POST-GRADUATE OPTIONS
Some students may wish to consider an additional year of secondary school prior to attending college. Some materials about preparatory schools offering Post-graduate (PG) options are available in the Guidance Resource Center.
Typically, students who consider this option do so to improve their study skills or their academic record in a structured environment with small classes. In addition, preparatory school is sometimes suggested for athletes by college coaches. Often students will consider a PG year at a preparatory school while simultaneously applying to colleges during the fall of the senior year. Decisions and deposits are not required until May 1st in most cases.
http://www.schools.com/ The Association of Boarding Schools
http://www.nais.org/ The National Association of Independent Schools
The list below contains independent boarding schools throughout New English that offer a PG year. (Some of these schools may change their programs, so it is important to contact the school directly.)
* All Girls School
** All Boys School
Massachusetts:
Berkshire School, Sheffield http://www.berkshireschool.org/
Charlemont Academy, Charlemont http://www.charlemont.org/
The Cambridge School of Weston, Weston http://www.csw.org/
Chapel Hill-Chauncy Hall School, Waltham http://www.chch.org/
Cushing Academy, Ashburnham http://www.cushing.org/
Deerfield Academy, Deerfield http://www.deerfield.edu/
Northfield Mount Herman School, Northfield http://www.nmhschool.org/
Phillips Academy at Andover, Andover http://www.andover.edu/
Riverview School, East Sandwich http://www.riverviewschool.org/
*Stoneleigh-Burnham School, Greenfield http://www.sbschool.org/
Wilbraham & Monson Academy, Wilbraham http://wma.pvt.k12.ma.us/
The Williston Northampton School, East Hampton http://www.williston.com/
The Winchendon School, Winchendon http://www.winchendon.org/
Worcester Academy, Worcester http://www.worcesteracademy.org/
Maine:
**Bridgton Academy, North Bridgton http://www.bridgtonacademy.org/
Fryeburg Academy, Fryeburg http://www.fryeburgacademy.org/
Gould Academy, Bethel http://www.gouldacademy.org/
Hebron Academy, Hebron http://www.hebronacademy.org/
Hyde School, Bath http://www.hyde.edu/
Kents Hill School, Kents Hill http://www.kentshill.org/
Maine Central Institute, Pittsfield http://mci-school.org/
Connecticut:
**Avon Old Farms, Avon http://www.avonoldfarms.com/
Canterbury School, New Milford http://www.cbury.org/
Cheshire Academy, Cheshire http://www.cheshireacademy.org/
Choate Rosemary Hall, Wallingford http://www.choate.edu/
The Gunnery, Washington http://www.gunnery.org/
Hotchkiss School, Lakeville http://www.hotchkiss.org/
Marianapolis Prep School, Thompson http://www.marianapolis.org/
**Oxford Academy, Westbrook http://www.oxfordacademy.net/
Pomfret School, Pomfret http://www.pomfretschool.org/
**St. Thomas More, Oakdale http://www.stthomasmoreschool.com/
Suffield Academy, Suffield http://www.suffiedlacademy.org/
Westminster School, Simsbury http://www.westminster-school.org/
**The Woodhall School, Bethlehem, http://www.woodhallschool.org/
New Hampshire:
Brewster Academy, Wolfeboro http://www.brewsteracademy.org/
Kimball Union Academy, Meriden http://www.kua.org/
Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter http://www.exeter.edu/
Tilton School, Tilton http://www.tiltonschool.org/
Vermont:
St. Johnsbury Academy, St. Johnsbury http://www.stjohnsburyacademy.org/
Vermont Academy, Saxtons River http://www.vermontacademy.org/