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St. Andrew's Regional High School, an accredited independent school, offers programming for grades 8 through 12. Our mission is to provide Christ-centered education of the highest standard, equipping students to be leaders in their chosen profession. Therefore, St. Andrew's offers students a disciplined academic environment along with an opportunity to grow and experience God in a real way. In our classes, teachers challenge students to excel spiritually, academically, artistically, physically, socially, and emotionally. All students are expected to follow the school code of conduct, which directs and leads students to live a life of service, tolerance, and respect. Since 1983, students from Victoria and surrounding areas and worldwide have achieved success by attending St. Andrew's Regional High School. Our commitment to learning means we believe in our students, and we insist on hard work. We instill a sense of pride and teach our students to be independent thinkers. We start with passionate teachers who specialize in their teaching areas. We recognize that not everyone learns in the same way or at the same speed, so we keep our class sizes small and encourage a dialogue that keeps everyone involved. St. Andrew's offers a faith-based education alongside the pursuit of academic excellence. Our students continue to develop their relationship with God daily. Academically, students and staff of St. Andrew's recognize that to achieve success in an ever-developing global context, acquiring fundamental learning is imperative to developing 21st-century skills. These will be the skills that prepare our students for today's world, across all careers. St. Andrew's opened its doors in 1983, but its traditions can be traced to the 19th century when St. Louis College, a Catholic school for boys aged six to fifteen, was located on Pandora Avenue. The philosophy of Catholic education that permeated the core values of the College remains at St. Andrew's. Today, we are a co-educational school of 400 students in Grades 8 through 12, and religious education classes remain a vital facet of our school. Students learn about faith, the Sacraments, their prayer life, the Bible, and contemporary issues. Each year, religious retreats occur across grade levels. Students often say that the retreats are one of the highlights of their year at school. Teachers at St. Andrew's are of various and accomplished educational backgrounds. They take pride in their daily interactions with students, assisting them in their academic and spiritual journey. We endeavor to offer a holistic education to each student at St. Andrew's, aimed at nurturing body, mind, spirit, and emotion. As always, To Build in Love continues to be our mandate. In addition to our faith-based academic programs, we offer a range of athletic programs and extra-curricular activities. We encourage all of our students to participate in order to enrich their school experience further. St. Andrew's is proud of all its students. Our graduates have left our halls to make their way in the world. They have done so with aplomb, distinguishing themselves as leaders in many professions and significant contributors to society. We are delighted to call them alumni. Our reputation is one where all students will interact with God's teachings and be challenged, through a rigorous and comprehensive program of studies, to do the very best they can. If you can't "walk the talk" when it comes to increasingly competitive university entrance requirements, you might as well go home early. At St. Andrew's, superior academics is a huge part of what we do. We prepare students emotionally and intellectually so they can excel at post-secondary studies. Our commitment to learning means we believe in our students, and we insist on hard work. We instill a sense of pride and teach our students to be independent thinkers. We start with passionate teachers who specialize in their teaching areas. We recognize that not everyone learns in the same way or at the same speed, so we keep our class sizes small and encourage a dialogue that keeps everyone involved. Student Services at St. Andrew's is committed to understanding student needs, informing and guiding, and assisting all individuals in finding their road to success. Serving as the "heart center of St. Andrew's" our staff is geared toward providing exceptional services in the areas of educational, post-secondary, and career counseling. Through classroom visits, one-on-one meetings, and extensive group sessions, we pride ourselves on connecting personally with every member of our student and staff community. We are here to assist you to glean the most out of your time at St. Andrew's - so come by and see us, drop us an email, or give us a ring. We look forward to hearing from you.

St. Andrew's has been educating young men since 1899, and true to our mission statement, we are "Dedicated to developing the complete man, the well-rounded citizen." We pride ourselves on our outstanding teachers, first-rate facilities, beautiful grounds, and programs that prepare boys to go out in the world and make a difference. As you will discover, St. Andrew's is not an ordinary place. We strive to nurture and develop creative boys who can perform above and beyond conventional standards. As a boarding school comprised of 260 students from 30-plus countries and approximately 360-day students, we form an international community of Andreans that flourishes in its diversity. This brotherhood of boys believes in and supports one another in a community that believes in and supports them. Our curriculum is designed to encourage students to become the best they can be academically, artistically, and athletically. Robust academic programming is guided by four areas of focus: boy-friendly instructional strategies, collaboration and teamwork, the development of critical-thinking skills, and the promotion of a growth mindset. Academics are balanced with various co-curricular activities, leadership opportunities, educational trips, and weekend programs. A student who arrives on campus in grade 5 cannot even begin to envision his inner potential, but he will undoubtedly discover it during his time here. He could never imagine that he might be capable of scoring the winning try in a rugby game, performing on stage in a student play, and leading the Pipes & Drums – all within 24 hours. However, we have seen boys achieve the unimaginable time and time again. St. Andrew's facilities are second to none. The Not An Ordinary Place Campaign ran for eight years - 2007-2015 - and added $42-million in improvements to our facilities. It was the most successful and ambitious campaign in the College's history. The three phases included: 1) the Yuill Family Athletic Complex with an all-weather synthetic turf field, baseball diamond, and outdoor, six-lane rubber track 2) the La Brier Family Arena, which houses an NHL-sized ice surface and 6,000 sq. ft. weight training facility renovated kitchen and servery in Cole Hall the Wirth Theatre, complete with a thrust stage and 3) the Centre for Leadership, Innovation & Performance, which focuses on music, business, entrepreneurship, leadership, and engineering. St. Andrew's College has a long and fascinating history, beginning September 10, 1899, the first day of School. Founded as a residential and day school in Chestnut Park in Toronto by Rev. Dr. George Bruce, the School's first Headmaster, the School admitted approximately 50 boys, 15 of whom were boarders. Five masters took the academic reins, and the boys were divided into four classes. Owing to Dr. Bruce's ill-health, he was succeeded by Dr. D. Bruce Macdonald, who went on to become the longest-serving Headmaster (1900 to 1935). In 1905, the School moved to a newly-built campus in Rosedale. That same year, the Highland Cadet Corps was established; its highest-ranking student was Vincent Massey, who later became the first Canadian-born Governor-General of Canada. The Pipes & Drums became part of the Cadet program in 1915. The School sojourned briefly at Knox College from 1918-1920 when Rosedale was used as a military hospital. Six hundred Old Boys served during the First World War, and 104 were killed in action. This vibrant community of more than 160 students experiences daily life in Rogers Hall. The Academic program in the Middle School allows our students to gain knowledge, skills, and confidence as they approach the Upper School. Faculty are well-versed in teaching techniques that engage young boys' attention, such as activity-based learning, humor, group projects, and an element of competition in the classroom, thereby bringing learning to life for their students. Their teaching practices are geared toward recognizing the unique emotional, intellectual, and developmental needs of this pre-adolescent age group. Boys who may have been underachieving in their previous schools often unearth a passion for learning that they never knew they possessed.

St. Andrew's Grammar School provides a safe and supportive teaching and learning environment for all students. We prepare our students to be lifelong learners by focusing on academic rigor, a spirit of inquiry, and participation in a broad range of academic and co-curricular activities. Our learning strategies for students encourage the achievement of appropriate and challenging learning goals. Their active participation in the learning process fosters self-discipline and prepares them for a changing world's challenges. We focus on a holistic approach to the education of each child academically, socially, and spiritually. One feature of St. Andrew's Grammar education is the strong sense of community that our school provides through the Hellenic Community of WA, the Greek Consulate, and the Greek Orthodox Church. Our high-quality staff is committed to the welfare of every individual child. Our school provides students with an opportunity to develop self-esteem, confidence, and lasting friendships in a safe and supportive environment. St. Andrew's Grammar provides a unique Orthodox Christian and Hellenic co-educational experience focusing on academic excellence, Greek language, and culture within a safe and caring learning environment. Planning and teaching for all learning areas follow the Western Australian Curriculum Scope and Sequence content. Modern Greek is taught using the Australia Curriculum document. An extensive assessment program drives planning, teaching, and learning and incorporates Summative and Formative assessment. Compulsory testing includes the collection of Baseline Data at the beginning of each year, NAPLAN testing in Term 2 for Years 3 and 5, Even Years NAPLAN testing in Term 3, and Common Assessment Tasks year. The reporting process includes Parent-Student-Teacher interviews with goal setting at the end of Term 1, a Semester Report at the end of Term 2, a Learning Journey at the end of Term 3, and a Final Report at the end of Term 4.

Welcome to St Andrew's School, Walkerville, a leading South Australian independent, co-educational specialist primary school providing excellence in education from playgroup to early years and Year 7. We have a well-designed campus with a nurturing environment, encouraging happy and successful learning. We focus on numeracy and literacy's critical skills within an inquiry curriculum that encourages involvement and leads to understanding through creativity. Our goal is to establish a framework that will equip each student with the skills to enjoy a lifetime of discovery and learning. Our balance of learning, with sport and specialty music programs, are internationally focused. We listen to our parents and encourage them to take an active part in our school'sschool's life. Our Mission is St Andrew's offers early years and primary education for families seeking an exceptional independent, co-educational school with Anglican values. Our Vision is St Andrew's is Australia's leading specialist primary school, inspiring children to be collaborators and innovators, making meaningful contributions to their diverse communities. St Andrew's School was opened on Monday 23rd September 1850, on the Rector's birthday, and has continuously provided quality education to Walkerville and the wider community. The first Head Master was Mr. William Owen. The Schoolroom was 20 feet by 40 feet, built of stone with a thatched roof and a bellcote. The Architect was Mr. William Weir and the builders Messrs Jones & Bowley. This original Schoolroom still stands, incorporated within the new Gymnasium and Performing Arts Centre built-in 2010. The school has been part of the community from the very beginning, but today occupies a much larger area on both the eastern and western sides of Smith Street, with an Overpass over Smith Street for the students' safety crossing between them. Today the St Andrew's School attracts students from across Adelaide and globally as it is a UNESCO School teaching the International Baccalaureate curriculum.

Our Mission statement clearly articulates our unique focus. Based on our Christian Foundation, we leverage the College's positive energy and supportive community to enable our students to walk confidently into their futures. To achieve this, the College has been fortunate to attract a high caliber of staff who seek each day to provide unique, engaging, and broad educational opportunities for the children in their care. Being the Principal of St Andrew's Anglican College is a unique and rewarding job: because of our College Community! It is a delight to welcome our students each morning, interact with staff as we share ideas about our College's future, and collaborate with parents to ensure a consistent approach to all we undertake. As Principal, I have the exciting challenge to ensure we stay focussed on our Value statements, the how part of what we do: At St Andrew's, the best aspects of a traditional Anglican School education are combined with a vision for what students need today and for their exciting futures. All these considerations produce a learning environment that is distinctively St Andrew's, but with the standards of care, Christian values, academic rigor, focus on independent learning, and positive environment exemplified by other leading independent schools across Australia. At St Andrew's, the best aspects of a traditional Anglican School education are combined with a vision for what students need today and for their exciting futures. All these considerations produce a learning environment that is distinctively St Andrew's, but with the standards of care, Christian values, academic rigor, focus on independent learning, and positive environment exemplified by other leading independent schools across Australia. We talk a lot about 'the St Andrew's Way. Our education approach is based on high expectations of our staff and students, balanced with a firm commitment to the importance of the relationships between staff, students, and parents. As Principal, it is my role to model this! I work with a committed staff that engenders a love for learning and a love for belonging, of being part of a community. The flow-on effect of this is a student body that openly emanates a willingness to engage in a wide range of opportunities. Our wish for our departing Collegians is to have a passion for learning and value the virtues of wisdom and integrity. They will be individuals who endeavor to transform the communities in which they live and work positively. In the great and the small things they do, they will enliven and enrich our world. Our strategic intent is to leverage our positive energy and supportive community to enable our students to move confidently into their futures. To have a vision is to 'see with one's mind' - to envisage an excellent and balanced place ahead. St Andrew's will be a place where its students are inspired and where dreams and visions are honored. It also refers to the apostle Andrew's vision in taking up the call to become a disciple of Jesus - a person of vision. As a Christian school, St Andrew's will reflect a definite Christian ethos and encourage students to seek a Christ-like character. It reflects the vision that parents have had in choosing this College for their children. Therefore, St Andrew's will value the vision of parents, encouraging them to share their hopes with the vision of our school. Spirit is the expression of energy, liveliness, and positive enthusiasm within an individual, group, or whole school community. St Andrew's will seek to develop the natural creativity and spirit of inquiry inherent in all children. Spirit differentiates one school from another. Staff, students, and parents will be encouraged to form spirited approaches to new ideas and community involvement. Spirit in a theological sense points to the Holy Spirit who 'moved upon the face of the waters' at the beginning of creation. St Andrew's will be where the Holy Spirit is present to inspire and motivate all who form the community of St Andrews.

The continued strong growth in Gawura this year has been extremely encouraging. It is lovely to see the children's day to day effort and enthusiasm for all aspects of school life. Each day begins like the last. Smiling faces, a chat with our bus driver, a race around our rooftop playground, and into class to make the most of every opportunity. This love of school is infectious, and it is promoting tremendous success both individually and collectively. Gawura was established in 2007 by St Andrew's Cathedral School in response to systemic underachievement and the apparent disparity in educational outcomes of Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. The Head of School at the time, Phillip Heath, along with Pastor Ray Minniecon and Sharon Minniecon, and the original task force saw the need to close the gap, and in doing so, brought the Gawura vision to life. Gawura stands for our school's commitment to reversing the overwhelming educational disadvantage for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children across the country. As a day school in Sydney's CBD, St Andrew's Cathedral School demonstrates its commitment to this challenge by offering a unique, culturally enriched educational journey to Indigenous students who live in the CBD's neighboring suburbs. The program aims for our Gawura students to achieve educational outcomes equal to (or better than) their non-Indigenous peers. Our mission is to break the entrenched cycle of disadvantage experienced by Indigenous children by providing them with the best opportunity for educational success, a choice of direction for the future, and a foundation upon which they can build for the rest of their lives. Gawura's mission is to provide a quality Kindergarten to Year 6 education for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in a caring, Christian environment. The emphasis is on high literacy, numeracy, and social skills that are foundations for life. All graduates of Gawura are offered scholarships to St Andrew's Cathedral School for secondary education. St Andrew's vision is to inspire students to be passionate, creative learners who engage with the message of Christ and fully develop their gifts and abilities in order to serve in the world. Gawura is a unique, co-educational Kindergarten to Year 6-day school for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children who live at home with their families. The Gawura families, parents and carers' engagement is critical to the success of the program. With up to 28 students, Gawura is a highly-acclaimed, highly-regarded 'lighthouse' model for Indigenous education, offering students a supportive, nurturing space where they feel secure and learn at their skill level in individual numeracy and literacy programs. They achieve academic milestones daily and grow in their abilities in academic subjects, sport, and the arts. The school program is funded primarily by individual and family donors, corporates, and foundations.

We have a full and rich school life at St Andrew's Christian School, with many fantastic events happening within our school community. Every year our students participate in athletics, cross-country, and swimming carnivals, with students who qualify to progress to zone and then state levels. The most beautiful aspect of our carnivals is the sense of community that exists as Kindergarten through to Year 12 students spend the day together encouraging each other and having fun. Indonesian language and culture are being taught in our Primary and Secondary classes. One of our parents, Maria Waterson, is teaching the classes with our regular teachers. Maria was born in Indonesia and has proven to be an enthusiastic member of staff. The school is also supporting an orphanage in Indonesia, Mamo Sayang, with our School Chaplain, Mick Schilling, and Principal, Mac Lindsay, visiting the orphanage this year. We are hoping to send mission teams to work in the orphanage and school regularly. Our school has been selected to be part of the Federal Government's School Literacy Program. The Program includes intense training in Literacy Development for both the Principal and our Head of Primary. The school has been able to purpose the best testing and diagnostic tools. Serving Christ by providing education that pursues excellence in all of the life Objectives: To provide an education of high academic standards that adheres to the Bible as being intensely relevant to education and the whole of life. To present a Christian worldview of life and an understanding of the Christian faith modeled by staff's life and teaching. To encourage a sense of belonging to Christ's kingdom through participation in Christian fellowship. To provide a caring, supportive, secure, and encouraging environment in which students and staff can learn and work. To promote a culture of Christ-like service to others. To provide a wide range of subjects and activities in order to promote the uniqueness of each individual. To recognize that each individual is created in God's image and, therefore, worthy of understanding and respect. To seek wise stewards of our resources and act ethically and with integrity in all of our relationships. Thank you for considering St Andrew's Christian School for your child's education. Christian school education rests on a belief that the child's development requires that we deliberate about the beliefs and values that they are taught. Children's spiritual development is not an annex to their education; it is an integral part of it. Beliefs, values, and issues of faith, therefore, sit at the center of the curriculum and all subjects at St Andrew's Christian School. Spiritual development provides meaning, context, and purpose to the pursuit of excellence in our students' academic, cultural, physical, and social development. St Andrew's aim is for students to know what they believe and why their character is formed based on sound beliefs and values. Our Primary school is an integral part of our Kinder to Year 12 philosophy. The Primary School has a coordinator who oversees the New South Wales Board of Studies syllabi in teaching programs K - 6, pastoral care, and students' discipline. Students in our Primary enjoy access to all secondary facilities such as Kitchen, Science Lab, Computer Room, Music Lab, and Technology Workshop to gain the full richness a Kinder to Year 12 campus offers. All students attend the school library at least once per week. Our secondary section also has a coordinator who has oversight of all curriculum issues. As a registered school in NSW, St Andrew's provides a comprehensive curriculum that meets all of the Board of Studies requirements. The staff is all highly trained professional teachers, committed to giving your child the best opportunities for achieving the outcomes across all stages of the curriculum. This includes both the School Certificate and the Higher School Certificate. Students are also encouraged to participate in the many extra-curricular activities of the school. These activities are designed to extend the student's interests and include a wide range of sporting activities, Primary and Secondary Choirs, and vocal and instrumental groups.

St. Andrew’s College Cambridge has been offering both the UK and international students the opportunity to study in central Cambridge for over 40 years. What makes us different is we are a small family-run school with dedicated staff who are committed to helping students to achieve success and have a successful future. Our administration team and many of our teachers have been working with St Andrew’s for more than 10 years (many longers!) and this means we all have the experience needed to help and support you in every aspect. We have a broad range of courses available including Pre-A Level, GCSEs, and A-Levels. We also offer 11 university foundation courses including Architecture, Engineering, and Business. You are certain to find a course to suit you. We will support you throughout your course and you will have a personal tutor who will help you to achieve your goals and find the right university and course for you. We also offer many extracurricular activities such as sports and various clubs including art and music and we’re certain that there is something suitable for everyone.

At St. Andrew's Southgate we have a love of learning and strive to nourish the God-given potential of each individual. We value our caring and prayerful Christian environment where children develop as critical thinkers with self-worth and resilience. We have joy in diversity and an ambition for our children to enhance their lives and the lives of others. We are a one-form entry primary school and pride ourselves on providing a broad and stimulating curriculum whilst developing spiritual, moral, and cultural understanding in our pupils. Relationships between pupils and adults are excellent and we have a strong link with St Andrew's Church on Chase Side. St Andrew's School has been providing education for local children since 1863 and today there are 210 pupils on the roll, their ages ranging from 4-11. As a Church School, every aspect of life at St Andrew’s is rooted in and imbued with the values we share as Christians. Although many values might help to describe the uniqueness of Christian life, we feel that six words most clearly speak of our shared vision to embody the love of Jesus Christ and to reflect the infinite value of each individual, and the potential for goodness and growth in God’s creation, as shown in the scriptures. Each year group has a particular focus on one value and has adopted a saint whose own life offers a helpful example of the value lived out. We believe in the importance of quiet and reflective time, not only to enhance concentration but also well-being. We ensure that our collective worship and classroom time involves frequent spaces and moments for stillness, thought, and prayer. We recognize the need for antagonism to be resolved not just in consequences and resolution but in reconciliation and forgiveness. These elements allow a true “Shalom” or peace that includes a sense of being whole and complete. Our children are made aware of the need to pray for and work towards an end to war and violence throughout the world. Being grateful can be important but we promote not just an inner feeling but an outward reaction to appreciating the life we are given and the opportunities placed before us. Children are taught that our response to people in need is a result of our gladness that we are blessed. We encourage one another to be joyful in all that we do and to support and take pleasure in each other’s gifts and talents. We believe in a God who created all things. The children of St Andrew’s are shown and taught in countless ways how to care for and take responsibility for the environment around us. Children have the opportunity within the school to care for animals (including chickens) but also to tend and cultivate the earth in our mini allotments. Our whole school community is engaged with making the very most of our premises with parents and guardians regularly invited to take part in the maintenance or decorating working parties. But perhaps most importantly the children are helped to make the connection between succeeding and participating and God’s desire that we all use the gifts given to us in their fullness.

St Andrew’s College is an innovative independent school that embraces new frontiers. This premium Anglican boarding school caters to over 450 pupils from across the globe. From Grade 8 to Matric, pupils experience individual attention with a focus on fostering individual talent. The school is passionate about ensuring that each boy is schooled for life, develops character, and strives to reach his full potential. The school motto is Nec Aspera Terrent (Difficulties do not dismay us) – this ideal of fearless acceptance of challenge sums up what the school aims to instill in its pupils as preparation for future life. St Andrew’s College enjoys a unique co-ordinate relationship with our neighboring sister school, the Diocesan School for Girls (DSG). Classes are shared by boys and girls from Grade 10-12 while retaining the distinctive features of life in a boys’ school and a girls’ school. The resources and strengths of each school, and sound relationships, are optimized through cooperation and interaction. The St Andrew’s College curriculum offers a wide range of options to pupils with many different interests and talents and allows for individual attention and assistance. High achievers who need extra challenges are continually stimulated and pupils of lesser academic capability can progress in a group that builds esteem and confidence. From Grade 10-12, pupils are generally divided into “sets” according to individual ability in each subject, while in Grades 8 and 9, there is a combination of setting and mixed ability groups. The teacher: pupil ratio is about 1:10 which enables both a range of subjects and individual aspirations to flourish in classes which are usually upwards of 20. Within these small classes, pupils are encouraged to think independently, to develop enquiring minds and the capacity to do research using resources such as the Internet and our Intranet. Each boy is assigned an academic tutor who monitors his progress and assists with any personal problems that may arise. The tutor is, in turn, responsible to the Housemaster, who is in charge of the pupil’s overall development. This personal attention, together with small classes, dedicated and well-qualified staff, and a system that allows for the boys to progress at a rate that builds self-esteem, gives each pupil the best possible learning environment. St Andrew’s has a fine tradition of academic achievement to prove this. In Grades 8 and 9, most of the classes are single-gender which allows for boys and girls to settle into their environments, but from Grade 10, classes are combined with the Diocesan School for Girls (DSG). This gives pupils to co-educational experience and, thus, optimizes both schools’ resources and strengths. Pupils write the matriculation examination of the Independent Examination Board (IEB) which enjoys a high profile both within South Africa and abroad. The IEB is benchmarked with the Scottish Highers and with the New South Wales education authority in Australia. Pupils with an IEB matriculation certificate have gained access to British universities when backed by an ‘An Aggregate’ which amounts to an average of 75%+ across the six subjects written. Access to such events as the National Arts or Science Festivals significantly enriches the academic and cultural program enjoyed by St Andrew’s pupils. The Cawse Library is run by a qualified librarian and an assistant. It is fully computerized and pupils have access to the Internet and our Intranet for research purposes. The David Wynne Music School is shared with DSG. It consists of a concert room, five teaching rooms, and 12 practice rooms. Here the wind orchestra, the jazz band, the chamber orchestra, the string and brass quartets, and the chapel and chamber choir practice and prepare for their performances. The Art Department has well-equipped senior and junior art studios as well as an audio-visual room where History of Art is taught. The Design and Technology Centre is widely recognized as one of the finest in the Southern Hemisphere. In a sense, it is the intellectual nerve center of the school, and activities conducted in the Centre are focused on cross-curricular work and creative thinking. The building has an extraordinary "cutting-edge" atmosphere to which pupils respond with resourcefulness and ingenuity when faced with a range of problems. 130 computer terminals are linked by a network and the computer rooms have two full-time information technology teachers and a network manager. Online facilities exist for teachers and pupils to find resources for their subjects and assignments. A range of projects, from research to presentations and programming, is undertaken. The extensive network encourages collaboration between the pupils of St Andrew’s and DSG and those of other schools. Email provides for a social and communicative aspect of computer usage and each boy, on acceptance to College, is given an email address. We have six Life Science and Physical Science Laboratories. The Centenary Hall was designed by Herbert McWilliams (OA 1923) and was built in a spectacular hurry to be ready for the Centenary Celebrations in 1955. It is in this beautiful hall that we have our weekly assemblies, host drama productions, and write exams.

St Andrew’s is an independent girls' school in South Africa dedicated to the development of girls into grounded, accomplished, and confident young women who leave the school well and truly ‘Skilled for Life’ and ready to lead. Situated in Senderwood, Bedfordview, we offer a challenging yet imaginative education that extends well beyond the classroom. There are 4 schools on our beautiful campus including our Preschool (coeducational from 3 months to 5 years) Junior School Senior School and Saturday School, uBambsiwano. St Andrew’s School for Girls and its education are benchmarked globally and locally and as such, we believe that we can compete with the best in the world based on our quality of education, staffing, facilities, value-added offerings, independent networks, and good governance. Our girls write matric examinations set by the Independent Examinations Board (IEB), giving them a school-leaving qualification that is truly world-class. Through its assessments, the IEB aims to develop young people who are life-long learners, critical users of information, have good problem-solving skills, and are creative and reflective thinkers. The IEB philosophy has an impact on how children are taught in lower grades as they must be able to apply knowledge and not just repeat it. School-leavers who have gained an IEB matric are known to fare well at university, locally, and abroad. It is worth emphasizing that South African school-leaving examinations are benchmarked against the education systems in most foreign countries where young people wish to further their studies. Our Preschool provides a warm, caring, and happy environment in which girls and boys between the ages of 3 months and 5 years can learn and play. Our classrooms and expansive play areas are the ideal settings for a skills-based learning program that enables children to explore, develop and discover within the framework of structured yet flexible daily routines. Every staff member is a qualified professional with a passion for early childhood development. They also recognize the importance of adjusting their approach to meet each child’s specific needs. Our little ones are exposed to St Andrew’s values of accountability, balance, community, grace, integrity, and trust and are encouraged to recognize and display these in their daily interactions with others. Our Junior School provides an engaging space in which girls can develop both their known talents and discover some hidden ones during various stages of their development. Apart from our focus on the academic aspects of the curriculum, girls have an abundance of co-curricular activities from which to choose, helping them feel fulfilled, happy and successful in their education. Whole-girl development is important to us and we believe we provide the space and the opportunity for our girls to enjoy a happy, productive, and successful day at school. Our guiding values of balance, integrity, grace, community, accountability, and trust are core to each child’s journey with us as they build sound foundations that will enable them to thrive and reach their full potential. Our academic program is both outcomes and skills-based and nurtures problem-solving, critical, and creative-thinking skills. We believe in whole-girl development and know that core skills such as music, art, drama, and physical education are as important as academic skills and knowledge. As a school that wholeheartedly embraces technological advancement, girls are not only encouraged to become computer literate but to actively use the technology at their disposal to access, analyze and summarise information. Through our participation in the global Eco-Schools program, the curriculum incorporates environmental education with hands-on projects like a butterfly and bird garden, tree trail, and recycling initiatives being undertaken every year. Girls learn both isiZulu and Afrikaans until they complete Grade 5, before selecting one of these as a Senior School subject. St Andrew’s has a fully-equipped therapy center run by the school psychologists and a team of highly qualified therapists who form part of the staff body. They work alongside teachers and parents to enable each child to reach her full potential. Our academic program is both challenging and varied and lives up to our motto ‘Skilled for Life’. Girls write the Independent Examinations Board’s National Senior Certificate, which affords them excellent opportunities to study at the tertiary level, locally and abroad. Technology has become an indisputable part of modern-day life and we’ve embraced it in the classroom. Tablets used by Grade 8 and 9 girls provide a blended approach to teaching while at the same time maintaining the standards of academic excellence our school has come to be known for technology and multimedia – combined with small class sizes – provide the optimal environment for full engagement. Extra lessons and academic support are available to girls who require one-on-one support to help them along in their academic journey!

Founded in 1929 with an unprecedented financial aid approach, St. Andrew's is an independent, co-ed, all-boarding, Episcopal high school. We stand today as a community dedicated to tying education to a public purpose. We work to awaken our students to the responsibilities we share for our world. We seek engagement, inquiry, and creativity to promote future generations of thoughtful, compassionate, and intelligent leaders. Join us. In the 21st century, we rarely think very much about the real purpose of secondary and undergraduate education. We are too busy figuring out how to gain admission and seize a competitive advantage to think clearly about the miracle and the opportunity of joining an educational community dedicated to human and academic excellence. St. Andrew's thinks about the purpose and privilege of education every day. In our 86 years as a distinctive educational experiment, we have sought to tie education to human transformation, illumination, service to causes larger than ourselves, and a commitment to peace, justice, and equality in our country and the world. That is why St. Andrew's is a dynamic and electric place. At a time when many private schools peer suspiciously and timidly out at their nation and the world, St. Andrew's embraces the challenge, excitement, and opportunity of a new century of enlightenment, progress, and hope. Schools do not have to retreat and ignore founding and mission principles to survive. They must, in contrast, celebrate the full power of liberal education and learning. The St. Andrew's story has a proud past, dynamic present, and exciting future. We are working every day to be a place where teachers and students find new meaning, new energy, new commitments in their lives. We are a school intent on exploring and celebrating the diversity of the 21st century and affirming that in diversity, we can come together in affirmation and defense of the great truths of 21st-century life: the power of hope the power of love the power of empathy the power of grace the power of service the power of generosity The academic spirit of the school ties excellence to the original work of the liberal arts. We teach the most rigorous and transformational skills and habits of mind essential to citizenship, leadership, and service in the 21st century: the power of writing, the art of argument, the engagement of research, problem-solving and experimentation, the cultivation of collaboration, teamwork, creativity, and discovery. The program relies on an ambitious and dedicated faculty and a passionate, curious, and energetic student body. Whether students arrive from private, public, charter, or international schools, they meet an academic program that completely redefines their understanding of teaching and learning excellence. The community thrives on the trust, respect, and admiration expressed each day by a remarkable faculty and student body. We are proudly counter-cultural, saying yes to kindness and no to acts of words and expressions of disrespect and cruelty, saying yes to technology as a tool for learning and no as a source of narcissism and distraction, saying yes to hard work, resilience, and grit and no to the alcohol and drug industry saying yes to living lives of service and no to living lives of selfishness and elitism. We continue to cultivate a deep and lasting desire for learning in our students, a willingness to ask questions. We pursue skeptical, independent inquiry and an appreciation of the liberal arts as a source of wisdom, perspective, and hope. We encourage our students to do the work of scholars, artists, and scientists and develop those expressive and analytical skills necessary for effective communication, judicious consideration of multiple points of view, and meaningful lives as engaged citizens. We seek to help our students develop a passion for intellectual pursuits such that each student feels inspired to develop and pursue his/her talents. Our students and faculty live in a residential community founded on ethical principles and Christian beliefs. We expect our faculty and staff to make our students' interests primary, to maintain professional roles with students and to act as role models at all times, to set and maintain healthy boundaries with students, to encourage student autonomy and independence, to act transparently with students, and to support each student's developmental growth and social integration at the School. Our students collaborate with dynamic adults and pursue their passions in a co-curriculum that includes athletics, community service, and the arts. We encourage our students to find the balance between living in and contributing to the community and developing themselves as leaders and individuals. As an Episcopal School, St. Andrew's is grounded in and upheld by our Episcopal identity, welcoming persons regardless of their religious background. We are called to help students explore their spirituality and faith as we nurture their understanding and appreciation of all world religions.

Founded in 1947, St. Andrew’s Episcopal School is an independent, college preparatory school for students in pre-K3 through 12th grade. St. Andrew’s Episcopal School has earned a national reputation for academic excellence, but we understand that an outstanding educational experience isn’t limited to academics. Our mission is “To nurture a diverse community in the Episcopal tradition, fostering spiritual growth, moral responsibility, academic excellence, and artistic and athletic pursuits, while preparing for a life of service to our community and the world.” Our values are vibrantly present in the lives of every member of the St. Andrew’s family, every single day. At St. Andrew’s Episcopal School we believe in: A lifelong dedication to learning Truth, honesty, and integrity The dignity of every human being The pursuit of excellence in all our endeavors The talents and strengths of every individual Stewardship of the resources of our school, community, and world Service to others Since its founding, St. Andrew's mission has been our constant guide, enabling the school to honor its core values while charting a path into an educational future still to unfold. Grounded in our Episcopal heritage and committed to an educational environment that values all facets of a child's development, we are reminded each day that these formative years serve as the foundation for an entire lifetime of learning. As you continue your search for the perfect school, we want St. Andrew's to become fully known to you, enabling your family to make informed educational decisions that are right for each child. On our two campuses, you will encounter a diverse community of joyful learners embracing a developmentally appropriate academic program. In addition, the St. Andrew's experience includes a full complement of co-curricular programming through our robust offerings in the arts and our consistently successful athletics program. Along the way each of our Saints is guided by the St. Andrew's Honor Code that reinforces their moral compass long after graduation. While some St. Andrew’s students are math whizzes or gifted writers, others were born to paint a portrait or perform a song. Some students excel on the field or the court, while others are more at home conducting experiments in a physics or robotics lab. Some are natural leaders, while others are the glue that binds a team together. Some students long to see the world, while others want to serve in their communities. That’s why St. Andrew’s doesn’t stop with challenging students in the classroom. Instead, St. Andrew’s helps each student explore his or her interests and strengths, and then teaches students how to build on those unique gifts for success not only at St. Andrew’s, but also in college, in a career, and life. St. Andrew’s Episcopal School is the place to find your inner genius, your hidden talent, or your championship season. It’s the place to find your strength, your passion, and your path to future success. St. Andrew’s is a close-knit community of students, parents, and teachers of many faiths, cultures, races, and economic backgrounds. Founded in the Episcopal tradition, St. Andrew’s is inclusive and supportive of the beliefs of others. Diversity is celebrated, and students are accepting, open to befriending people of many backgrounds. St. Andrew’s Episcopal School is an educational community that strives to love God and love our neighbors as ourselves. We express our faith and tradition through our chapel services, our community life, and our focus on both spiritual growth and religious formation. St. Andrew’s began within the walls of St. Andrew’s Cathedral, a parish in the Episcopal Diocese of Mississippi, and we are thankful to have a continuing relationship with the Cathedral. Our teachers are experts in their fields who know how to engage their students. Many St. Andrew’s instructors hold master’s degrees, and several have earned doctoral degrees. All St. Andrew’s teachers participate in continuing education programs, ensuring they are familiar with the latest pedagogical developments and technologies for their areas of specialty. South Campus | PK-3 to Grade 4 Address: 4120 Old Canton Road, Mississippi Postal Code: 39216 City: Jackson Phone: +1 601 9879300

St. Andrew's Academy is a private preparatory school in a beautiful rural area of Northern California. We are community-oriented and worship-centered, bookending the day at school with Morning and Evening Prayer's traditional services and offering students opportunities to board with dedicated families in our area. Though we are small, our curriculum is rigorous, and our graduates have been accepted to many prestigious colleges and universities. Our students also travel often, both within the US and overseas. To give a few recent examples, our choristers completed a substantive performance tour of Germany in the summer of 2015, toured and sang through Southern England in 2016, and toured New England in the Spring of 2017. There is no substitute for this caliber of education. Our campus finds itself located in Northern California's beautiful mountains, an excellent launching point for skiing, hiking, backpacking, swimming, sailing, and other year-round recreational activities. Additionally, the campus continues to expand in Old Town Chester. The mission of St. Andrew's Academy is to equip our students with the tools of learning and to endow them with the wisdom of the ages so that they may serve God and their fellow man with virtue and strength. St. Andrew's Academy is not ultimately about developing graduates that are "smarter" or "better" by someone's standard of what smarter or better means. It is neither to have graduates who can "write their own tickets" to the schools and scholarships. Instead, our mission is all about character formation. In other words, what one can do is nothing compared to how and why one does it. St. Andrew's graduates know how to learn. The phrase, "The lost tools of learning," comes from the famous essay by Dorothy Sayers in which she describes the Trivium, which embodies the human learning process as initially formulated by the Ancients as the first three Liberal Arts in the West. Learning is a lifelong calling, and St. Andrew's students embrace the intellectual challenge because these tools are readily available. The lack of historical, literary, and philosophical knowledge inevitably leads to a culture's demise. St. Andrew's students spend much time reading and studying what has gone before giving context to contemporary ideas and issues and preparing them to be influential leaders. The education at St. Andrew's Academy is thoroughly Christian and specifically Orthodox Anglican. This does not mean that we only educate Anglican Christians, but rather that we want to be straightforward about the worldview on which we base our institution. Christ says that the greatest commandment is to love God with all that we are. Therefore, whatever a particular student's beliefs, we call them to accountability to God. Being human means, we should worship our creator. The second greatest commandment is "to love your neighbor as yourself." Spirituality without active concern for those around us is disguised selfishness. As St. James says, "True religion is to look after widows and orphans in their distress." The highest virtue is charity, unselfish love for others. St. Andrew's students are challenged to serve not because it is convenient or because it makes one satisfied with their behavior. Opportunities to serve often require sacrifice and must be actively pursued. The campus is expanding, and plans are envisioned for a traditional and beautiful, community-integrated campus that will provide students with an appropriate academic excellence environment.

From its earliest days, St. Andrew's cultivated challenging programs in a joyful and supportive atmosphere, celebrating its students' diversity of interests, backgrounds, and abilities and developing each child's potential in the "four pillars" of academics, arts, athletics, and spiritual life. In nearly 40 years, the school has stayed true to those endeavors while becoming so much more. Are you passionate about science or art, math or language, technology, or social entrepreneurship? Do you love to compete, or perform, or serve other people? Are you looking to attend a terrific college that fits your interests? St. Andrew's can help you reach your potential in all of those areas and more. If you want to be challenged, prepared, and happy in your next school, check out St. Andrew's. The mission of St. Andrew's Episcopal School is to know and inspire each child in an inclusive community dedicated to exceptional teaching, learning, and service. We believe that God calls us to love. And because we view each of our students as a child of God, we care about them not merely as students who need to pass their courses and get on with life, but as complex human beings whose minds, bodies, and spirits need to be nurtured and supported because they are God's hope for a future generation. The love we practice as an Episcopal school reveals itself in sacrifice, patience, truth-telling, and, to quote St. Paul, a willingness to build one another up and bear one another's burdens. It is a love that both sets expectations and practices forgiveness, each in equal measure. In a phrase, we care deeply for each other. As an Episcopal school, we place love at the center of our life together. Each week we come together for chapel. The chapel's purpose is to balance the hectic pace of school life with a weekly rhythm that includes pause, prayer, and reflection on those things and those relationships that matter most in life. The chapel is about making time each week to thank God for what we have, to hold up in prayer each other's needs and concerns, sing in joy and celebration for the blessings of this life, and share stories of meaning and purpose. Perhaps most importantly and most counter-culturally, the chapel is where we regularly remember to be mindful of the presence of something larger than ourselves. For these reasons, our chaplains and our connection to the Episcopal Diocese of Washington are essential parts of our school's identity. We strive to be a welcoming place. Just as love of neighbor is one cornerstone of Episcopal identity, hospitality to the stranger is another. Episcopal schools are intentionally diverse, and we believe that there are many paths to God. Our school welcomes the perspectives of other faiths and knows that we are better for their presence. We invite all who attend and work in our school to seek clarity about their own most profound beliefs and honor their convictions, whatever they may be, more fully and faithfully in their own lives. We believe that authentic interfaith conversation is most fruitful when we are clear about and accurate to who we are. Our Anglican tradition is a beautiful and rich one that we are eager and committed to sharing. In sharing it, we strive mightily to be as graceful and inclusive as possible to make room for all in our community. Service is at the heart of the Christian life and is another hallmark of Episcopal identity. We serve with a deep conviction that we find our true identity as God's people precisely when we abandon our self-centered agendas to encounter and serve the other. In serving the other, we learn that both the server and the served are transformed in unexpected and beautiful ways. Indeed, we learn that in serving the other, we more often than not meet God. This is why service-learning is at the center of our curriculum. Through service, our students discover that they can change the world and that their service and those they serve to change them for the better. We value both faith and reason, and we cherish the life of the mind. Ours is a faith that seeks understanding. We are eager to question and to explore the most fundamental questions in life. This is why the academic study of religion is integral to our curriculum. As an independent Episcopal school, we enjoy the freedom and exercise the responsibility to engage our students in talking openly about God and the good life. We welcome seekers, doubters, and skeptics. We trust that if we build our community on open, honest, inquisitive, careful, and respectful questioning, the truth will emerge, and all of us will be enlightened as a result. We aim to equip students' minds with the skill and their hearts with the desire to find meaning, to claim their own spiritual identities, and to articulate their convictions with a balance of clarity, generosity, and humility. Lower School & Preschool age 2-Grade 2 Address: 10033 River Road, Potomac, MD Postal Code: 20854 Phone: +1 301 9835200