield Academy’s mission includes readying students for success at the next level and beyond.

The school provides comprehensive and effective college counseling marked by individual attention and extensive services. In 2002, Suffield embarked on an ambitious project to bring formal leadership studies to the academic program. The program aims to develop human beings with integrity who wish to make a significant and positive impact on our society. It begins with a focus on personal mastery skills, moves to an emphasis on community service e orts, and culminates in practical experience for all seniors. The athletic program at Suffield Academy has a long and storied tradition, and it is deeply

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Open minds.

Courageous thinking.

Build an educational foundation of self-discovery, creativity, and student-centered learning.

We set a better standard for education so King students are unstoppable.

Virtual Open House PreK-Grade 11: Nov 8

Learn more: kingschoolct.org

OUR DOORS TO LEARNING ARE ALWAYS OPEN

Learning at Masters has always transcended the walls of the classroom.

Masters students find their own voices, and emerge prepared for college, career and life.

LEARN MORE Register for an online Q&A session: Middle School (Gr 5-8) October 6, 4:00 PM November 10, 7:00 PM Upper School (Gr 9-12) October 8, 4:00 PM November 12, 7:00 PM Register for Open House October 24, 10:00 AM

49 Clinton Ave., Dobbs Ferry, NY | mastersny.org | 914-479-6420 | Coed, Grades 5-12. Day, 5- and 7-day boarding

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2020-2021 INDEPENDENT SCHOOL GUIDE rooted in our school’s mission – to provide each student an opportunity to cultivate talents and explore new interests in a structured, supportive setting. Additionally, Suffield Academy offers robust programs in music, theater, and dance. Students have the ability to be involved in both athletics and the arts.

At Suffield Academy, you will learn in and out of the classroom, on and off campus. Each student is a key ingredient in the school’s success.

Taft School admissions@taftschool.org 110 Woodbury Road, Watertown, CT 06795 860-945-7700 | taftschool.org

COMMITTED TO EXPERIENTIAL, STUDENT-LED LEARNING IN EVERY SUBJECT IN EVERY GRADE

VIRTUAL OPEN HOUSE Thursday, October 15 5:30pm An independent Infant to Grade 8 school, offering a progressive learning environment that sets the foundations for Learning That Lasts.

visit www.meadschool.org to register

Established 1890 Teacher-student ratio 1:5 Living where they learn, academically talented students from all over the world are guided by an extraordinary faculty on a 226-acre campus in Western Connecticut. With the motto “Not to be served but to serve” as a moral foundation, Taft graduates matriculate at our nation’s leading colleges and universities.

measures that are compatible with the health and safety demands associated with COVID-19.

Schedule a virtual visit session — we look forward to meeting you!

Waterside School admission@watersideschool.org 770 Pacific St., Stamford, CT 06902 203-975-8579 | watersideschool.org Founded in 2001 Student/teacher ratio of 10/1

The Waterside School is Junior K to 5th grade independent school whose mission is to provide children, particularly those too often underserved, access to opportunities for educational and personal excellence. The School is blessed with dynamic leadership, a talented teaching faculty, a socioeconomically diverse student body, an involved parent body and the generous support of the greater community. In the culture that is Waterside, one both singular and inspiring, the promise of every child is respected and honored and all that are a part of the School are challenged to strive to the highest academic and personal standards.

Waterside is a place of hard work, clear purpose and lofty ambition. It is a school dedicated to ensuring that talent, effort and opportunity alone shape futures and dreams. The children of Waterside are working to exceed the most rigorous testing standards; they are trumping the litany of excuses too frequently offered; they are discarding the imposed expectations that belittle and diminish; they are readying themselves for the challenges, obstacles, and opportunities that await; and, in every way, they are on a direct path to becoming con dent, competent and successful young, men and women.

WORLD-CLASS ACADEMICS DELIVERED WITH

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In such challenging times, we cannot think of a stronger argument for the relevance of a dynamic, personalized, and transformative educational experience in the lives of adolescents who are preparing to successfully navigate the demands of an ever-changing world.

Learning happens best when it happens in community. While this is true of all learning, it is particularly true in the case of Trinity-Pawling School, where the relationships between the students and faculty and the availability of extra help are catalysts to the learning and growth processes. Through creativity and collaboration, we have developed a safe, adaptable environment that allows our students to return to campus life in

Westminster School, located in Simsbury, CT, enjoys a reputation as one of the finest collegepreparatory schools in the country. The challenging academic program, grounded in the liberal arts tradition, prepares students in grades 9-12 and postgraduates for academic success and the rigors of college while cultivating a lifelong love of learning.

Westminster School is a diverse, close-knit community of 95 faculty and 390 students (70 percent boarding, 30 percent day students) from across the country and around the world. Nearly one-third of the students receive financial aid from the $5.1 million awarded each year.

On its 200-acre campus located on Williams Hill, Westminster School is a place where scholarship, citizenship, sportsmanship and leadership thrive.

RUMSEY HALL SCHOOL RUMSEY HALL SCHOOL

For the curious & the bold

THE FORWARD-MOVERS

who seek honesty, kindness, and respect in all they do.

Enrolling (awesome!) K-9 day and boarding students year-round at rumseyhall.org.

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RYE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL EXPERIENCE Providing Pre-K – Grade 12 students with an excellent education delivered in person or online. $2.5+ million invested in leading-edge technology for hybrid-flex learning, safety equipment, and facilities updates.

CORE VALUES

FOUNDED

1869

Not for Self, but for Service.

- School motto

R ESPECT AND

RESPONSIBILITY

C OMMITMENT TO CAMPUS & LOCATION The 26-acre campus features state-of-the-art academic, athletic, and creative facilities and is conveniently accessible by train and car. Students and faculty commute from Fairfield and Westchester counties and New York City.

COMMUNITY 900+ students representing 40+ school districts from NY and CT. 8:1 student/faculty ratio

ADMISSIONS INFORMATION Join us for a virtual admissions open house

SUNDAY, 10/18: Lower School (Pre-K – Grade 4) SUNDAY, 10/25: Middle School (Grades 5 – 8) SUNDAY, 11/1: Upper School (Grades 9 – 12) Register and apply online at

RYECOUNTRYDAY.ORG/ADMISSIONS

PERSONAL AND ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE

D IVERSITY WITHIN AN

INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY

S ERVICE

COLLEGE MATRICULATION The most popular matriculation choices for RCDS students 2016-2020 (number of students attending in parentheses):

Cornell University (34) University of Pennsylvania (27) Harvard University (19) New York University (17) Vanderbilt University (14) Brown University (13) Duke University (13) Georgetown University (13) University of Michigan (13) Washington University in St. Louis (13) Northwestern University (12) University of Chicago (11) Bucknell University (10) Colgate University (10) University of Southern California (10) Wake Forest University (10) Yale University (9) Dartmouth College (8) Columbia University (7)

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Schedule your visit at www.sps.edu

St. Paul’s School Concord, New Hampshire

NURTURING GOOD STUDENT GOOD PERSON CHILD THE

AND THE

IN EACH

AGE 2 THROUGH GRADE 5

• Small class sizes; low ratios; excellent teachers • Inquiry based; experiential learning • Spectacular wooded campus in North Stamford • Theme immersion; interdisciplinary approach • Gold-standard academic programs in math, literacy, science, music and the arts • An active and joyful learning experience

CONTACT US FOR A TOUR!

478 ERSKINE ROAD, STAMFORD, CT 06903 203.322.7693 I WWW.LONGRIDGESCHOOL.ORG

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WORLD-CLASS ACADEMICS DELIVERED WITH

600

students from 45 countries and 31 states

226-acre

campus including an 18-hole golf course

heart 200

More than acedemic courses

and 30 AP subjects

At Whitby, there is no ceiling on learning.

Each student is challenged to achieve their personal best, helping them to define success on their own terms.

Come see for yourself.

Fall Virtual Admissions Events Early Childhood Exploration Middle School Exploration

October 8 at 9:30 a.m.

October 22 at 9:30 a.m.

All School Open House All School Open House

October 24 at 1:00 p.m.

November 12 at 9:30 a.m.

whitbyschool.org/thinkwhitbyregister Co-ed Independent School Whitby Montessori Children’s House | 18 mos – Kindergarten International Baccalaureate | Grades 1 – 8 969 Lake Avenue, Greenwich CT 203.302.3900 | whitbyschool.org

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Trinity-Pawling School Boarding and Day for Boys - Grades 7-12 / Postgraduate

Schedule a virtual visit today!

Email admissions@trinitypawling.org or call 845-855-4825

Westover admission@westoverschool.org 1237 Whittemore Road, Middlebury, Connecticut 06762 203-577-4521 | westoverschool.org Established 1909

A boarding and day school for girls in grades 9-12, Westover is large enough to offer a deep and broad academic program while small enough to be certain every girl’s voice is heard.

Whitby School admissions@whitbyschool.org 969 Lake Avenue, Greenwich, CT 06831 203-869-8464 | whitbyschool.org Established 1958 Low student-teacher ratio

To educate and instill a value system that prepares young men to be contributing members of society amidst the challenges of an ever-changing world — it’s our mission!

Whitby School is a co-ed independent school serving students 18 months to grade 8 throughout Westchester and Fairfield Counties. Whitby School was founded 60 years ago on the principle that each child must be seen, valued and understood for achievement to happen, with heart. Our school has come a long way since then, but that core belief is still what drives us every day. Is your standard for education as high as ours? Come say hello.

Whitby's student-centered learning style cultivates students' curiosities and turns new knowledge into new passions. Teachers empower students to see "big picture" by making connections to different subject areas and providing plenty of opportunities to apply their knowledge to real-world situations.

The way we empower our learners evolves and builds as children grow with our program. That could mean your 2-year-old preparing a snack for their peers, your 5-year-old writing and delivering a speech at their kindergarten graduation, your 4th grader advocating in the local community for sustainable energy, or your 8th grader working to end generational poverty in the Dominican Republic. Best of all, each child is individually known and seen — which means our teachers will ignite your child's interests while challenging them to reach their full potential along the way.

Winston Preparatory School 126 W 17th St, New York, NY 10011 646-638-2705 | winstonprep.edu At Winston Preparatory School, we view each student as a unique individual learner who has potential and is Able to Learn. It is also important that our work is grounded in research regarding how people learn and the learning differences that cause students to struggle. We begin our understanding by looking through a neuropsychological lens based on decades of research on learning and cognition. This is just the first step. It is important that we understand both who our students are as learners, as well as who they are as people. WPS students have some notable gifts, and our individual approach allows us to explore and develop these gifts. Everything we do is based on this in-depth understanding of each individual student.

Winston Preparatory School is an innovative day school for students, grades 4-12, with learning differences such as dyslexia, nonverbal learning disabilities, and executive functioning difficulties. We do this through a process that understands each student, individualizes a program to meet their needs and that builds a powerful sense of community. We call this process the Continuous Feedback System. This system is designed to deeply understand each student's specific learning profile including their strengths and potential.

This educational experience could make all the difference in your son’s future.

Learn more about the benefits of a Trinity-Pawling education at www.trinitypawling.org

To request a school for inclusion in the Greenwich Sentinel Annual Independent School Guide, contact Peter@GreenwichSentinel.com.

At Westminster School, students develop grit and grace in a setting that offers some of the finest facilities in American private schooling. For information about upcoming virtual events or tours, please call (860) 408-3060 or visit us online at westminster-school.org/admissions/events.

Co-ed | Boarding & Day | Grades 9-12 | 200-acre campus | Founded 1888 Simsbury, Connecticut | www.westminster-school.org | (860) 408-3060 Westminster School does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religious creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry and/or disability.

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