St. Paul's School

St. Paul's School, located in Concord, New Hampshire, is a historic top-tier private boarding secondary school in the United States. Since its founding in 1856, it has consistently aimed to cultivate future leaders equipped with a global perspective, critical thinking, and a sense of social responsibility.
The campus dormitories feature diverse styles, ranging from 19th-century Gothic architecture to 20th-century modern designs. Each dormitory is equipped with common activity spaces, kitchens, and fireplaces, facilitating students' organization of group activities. All faculty and staff live on campus, and the Headmaster's house is open to faculty and students every Saturday evening, offering food and a space for interaction, fostering a close-knit community atmosphere.
Academically, the school is renowned for its rigorous standards and diverse curriculum, covering traditional subjects, a wide array of AP courses, and interdisciplinary research projects. It encourages students to explore the boundaries of knowledge, fostering creativity and critical thinking skills. The small class size model ensures that each student receives ample attention, and teachers not only instruct in the classroom but also serve as mentors in extracurricular activities, helping students overcome challenges and unlock their potential.
Extracurricular activities are equally rich, encompassing fields such as art, music, drama, and sports, with a particular emphasis on practical performance opportunities, allowing students to grow on real stages.
The school places great importance on fostering a global perspective and a sense of social responsibility. It broadens students' cultural understanding through international exchange and overseas study programs, while also emphasizing practical community service, encouraging students to directly participate in social service, and learn to care for others and contribute to society.

1. The Building Healthy Communities (BHC) program aims to support and sustain safe, healthy, and inclusive communities and cultures at St. Paul's School as part of its mission to "educate for the greater good." Taught as part of the school's values, the BHC initiative is broad and interdisciplinary. The principles of kindness and living honorably are central to the Living in Community (LINC) curriculum – the School's comprehensive, evidence-based residential life program – and are further reinforced through academic programs, chaplaincy, counseling, and leadership training programs.

2. Campus Security: The School's Security Department provides efficient and reliable 24-hour service, 365 days a year. Security personnel and vehicles are equipped with two-way radios. The department offers a wide range of security resources, including campus patrols by uniformed officers, crime prevention and reporting, event planning assistance, safety checks, security escorts, parking management, and activation of the emergency notification system. The Security Department works closely with first responders (fire, police, and ambulance) from Concord, New Hampshire, to ensure a timely and effective response. The department is a member of the New Hampshire Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators (NHACLEA), which regularly meets to discuss safety and security issues affecting college and school communities.

3. Community Outreach Programs: Dedicated to providing students with opportunities to understand themselves and others, while building relationships within SPS and the local community. Examples include coordinating over 20 community service projects in the Concord area and overseeing fundraising activities for valuable causes.

1. Academic Excellence: Average SAT score 1440, average ACT score 33, 78% of students achieve an AP score of 4 or higher, 97% of students achieve an AP score of 3 or higher.

2. Location: The school is located in the town of Groton in northwestern Massachusetts, about a 1-hour drive from Boston.

3. GRoton Accelerate Challenge Enrich (GRACE): Provides students with an opportunity to use their summer break after 9th grade to accelerate their academic progress. GRACE enhances the flexibility of the Groton curriculum, ensuring that every student reaches their full potential in Mathematics, Chemistry, English, and Latin. For students, GRACE will accelerate their exposure to the most advanced courses.

4. Arts: All students can participate in drama courses; three-quarters of Groton students study applied courses in various music disciplines. They sing in the school choir; collaborate with the Chamber Orchestra, Jazz Band, and Steel Drum Ensemble; and join various small recital, jazz, and choral groups.

5. Comprehensive Sports Facilities: 12 international squash courts, 8 indoor tennis courts, 3 indoor basketball courts, 2 ice rinks, locker rooms, training rooms, indoor track, a multi-purpose/dance studio, a four-lane, 25-yard swimming pool, with an area of over 250,000 square feet. External facilities include seven sports fields, one artificial turf field, and 10 outdoor tennis courts.

1. Academic Excellence: Average SAT score 1410/1600; Average ACT score 32/36
2. Location: St. Paul's School was founded in 1856, located 68 miles north of Boston, situated on a historic 2000-acre campus in the capital of New Hampshire.
4. School Facilities: These include 18 dormitories, Ohrstrom Library, Friedman Community Center, Oates Performing Arts Center, Hawley Observatory, Chapel of St. Peter and St. Paul, Lindsay Math and Science Center, and the newly renovated Visual Arts building and Crumpacker Gallery. Sports facilities include a 95,000 square foot athletic and fitness center, an 8-lane indoor swimming pool, 2 climbing walls, 2 ice hockey rinks, squash and tennis courts, a 2000-meter boathouse rowing course, and 9 sports fields, including illuminated artificial turf fields.
5. Independent Study Program: Students can apply for the Independent Study Program (ISP) during their sixth year, which is a year-long program. ISP activities may include internships, semesters abroad, film production, or writing a short story, but all emphasize the experience and understanding of self-direction gained through independent work. Proposals are submitted to a committee of faculty and students, and approved projects are supervised by a faculty advisor chosen by the student.
9. Rich Weekend Activities: Weekend activities are sponsored by on-campus clubs, groups, or residences, including dances, variety shows, or movies held at Hargate.