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At JCHS, we encourage students to take healthy risks, cultivate new and existing passions, and become the best version of themselves. Our academic and extracurricular programs have been designed to inspire students to stretch their capacities inside and beyond the classroom. The JCHS community is small by design, allowing us to embrace each student's distinct strengths and provide the kind of attention that helps each student to thrive. Our remarkable educators affirm, encourage, and challenge all students to integrate varied perspectives and sources of wisdom. At JCHS, we celebrate our students' diverse backgrounds and teach students how to engage others in respectful …
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Jesuit High School is a non-profit, Catholic, college-preparatory school for boys in grades 8-12 that serves students of all religious faiths. It is located in Mid-City New Orleans on Carrollton Avenue between Palmyra and Banks Streets. Jesuit's curriculum is structured to develop disciplined habits, stimulate critical thinking, and develop the skills necessary to express that thinking. The school strives to instill five characteristics in its students. The goal is to educate our young men to be open to growth, intellectually competent, religious, loving, and committed to doing justice. The Jesuit approach to education is based on nearly five hundred years of excellen…
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Jesuit High School, located in Portland, Oregon, was founded in 1956 by the Society of Jesus and is part of a 450-year Jesuit educational tradition. Jesuit High School is a non-profit, coeducational college-preparatory school for grades 9-12 that serves students of all religious faiths. Jesuit's curriculum is founded on the educational philosophy of Jesuit founder, St. Ignatius of Loyola. It takes a holistic view of adolescent education, including nurturing the spiritual, physical, emotional, intellectual, and aesthetic gifts each student brings to campus. Jesuit hopes to accomplish this development by demonstrating a personal concern for individuals, and articulate wis…
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More than anything else, Jackson Prep is a school that passionately pursues academic excellence…it is what we do best. With your first step on our campus, you will sense something different about Jackson Prep. Our students demonstrate it. Our parents support it. Our faculty and staff instill it. Our alumni testify to it. It is an expectation of excellence in all that we do. Over the years, this expectation has developed into a tradition unmatched by any other school in the state. Jackson Prep is unique because students come from elementary and junior high schools throughout the greater Jackson area. When you consider the variety of individuals who compose Jackson Prep, …
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Nearly 475 years ago, St. Ignatius of Loyola founded the Society of Jesus, a community of Jesuit priests. He dedicated his life and the Jesuits' work to Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam, "For the Greater Glory of God." This dedication and vision of St. Ignatius continues to live on today in the students and community at Jesuit High School. Firmly rooted in Jesuit ideals and Catholic educational tradition, Jesuit provides a dynamic environment for academic, spiritual, and social growth. For nearly 50 years, Jesuit High School has challenged students with a rigorous academic program in the classical, Jesuit tradition. Today, that tradition continues through a comprehensive study of…
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Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas (Jesuit Dallas) was founded in 1942 as a private Catholic institution for young men under the Society of Jesus's direction. Located on a 27-acre campus in North Dallas, the School provides a rigorous student-centered Jesuit education to approximately 1,100 students in grades 9-12 with a 9:1 student-teacher ratio. The faculty totals over 125 professionals consisting of Jesuit priests and laymen and women. Currently, 59% of the staff holds an advanced degree. During the 2016-17 academic year, Jesuit Dallas granted more than $1.9 million in financial assistance to 23% of the student body. Jesuit Dallas students' average SAT score…
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Founded in 1928, Highland marks a long history of educational excellence. Our founders knew that a premier education would be active and bring together academics, the arts, and athletics. They also believed that Highland and its students should connect with the community we serve – that a real sense of responsibility to a larger cause must be ingrained in every Highland graduate. Experience is the best teacher. At Highland, we combine the best of traditional and non-traditional methods to create an active and diverse learning environment where discoveries in the classroom comes to life through hands-on activities. Highland School is a Pre-K to Grade 12 independent s…
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Highland Academy is a Seventh-day Adventist boarding school offering quality education to grades 9-12 in a rural setting about 40 minutes north of Nashville. Its forerunner was the Fountain Head Rural School which was established on this property in 1907. Until 1945, it was operated as a self-supporting institution, a school and a hospital. Since 1945 the academy has been owned and operated by the Kentucky-Tennessee Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. The school campus consists of approximately 400 acres located in a rural area. Included in the school buildings are a classroom/administration facility, boys’ dormitory, girls’ dormitory with the cafeteria on the grou…
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The unique character of every independent School is rooted in its institutional mission. It is Heritage Hall's mission to inspire in our students the curiosity to learn, the self-confidence to lead, and the compassion to serve. The School's motto – TO LEARN • TO LEAD • TO SERVE – is embedded in this mission statement and exemplified in every Heritage Hall student, teacher, and administrator. Beyond skillful parenting, few investments contribute substantially to your child's future as quality education. In the most real sense, we are in the business of building futures with a challenging curriculum that places as much value on the qualities of intellect, character, and c…
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Hebron Academy was established in 1804 and is a school community with long-standing traditions, celebrations, and school pride. It is also a school community inspired by making memories and being innovative with teaching and learning. Thank you for visiting our website, and hope you will plan to visit our campus soon and discover firsthand the great value of the Hebron experience. At Hebron, we strive always to consider what is best for our students and our community. We continually adapt our teaching and innovate our programs to present the best and most unique personalized educational experience for each of our students. Hebron Academy is among the nation's oldest …
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The Hebrew Academy Orange County, where our Preschool through grade twelve students develop a deep love of learning in both General and Judaic studies. Our dedicated staff, teachers, and warm, welcoming community help provide a nurturing yet challenging environment that encourages all students to reach their full potential to act as self-confident, responsible citizens with a strong connection to Israel, Judaism, and the community. Since 1969, The Hebrew Academy of Orange County has provided a full spectrum of academic and preparatory educational opportunities supported by a strong, values-based Judaic Studies program. We provide: Infant care and Preschool …
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HAFTR High School offers a warm, Torah-rich, student-centered environment where students enjoy a dual curriculum of intensive Judaic studies and rigorous academics in the humanities and sciences. A carefully developed, challenging course of study is designed to foster creative and independent thought and facilitate students' success in the finest yeshivot and universities. Our wide array of extracurricular activities and clubs gives students numerous opportunities to engage and excel in community service, cultural arts, athletics, student government, religious and political activism, and academic competition and research. We inculcate our students with an appreciation o…
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Head-Royce is a nationally recognized K-12 independent school situated in the hills of Oakland, California. Our mission is to inspire a lifelong love of learning with a focus on scholarship, diversity, and citizenship. The remarkable and innovative thinking launched by Anna Head over 125 years ago remains a source of pride and is the core of Head-Royce School today. We transformed into an independent, co-educational, K-12 school in the 1970s, and that spirit of inquiry and innovation remains infused in our culture. If you visit our campus, you will see this a dynamic and vibrant learning center in action. From innovation centers, internships, and integrated technolog…
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As Tulsa’s only PreK through Grade 12 independent Episcopal school, Holland Hall provides bedrock academic foundations, uncommon extracurricular equilibrium, and an extraordinary apprenticeship in self-reliance—all in an unusually kind, supportive learning community. At Holland Hall, students do not have to choose between academics, athletics, or the arts. We provide a supportive atmosphere that encourages every student to pursue and excel in all three. Our focus on the whole individual is one reason why Holland Hall students thrive in academics, arts, and athletics. Holland Hall’s small class sizes and intimate, wooded campus provide an ideal environment to form relati…
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At Barrack, we are a family of dedicated teachers, students, parents, community members, and alumni. As a pluralistic school, we are dedicated to providing a challenging and inspiring education for our students, integrating humanities, the sciences, and Jewish studies in a trans-denominational and nurturing setting. We are a school that emphasizes the importance of building a diverse and inclusive community where all students are valued and welcomed. In September of 1946, our School, then known as Akiba Hebrew Academy, opened its doors as the first pluralistic Jewish secondary School. In this place, students experienced learning as a process of problem-solving self-disc…
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Iona Preparatory School is a Catholic community inspired by the charism of Blessed Edmund Rice, as expressed in the Essential Elements of a Christian Brothers Education. We develop young men into moral and ethical leaders who are dedicated to Christian service and strive for spiritual, intellectual, and physical excellence. What high school your son attends is one of the most important decisions you will make as a parent. Today, families are concerned with affordability. However, when you understand the benefits of a Catholic school, you will conclude that money, although necessary, should not be your first concern. Catholic schools hold students accountable to high …
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The nature of a progressive school is to keep pushing forward, to never be at rest. Jackson Academy’s original mission in 1959 was considered innovative: to teach reading by phonics. Counter to academic trends at the time, our founders believed—and evidence showed—that phonics, in-depth reading, time for play, and exploration of the arts all contributed to more robust student success. An independent college preparatory day school in the heart of Jackson, Mississippi, JA continues to embrace innovation today. At Jackson Academy, no one goes it alone. Here, you are surrounded by a community of supporters–all dedicated to helping you identify your most extraordinary talent…
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The world is changing—fast. The globe is shrinking and becoming more complicated. How can today’s students prepare, not only to embrace the world of the future but to lead? Learn about the International School of Indiana and our approach to teaching global citizens. We believe they need an international outlook, the highest academic standards, and opportunities for boundless exploration, creativity, and collaboration. We are the International School of Indiana (ISI)—and we are the only school of our kind in the Midwest (and in the rare company worldwide). ISI offers an experience students will not find anywhere else: immersive bilingual learning so they can bridge th…
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Founded in 1903, Isidore Newman School is a co-educational independent school that serves high-achieving and highly motivated students in Pre-K through 12th grade. In 2015 we opened Green Trees Early Childhood Village for children ages six weeks to four years old. Newman is located in the heart of Uptown New Orleans, blocks away from Tulane and Loyola University. With a current enrollment of just over 1,055 students, Newman is the only accredited co-educational, non-sectarian, independent day school in New Orleans. Our School enjoys a national reputation for excellence and achievement in academics, athletics, and the arts, with our students matriculating to the most …
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In our 155th year of tradition and excellence in education at 'Iolani School, the foundation of academic excellence in 1863 remains strong, as we have evolved into a vibrant and innovative 21st-century place of learning. We create a dynamic atmosphere and student-driven learning environment that will come to the next intellectual pioneers in our community. Our Sullivan Center for Innovation and Leadership is just one piece of the pie in our student-driven learning initiative that encompasses our mission here at 'Iolani School. The cutting edge technology that our students have access to is truly the very best in the world. As a result, students of all ages are becomi…
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Interlochen was founded in 1928 and is located in beautiful northwest lower Michigan. Each year, thousands of artists and arts patrons come to Interlochen to experience world-class educational and cultural opportunities. Students study music, theatre, visual arts, film, creative writing, and dance, guided by an outstanding faculty and guest artists, and inspired by our campus's scenic beauty. Interlochen Center for the Arts engages and inspires people worldwide through excellence in educational, artistic, and cultural programs, enhancing the quality of life through the arts' universal language. As academic counselors, we realize that each student's educational experienc…
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Founded in 1952. Indian Springs School, where some of the finest students from across Birmingham, throughout the country, and around the world come together to learn by living, working, and partnering with accomplished faculty in a community of scholars and individuals. We are glad you are here to see what makes this school and our students unique. The school's founding impulse also stems from a connective, expansive vision of American society and democracy. Our mission is to develop students with a love of learning and creativity, a sense of integrity and moral courage, and an ethic of participatory citizenship with respect for individuality and independent thought.…
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Founded on faith by the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word, our mission is to prepare confident young women dedicated to academic excellence, Christian service, and social justice. Through a faith-based curriculum, we promote a thorough knowledge of the Catholic faith, developing prepared intellectually and enriched students spiritually. At IWHS, we encourage each student to utilize the tools that we provide her to create her own story. Our modular schedule allows students to customize their academic journey to balance college-preparatory coursework, dual enrollment courses at UIW, athletics, extracurricular activities, and community service. Young women who graduat…
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Here at ISB, we are a school that lives and breathes its Mission. Equipping our students with the ability to speak multiple languages fluently and develop critical thinking skills within the context of international mindedness is a purposeful, daily experience. We provide our students with the essential tools to be prepared for university and have a real and meaningful impact on the world they will inherit. Our Core Values underscore a deep commitment to an inclusive environment where we embrace the notion that everyone brings value and deserves our care and respect. ISB is a school that develops thoughtful, reflective, and authentic individuals who can think independentl…
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In partnership with parents, our Buddhist school works to instill and develop in our students the core virtues of kindness, filial piety, respect, trustworthiness, fairness, citizenship, integrity, and humility. We provide an environment for our students to achieve their full academic potential and become outstanding citizens who will contribute to making their community and the world a better place. Instilling Goodness/Developing Virtue Schools are founded on the ideas outlined in the teachings of the Buddha. Accordingly, courses in Buddhist Studies are requisite for all students. Students of all faiths, however, are welcome. A full academic program, as required by t…
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