Good Day, franklgj-ga
You will not be disappointed at the wealth of information available
about the best girls boarding schools in the country. The websites
listed below should keep you very busy assessing these wonderful
institutions. Until I accepted this query I had no idea that there
were so many incredible places where girls could get the best of
educations in lovely environments.
You will discover that Petersen's Educational Portal listed below has
a great deal of information that should satisfy your pursuit of the
perfect school.
Rankings of private boarding schools in the USA
1.This site is The Association of Boarding Schools.
It states that " Boarding schools are independent, college preparatory
schools that provide housing facilities for students and faculty.
Boarding schools are sometimes referred to as "intentional
communities" because the faculty and staff at boarding schools work
very hard to create an environment for students that is safe,
academically challenging, active, and fun.
Boarding schools are well known for their academic excellence. With
small class sizes, diverse curricula, and individual attention from
teachers and advisors, the boarding school experience gives students
many distinct advantages. Boarding school students acquire the
abilities that help ensure success in college and in life."
http://www.schools.com/
a. These are its top selections for Girls Boarding
Schools(http://www.schools.com/directory/girls.cfm):
And, on a personal note as I live in North Dallas, the fact that it
lists The Hockaday School (Dallas) tells me
that this list is must contain the very best girls schools in the
country. In the state of Texas, The Hockaday School is famous as
being the best for girls. Beautiful large campus with very big
atheletic fields and facilities unmatchable by normal high school
standards. If the other schools on this list are comparable, then
this indeed is the best list in the U.S. One of the alumnae of
Hockaday is Mrs. Bill Gates, so it is likely that Hockaday has one of
the best technology centers among girls schools in the world.
Visit the website for Hockaday and you'll see what I mean
(http://www.hockaday.org/).
Click on a school name to see more information about that school.
Annie Wright School, Tacoma, WA
Balmoral Hall School, Winnipeg, Canada
Branksome Hall , Toronto, Canada
Brenau Academy, Gainesville, GA
Chatham Hall , Chatham, VA
Dana Hall School, Wellesley, MA
Emma Willard School, Troy, NY
Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy, La Canada Flintridge, CA
Foxcroft School, Middleburg, VA
Garrison Forest School , Owings Mills, MD
Havergal College, Toronto, Canada
Incarnate Word High School, San Antonio, TX
Linden Hall School for Girls, Lititz, PA
Miss Hall's School, Pittsfield, MA
Miss Porter's School , Farmington, CT
Mount St. Scholastica Academy, Atchison, KS
Oldfields School, Glencoe, MD
Purnell School, Pottersville, NJ
Saint Mary's School, Raleigh, NC
Salem Academy, Winston-Salem, NC
San Domenico School, San Anselmo, CA
Santa Catalina School , Monterey, CA
St. Catherine's School , Richmond, VA
St. Margaret's School , Tappahannock, VA
St. Timothy's School , Stevenson, MD
Stoneleigh-Burnham School, Greenfield, MA
Stuart Hall, Staunton, VA
The Andrews School , Willoughby, OH
The Bishop Strachan School, Toronto, Canada
The Ethel Walker School, Simsbury, CT
The Grier School , Tyrone, PA
The Hockaday School, Dallas, TX
The Madeira School, McLean, VA
Westover School, Middlebury, CT
Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart , Lake Forest, IL
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2. This interesting online site for girls schools offers another list
that should be useful to you. Note that it is mixed but that the
boarding schools are designated:
http://privateschool.about.com/cs/schoolsgirls2/index.htm?iam=metacrawl_1&terms=private+girls+boarding+schools
3. Petersons Education Portal offers additional
information on boarding schools.
The list starts(there are over a dozen webpage lists of schools at
this site) with the following schools (At this website you will be
able to click on each school's website for futher information):
A caveat is in order: Some of these boarding schools also board boys,
but this fact is listed at the site.
http://www.petersons.com/fts/smplrslt.asp
The Stony Brook School Stony Brook, New York
Marianapolis Preparatory School Thompson, Connecticut
Kent School Kent, Connecticut
Hackley School Tarrytown, New York
St. Timothy's School Stevenson, Maryland
Monte Vista Christian School Watsonville, California
St. Anne's–Belfield School Charlottesville, Virginia
Garrison Forest School Owings Mills, Maryland
Randolph-Macon Academy Front Royal, Virginia
Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart Lake Forest, Illinois
Perkiomen School Pennsburg, Pennsylvania
The Hockaday School Dallas, Texas
The Andrews School Willoughby, Ohio
The Athenian School Danville, California
The Taft School Watertown, Connecticut
Blair Academy Blairstown, New Jersey
St. Stephen's Episcopal School Austin, Texas
San Marcos Baptist Academy San Marcos, Texas
Indian Mountain School Lakeville, Connecticut
Gould Academy Bethel, Maine
http://www.petersons.com
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