Northwood School

Northwood School is located in the Adirondacks, Lake Placid, New York, near the state capital, Albany. Notable alumnus Richard H. Shaw, former Director of Admissions at Yale University and current Director of Admissions at Stanford University, graduated from the school.

School Features:

1) Abundant university resources in the surrounding area: Nearby universities include Middlebury College, State University of New York (SUNY), Champlain College, University of Vermont, and Saint Michael's College.

2) Signature Programs: Innovation & Technology, Business Operations, Entrepreneurial Practice, Robotics, LEAP Program: Experiential Field Research;

3) The skiing program enjoys a national reputation, and both boys' and girls' hockey teams have repeatedly won various championships.

4) Robotics Program: Offers academic courses for credit and extracurricular activities. Students learn computer programming and problem-solving methods through the robotics program. Students participate in FIRST Robotics Competitions and achieve excellent results.

5) 9th-10th grade students participate in extracurricular practical courses, where they can learn through field investigations and apply their acquired knowledge. Example topics students can choose include geothermal sustainability in Iceland, architectural structures of the Great Camps of the Adirondacks, Caribbean marine ecology, etc.

6) The Christmas break is 3 weeks long. If students do not return home, the school arranges local host families, typically with families of other students from the school.

Northwood School is a private boarding and day school located on the shores of Lake Placid, New York, which hosted the 1932 and 1980 Winter Olympics. Ice hockey is the school's strong sport. Northwood School was founded in 1905. Its diverse student body consists of 190 students from the United States and around the world. The school offers a rich curriculum, honors courses, and AP courses. More courses will be offered in the newly built Innovation Center to foster student diversity. The school's robotics program allows students to be more creative. Students need to study engineering, design, programming, and other courses to collaboratively complete a robotics project. Advanced robotics courses emphasize students' programming languages and skills. Students will join the school's robotics team to participate in national and international high school robotics competitions. The combination of 3D printing and modeling allows for the comprehensive development of students.

School Facilities:
The school features 22 classrooms, a lecture hall, an art gallery, science laboratories, a music hall, and a library, along with a newly constructed student center, dining hall, and a state-of-the-art arts and activity center.
Athletic Facilities:
It boasts four outdoor and two indoor tennis courts, three soccer fields, an outdoor adventure house, and a lean-to shelter for athletes. Sports programs include soccer, ice hockey, freestyle skiing, ice skating, lacrosse, tennis, golf, sailing, and more. The school also offers wilderness survival skills courses, such as four-season camping, rock climbing, mountaineering, canoeing, hiking, wilderness first aid, and orienteering.
Northwood on Main Innovation and Technology Center:
The Northwood Innovation and Technology Center is a 12,000-square-foot hub for innovation, design, entrepreneurship, and arts, located within a historic building in downtown Lake Placid. It houses top-tier digital media and art production studios, equipped with 3D printers, laser cutters, and other advanced machinery. This center provides expanded facilities for our robotics program, enables students to participate in entrepreneurial courses, and includes video and audio recording studios, as well as a performance hall. Furthermore, it offers two fully furnished apartments for visiting experts who come from various fields – such as university professors, engineers, and scientists – to teach our students.