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Blair Academy
2 Park Street, Blairstown, NJ 07825 - View a map of this school Map tel: 908-362-2024
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"...One traditional aspect of Blair is our size. Even as we are actively building and improving our physical qualities, Blair is and will continue to be a school of about 430 girls and boys and 80 faculty members. Our size plays a crucial role in the spirit of our school as we blend supervision and structure with opportunity and independence..."


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Blair Academy Boarding School Avg.
Overview:
School Focus College Preparatory College Preparatory
Grades Offered 9-12, PG 8-12
School Type Co-ed Co-ed
Support for ADD/ADHD Students No No
Religious Affiliation Presbyterian Non-denominational
Year Founded 1848 1899
Campus Size 423 acres 150 acres
     
Student Body
Enrollment 440 students 294 students
Percent Students of Color 15% 16%
Percent International Students 9% 15%
Percent Students Boarding 76% 72%
Average SAT Score 1850 *National Avg. » View
Offers Post-Grad Year Yes No
     
Academics and Faculty    
Saturday Classes Yes No
Frequency of Saturday Classes Weekly Weekly
Classroom Dress Code Casual Formal
Average Class Size 10 12
*National School Avg. » 20
Teacher : Student Ratio 1:7 1:7
# of AP/Advanced Courses Offered 21 13
ESL Courses Offered No Yes
% Faculty with Advanced Degree 57% 60%
Summer Program Offered No Yes
     
Finances    
Endowment Size $66 million $17 million
Yearly Tuition (Boarding Students) $39,200 $36,600
Yearly Tuition (Day Students) $28,400 $20,975
Percent Students on Financial Aid 32% 30%
Average Financial Aid Grant $ 22,246 $ 16,199
Merit Scholarships Offered No No
     
Admission    
Application Deadline Feb. 1 / rolling Jan. 15
SSAT Required Yes Yes
Average Percentile SSAT 65% -
Acceptance Rate 53% 60%
Director of Admissions Barbara Haase
Course Listings:
List of Courses Offered Link to List of Courses
Sports:
Total Interscholastic Sports Offered 19 13

Interscholastic Sports

Alpine SkiingBaseball
BasketballCrew
Cross CountryDance
Field HockeyFootball
GolfIce Hockey
LacrosseSoccer
SoftballSquash
SwimmingTennis
Track and FieldWinter Track
Wrestling 
Extracurricular:
Total Extracurricular Organizations 38 22
  Extracurriculars
 
Academic Honor CommitteeAdmissions Committee
Amnesty InternationalBlair Academy Dancers
Blair Academy SingersBlair Intramural Games (B.I.G. Tournament)
Blair Literary MagazineBlair Radio
Blue and White KeyChristian Fellowship
Community Service GroupCycling Club
EarthshineHorseback Riding
Human Relations CommitteeInternational Awareness Club
Investment ClubJazz Ensemble
Jewish UnionKayaking
Math TeamModel U.N.
Multicultural Student UnionOutdoor Skills
Peer TutoringPrefects
Rules and Discipline CommitteeSociety of Skeptics
String OrchestraStudent Government
Student NewspaperStudent Rock Bands
The Dames (female a capella)The Tweeds (male a capella)
Theatre and the ArtsVideo Production
Wind SymphonyYearbook
College Matriculation:  
Year: 2002-2007 10 Most Popular College Choices  (# Enrolled)  
Boston University
22
New York University
19
George Washington University
18
Cornell University
15
University of Pennsylvania
15
Colgate University
14
Lehigh University
14
Columbia University
13
Lafayette College
13
Syracuse University
13
Link to Matriculation Data
School Notes:
  • Blair Academy holds firmly to its tradition of being a supportive, nurturing, family-oriented community while offering a dynamic classroom experience. Students receive a superior college preparatory education in addition to developing leadership skills, becoming service-minded, and enhancing their athletic and/or artistic potential with the guidance and support of outstanding coaches, directors and teachers.
  • Our Tuesday evening lecture series, The Society of Skeptics, has been in continuous existence since 1977, and is, arguably, the most premier high school lecture series in the country. Over the past 30 years, under the tutelage of Dr. Martin Miller, the weekly lecture series has featured a wide variety of speakers who are engaging, accomplished in their respective field, and often controversial. One thing is for sure: they all succeed in generating healthy discussion in the Blair classrooms and around campus. A selection of speakers can be viewed on the Blair web site.
  • Our size plays a crucial role in the spirit of our school as we blend supervision and structure with opportunity and independence. Thus, while we are small enough to run study halls, to offer special help sessions, and to foster close student-faculty relations, we also have the size to support exciting curricular offerings like Asian Studies, architectural design, economics, video production, Chinese and creative writing. In addition, Blair has two choral singing groups, three instrumental music groups, a Model United Nations program, the best high school wrestling team in America, and countless trips abroad. We see Blair’s size as being a fundamental quality of our school, a quality which distinguishes us from other schools in the Mid-Atlantic region.
  • Blair recently finished several new athletic facilities during the summer of 2007, including ten new tennis courts, a new track, and artificial turf field for football, lacrosse and field hockey. In addition, Blair plans to begin construction of a new state-of-the-art Student Activities and Athletic Center in the fall of 2007. The construction project will include four new squash courts; all purpose indoor courts for basketball, volleyball, intramural sports, etc.; a new fitness center; and a student activities center housing the bookstore, campus grill, and a study area with wireless internet access.
  • School accreditations: Middle States
  • Profile last updated: 10/08/2007
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