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Prep Schools
 * I. Overview **

A. Derivation: College **Prep**aratory School.

B. Can be secular or have a religious affiliation.

C. It can begin as early as Kindergarten.

D. Charges expensive tuition and/or room and board.

E. Stresses a superior education to conventional schools.

F. It may or may not be a boarding school.

G. The goal is to prepare students to attend the most prestigious colleges in the country.

H. Other types of boarding schools include religious, art, all-boys or all-girls, learning differences, and military schools.


 * II. Funding/ Financial Resources **

A. Relies heavily on philanthropic donations and tuition to support its facilities and faculty.

B. On average, a typical prep school will cost as much as $20,000 dollars per year. Others can extend over $30,000 per year.

C. Many have endowments larger than the universities the students will attend.


 * III. Curriculum **

A. All prep schools meet their state mandated curriculum of instruction.

B. However, with its resources and sizeable endowments, many prep schools offer more challenging instruction that extends beyond the expectations of their local school district.

C. Most participate in the AP program and teach an IB curriculum that is recognized throughout the world.

D. Some require students to take sports in order for them to be well- rounded individuals.

**IV. Prep Schools during the 1950'**s

A. Back in the 1950's, Prep Schools were not co-ed.

B. Often, only the wealthiest families could afford to sen their children to Prep School.

C. The point was to send their children to the most elite colleges and help build their character into being a leader.


 * V. Famous Examples: Listed in order of academic achievement from Forbes **

A. Trinity School Location: New York, N.Y. Founded: 1709 Ivy/MIT/Stanford pipeline: 41% Student/Faculty ratio: 6:1 Faculty holding advanced degrees: 82% Endowment: $40.4 million Notable alumni: Colson Whitehead, John and Patrick McEnroe, Katrina vanden Heuvel



B. Horace Mann

Location: Bronx, N.Y. Founded: 1887 Ivy/MIT/Stanford pipeline: 36% Student/Faculty ratio: 12:1 Faculty holding advanced degrees: 94% Notable alumni: Jack Kerouac, William Carlos Williams, and James Schlesinger

C. Phillips Academy Andover

Location: Andover, Mass. Founded: 1778 Ivy/MIT/Stanford pipeline: 33% Student/Faculty ratio: 5:1 Faculty holding advanced degrees: 73% Endowment: $641.8 million Notable alumni: Humphrey Bogart, George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush



D. The Brearly School Location: New York, N.Y. Founded: 1884 Ivy/MIT/Stanford pipeline: 37% Student/Faculty ratio: 6:1 Faculty holding advanced degrees: 73% Endowment: $106 million Notable alumni: Caroline Kennedy, Tea Leoni, and Kyra Sedgwick

E. Roxbury Latin Location: West Roxbury, Mass. Founded: 1645 Ivy/MIT/Stanford pipeline: 36% Student/Faculty ratio: 8:1 Faculty holding advanced degrees: 76% Endowment: $105 million Notable alumni: James Pierpont (principal founder of Yale), biologist Jared Diamond, former Treasury Secretary Roger Altman



Work Cited

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4. Laneri, Raquel. “America’s Best Prep Schools.” //Forbes//. Forbes Magazine, n.d. Web. 15 Nov. 2011. .