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• New Leaf Academy of North Carolina

  New Leaf Academy is a private boarding school for girls in North Carolina. New Leaf's program offers a supportive, homelike environment and the finest education available. The New Leaf all girls private school program is tailored to 10 to -14- year-old girls who need extra guidance, nurturing and personal attention in their academic and personal lives. Courses are offered year-round, with the average length of stay lasting between 14 and 18 months.

• Stone Mountain School

  Stone Mountain School, a therapeutic boarding school for boys located in the mountain setting of a 100-acre campus in western North Carolina, serves boys ages 11 to 16 with issues such as attention deficit disorder and learning disabilities. Stone Mountain School offers numerous outdoor activities that have both a recreation and therapeutic benefit. The beautiful yet rustic surrounding serves as an experiential classroom where the natural and logical consequences of daily living are clear and understood. The program offers group therapy and academics through an adventure-based experiential model. Stone Mountain School creates a caring yet highly structured community by limiting the living and academic group size. Staff teaches and mentor basic living skills while implementing the Level System of Personal Development that is at the core of assisting young men toward responsible, self-managing behavior.

• All Saints' Episcopal School

  All Saints' Episcopal School in historic Vicksburg, Mississippi exists to nurture the gifts that make your child unique. Through highly individualized attention, we can help your child to succeed in the classroom like never before, which is the surest way for your child to reach his or her potential in college and beyond.

• Baylor School

  Baylor School, founded in 1893, is a coeducational day and boarding college preparatory school enrolling students in grades 6-12. Our students come from around the country and world drawn by a strong academic program, diverse extracurricular activities, and a nurturing residential atmosphere.

• Brandon Hall

  Brandon Hall provides both one-on-one and small group college preparatory classes for students who, for a variety of reasons, have not been achieving their potential. Emphasizing personal attention, organization, structure, accountability, the ordering of priorities, applied study skills, and multi-sensory instruction, the school seeks to motivate each student to fulfill the schools motto, ad renovandum ac florendum, to begin anew and flourish.

• Camden Military Academy

  The core of the Camden experience is the Academy's academic program. Camden enrolls young men in grades 7 through 12 as well as for a post graduate year. The academic program on the high school level is strictly college preparatory.

• Carrabassett Valley Academy

  Carrabassett Valley Academy's unique co-curricular programming, combines individualized academic study and athletic training for alpine skiing, freestyle and big mountain skiing, plus snowboarding. CVA has earned a reputation for turning out winning athletes at all levels in addition to motivated scholars and community leaders. Whether your dream is one of Olympic glory, scholastic achievement, or civic leadership, CVA will provide the environment for you to maximize your potential on and off the slopes.

• Christ School

  Christ School is a college preparatory school affiliated with the Episcopal Church. Our mission is to produce educated men of good character, prepared for both scholastic achievement in college and productive citizenship in adult society.

• Christchurch School

  Christchurch began and continues as one of the Episcopal Church Schools in the Diocese of Virginia. They welcome students of all faiths to this community, founded on traditional ideas of education as a lifelong pursuit, service to others, truth, self-discipline, and honor.a

• Fay School

  Fay School's programs rest on a well-tested and responsive structure in which challenging yet realistic expectations, combined with the teaching of moral principles, insistence on disciplined behavior, and the cultivation of responsible work habits help children develop the strengths and self-confidence necessary for success.

• Fishburne Military School

  Fishburne Military School is a private all boys boarding school for grades 8 through 12. Small class sizes and a structured learning environment have proven successful in preparing students for the adult world.

• Garrison Forest School

  An independent Day and Boarding college preparatory school for girls with a coeducational Two-year-old through Kindergarten program, Garrison Forest School is dedicated to the intellectual, aesthetic, emotional, moral, physical, and spiritual growth of its students. The School's primary commitment is to develop and maintain a strong academic program designed to foster a spirit of inquiry, intellectual independence, and enthusiasm for learning.

• Gilmour Academy

  As a Catholic School in the Holy Cross tradition, Gilmour Academy has chosen as its mission the education of the mind and the heart. Gilmour instills in each student a strong sense of personal self-worth through personal achievement. The world our students will soon lead will require them to be persons of great courage and moral stamina, with an enthusiastic, lifelong desire to learn.

• Groton School

  Groton's aims include the intellectual, moral and physical development of its students in grades seven through twelve towards preparation for both college and "the active work of life". The school's mission has never been narrowly to prepare students for college, but rather always to provide an experience which, while academically rigorous, goes far beyond college requirements, addressing important personal aspects of growth and maturity.

• Hargrave Military Academy

  Located in Southwest Virginia, Hargrave Military Academy is a private boarding school with Christian values serving boys from grades seven to one postgraduate year. Development of personal responsibility, fitness, academic grades and moral character are important goals for each Cadet. Opportunities for personal achievement lead each Cadet to a more successful, rewarding life.

• Hillside School

  Hillside School is an independent boarding and day school for middle school boys, grades 5 through 9. The School's mission is to help young adolescent boys develop in their formative years. Our students develop academic and social skills while building confidence and maturity.

• Linden Hill School

  Linden Hill is a junior boarding school with an academic school year program which accepts boys between 9 and 15 years old. The Linden Hill School Faculty is diligent in their efforts to present a curriculum that is effective in reaching each student, addressing both academic and intellectual abilities. The students have unlimited potential and it is our goal to help them reach those heights.

• Lyman Ward Military Academy

  While military schools mean different things to different people, Lyman Ward's purpose is simple. LWMA is a boy's military boarding school of tradition and distinction that has provided students from around the world with a quality military prep school experience and outstanding character education since 1898.

• Montverde Academy

  Montverde Academy, located in Montverde, Florida (just outside of Orlando), is an independent, coeducational boarding and day school, offering an enriching day and boarding program for seventh grade through 12th grade. The three principles of knowledge, character, and community have guided five generations of Montverde Academy students since the school was established in 1912.

• Oakdale Christian Academy

  A Christian boarding school, Oakdale offers students a rigorous academic environment, along with a chance to grow spiritually, and a rich extracurricular program. In our small classes, teachers challenge and encourage students to excel academically, and through the living and learning environment students are directed toward a Christ-centered life of service.

• Oneida Baptist Institute

  Oneida Baptist Institute is a Christian Boarding school for students in grades 6-12. OBI's mission is to help students who need a new beginning in academics, relationships and life. Any student who is emotionally and physically able to live away from home in a boarding school environment is probably appropriate for Oneida.

• Perkiomen School

  Perkiomen School has a philosophy focused on creating an effective environment for individual growth and for the development of personal ethics. Perkiomen strives to embrace diversity and help students focus on ideals which are purposeful, reasonable, consistent with traditional values, and spiritually balanced.

• Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School

  Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School's mission is to create an environment of order, truth, caring, and concern where the students of diverse economic and cultural backgrounds learn to live together with new understanding, and prepare for college by beginning the habit of life long learning, and personal and spiritual development.

• Randolph Macon Academy

  The mission of Randolph-Macon Academy is to attract young people of high moral character and intelligence with the capacity and desire to attend a school of higher learning; provide a dedicated and highly qualified faculty and staff and a positive, disciplined and religious environment; and educate and produce outstanding leaders of strong character and solid knowledge, prepared for life-long learning and effective citizenship.

• Riverside Military Academy

  Riverside Military Academy, one of the nations finest college preparatory academies for young men in grades seven through twelve, strives to provide a supportive and challenging educational environment that fosters scholarly competence and intellectual curiosity, enhances spiritual and physical fitness, and develops leadership skills and the strength of character necessary for success in college and in life.

• Shattuck-St. Mary’s

  Shattuck-St. Marys School is an Episcopal, college preparatory boarding and day school enrolling students in grades six through 12 plus a post-graduate program. The school, located in Faribault, Minnesota, 50 miles south of the twin cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, occupies a 250-acre campus on the bluffs of the Straight River.

• St. Andrew's School

  St. Andrew's is a coeducational day and boarding school of 200 students in grades 6 through 12. Their beautiful 85-acre campus is located in Barrington, RI, a suburban community within minutes of Providence and easy driving distance to Newport, Boston, and New York. At St. Andrew's, students and families feel a sense of community and each student's learning strengths are valued and nurtured.

• Stratton Mountain School

  Stratton Mountain School, the first ski academy accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, has a strong tradition of solid college preparatory academics combined with the most comprehensive and innovative training programs available to young alpine and nordic ski racers and snowboarders.

• Talisman Summer Camps

  Talisman Summer Program caters to youth, ages 9-17, with issues such as attention deficit disorder and learning disabilities who would excel in a residential program that focuses on establishing positive routines and provides diverse daily activities. Our activities provide a fun environment in which campers can develop self-esteem, trust in self and others, and the basics of good decision-making. We believe that the skills learned during our programming will later transfer to home, school, and in other social settings.

• Talisman Summer Camps

  Talisman summer programs offer camps for children ages 8 to 17 with LD, ADD and ADHD, Asperger's Syndrome, and high functioning autism. Talisman has been offering such experiences since 1980 and is ACA accredited. Our unique summer camps specialize in creating camps that offer not only adventure, but learning experiences, for children and teenagers with learning disabilities, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, Asperger's syndrome and high-functioning autism. Talisman provides parents with unique alternatives to ordinary summer camps that cannot focus on their child's special needs.

• The American Boychoir

  The mission of The American Boychoir is to sustain and move forward with a distinctively American voice the one-thousand-year-old boychoir school tradition. The American Boychoir is committed to being the finest choir of its kind in the nation and among the finest in the world. The American Boychoir achieves this each year by recruiting and training talented choristers from across the country.

• The Andrews School

  Founded in 1910, The Andrews School is located in Willoughby, Ohio, approximately 20 miles northeast of Cleveland. The campus sits on 300 wooded acres overlooking the Chagrin River. The schoool's mission: Educating students to succeed as self-reliant women.

• The Bement School

  The Bement School provides an education based on time-honored school traditions and values for children in kindergarten through ninth grade, day and boarding. From the classrooms to the dorms, we live and learn as a family, while encouraging responsibility for our own work and actions. Bement actively seeks an academically diverse, international, and multi-cultural student body. Students and adults at Bement work together to create a climate of acceptance and kindness.

• The Ethel Walker School

  The Ethel Walker School, founded in 1911, is an independent, college preparatory boarding and day school for girls in grades 6 to 12. This diverse community of learners and friends strives to live according to the values of honor and excellence. Each young woman finds her unique voice and learns to contribute it to the pursuit of these values.

• The Gow School

  The Gow School is the world's preeminent college preparatory school for dyslexic young men. The core component of Gow's unique program for remediating dyslexic learners is called Reconstructive Language. RL is a multi-sensory presentation of language that is reinforced throughout the curriculum. In order to develop mature individuals who understand the importance of citizenship, Gow's academic program extends far beyond the classroom.

• The Greenwood School

  The Greenwood School, founded in 1978, is a pre-preparatory boarding school for boys ages nine to fifteen have been diagnosed with: dyslexia; specific language-based learning disabilities / learning differences (LD); receptive language and/or expressive language deficits; executive functioning deficits; attentional difficulties (ADD or ADHD); disorders of written expression; dysgraphia; or speech and language needs. In fact, a combination of these learning disabilities / learning differences (LD) are often clustered together in most Greenwood students learning profiles. Despite their learning challenges, their students are highly intelligent and have significant talents in the arts, in woodworking, or in athletics.

• The Grier School

  Founded in 1853, The Grier School has continuously operated with the mission of helping young women develop their intellectual, athletic and artistic talents. The school motto, "Sana Mens In Corpore Sano," (Sound Mind in a Sound Body) captures the spirit of the school. A sesquicentennial celebration in June of 2003 celebrated the school's 150 years of history.

• The King's Academy

  The King's Academy is dedicated to preparing students for a life of maximum contribution to the cause of Christ. This preparation focuses on the mental, physical, spiritual, and social development of each student. The academy provides an educational atmosphere in which Christian beliefs and values are freely examined and expressed.

• The North Broward Preparatory Schools

  A Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) and Florida Council of Independent Schools (FCIS) accredited college-preparatory independent school of 2,100 students in grades PK-12 serving the Palm Beach and Broward Counties of Southern Florida since 1957.

• The Patterson School

  The Patterson School is dedicated to providing family-oriented college-preparatory education for the development of the whole person. A Patterson education develops skills, knowledge, experience, and attitudes required for a student to get into the college of choice and to be successful and happy in his or her future life.

• The Pennington School

  The Pennington School faculty and administration foster the individual growth of students through excellence in teaching and a diversity of programs that prepare students to meet the demands of college study; to live a life of integrity, intelligent reflection, and service to others; and to be responsible citizens of the global community.

• The Phelps School

  The Phelps School provides a challenging yet supportive day and boarding program for boys. The structured, disciplined environment offers small classes and individualized attention designed to generate academic success and improve self-esteem.

• The Winchendon School

  The Winchendon philosophy is that most young people can succeed when surrounded by an atmosphere of caring attention to their individual needs. To that end, the school offers academic programs that are closely tailored to each student's strengths and weaknesses in a traditional environment designed to encourage moral and spiritual growth.

• Valley Forge Military Academy & College

  A Valley Forge education is rooted in quality academic programs and supported by leadership responsibilities, character development, personal motivation, and strong athletic and extracurricular opportunities. Valley Forge provides cadets with a complete education that prepares every part of them for success.

• Webb School

  Webb has produced 10 Rhodes Scholars and its graduates have gone on to attend prestigious colleges and universities across the nation and to lead important, successful and fulfilling lives in business, education, and the arts.

• Wolfeboro: The Summer Boarding School

  Since 1910, Wolfeboro has offered a traditional boarding school program combined with constructive scholastic work in an exceptional lakeside setting. All courses are offered for credit. An individualized curriculum emphasizes study skills, organization, motivation and confidence. Students take courses for credit, review, or preview in English; grammar; literature; writing; vocabulary; reading; mathematics; SAT prep; science; history; ESL; and foreign languages. A class size of 4-6 students ensures a front row seat and productivity. School offerings include athletic and recreational activities.