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Mercersburg Academy Photo - Mercersburg Academy's campus as seen from atop the Irvine Memorial Chapel
Steamboat Mountain School Photo
TASIS The American School in Switzerland Photo - Perched on a hillside in sunny southern Switzerland with commanding views of snow-capped mountains, palm trees, and Lake Lugano, our global village comprises 25 buildings dating from the 17th century Villa De Nobili to the Campo Science Center, completed in 2014.
Suffield Academy Photo - The Bell on Suffield's Bell Hill is a central school symbol. All students ring it after receiving their Suffield diplomas at Commencement, and victorious athletic teams ring it throughout the year.
Forest Ridge School of the Sacred Heart Photo - Situated on 19 acres, the Forest Ridge campus is home to 9 different buildings, including the Lee Theatre and Performing Arts Center and Shumway Field. In 2006, the school added a new High School building and Sacred Heart Center.
Carlsbad International School Photo
Ecole d'Humanité Photo
The Marvelwood School Photo - The math curriculum offers AP and Honors level classes, as well as small-group tutoring
Squaw Valley Academy Photo - Lake Tahoe is a premier world-renown resort destination year-round. The blue skies, clear water, dense forests, and deep snow make it a haven for for everyone - from outdoor enthusiasts to authors and explorers.
Vermont Academy Photo - Vermont Academy students are curious and adventurous. They are innovators and tinkerers. They feel free to take risks and try new things.
The Webb School Photo - Webb students can enjoy class outside on the beautiful, 150 acre, campus.
Lakefield College School Photo - "Not one day passes without thinking back on my time at LCS. Because of my experience, I studied at top universities in England, my Bachelors at Warwick Business School and my Masters at Cass Business School, securing my first "real" job at Rothschild. LCS recognized and realized a potential in me that I didn't know I had. LCS ALUMNUS
Forman School Photo - Forman has a total of 13 dormitories on campus. The majority (85%) of students are boarders, but day students are invited to participate fully in evening study halls, meals, social events and other campus activities.
Springfield Commonwealth Academy Photo
St. Andrew's-Sewanee School Photo - One of the South's Most Beautiful High Schools, as chosen by Southern Living magazine, the school's 550-acre campus, including forests, bluffs and two lakes, offers abundant opportunities for outdoor recreation. A school farm, on-going wetlands study, and LEED Gold science building are just a few of the ways our campus also serves as learning lab.
Steward Outdoor School Photo - Come visit our beautiful 740 acre campus located in coastal Connecticut.
Keystone Academy Photo
The White Mountain School Photo - All students complete an independent project through our LASR program. LASR stands for Leadership, Arts, Service, and Research. These general categories demonstrate the range of projects that students choose to undertake. This program is our way of saying that passion matters, and that we know each and every student has a spark that we want to help focus.
Robert Land Academy Photo - A strong focus on foundational skills applied in academic courses provides students with opportunities for Canadian, US and world-wide university and college entrance. The Academy also offers foundational courses in English and Math for grades 5-10. These remedial courses allow boys who are behind in core subjects to make significant gains and catch up academically.

Climbing Boarding Schools

  • School Location Grades Students
  • Ashbury College
    (4)
    362 Mariposa Avenue
    Ottawa, Canada K1M0T3
    613-749-9630
    Grades: 9-12 | 4-12 (day) | 715 students
  • Asheville School
    Asheville School Photo - Boyd Chapel. Our Core Values are perseverance, integrity, respect, and compassion.
    (4)
    360 Asheville School Rd.
    Asheville, NC 28806
    828-254-6345
    Grades: 9-12 | 294 students
  • Bishop's College School
    Bishop's College School Photo - Though our campus is bordered by farmland and rolling hills, we're still close to major metropolitan areas. Montreal, Quebec City, Ottawa, Toronto and more are all within driving distance, and students have the opportunity to visit them a few times a year.
    80 chemin Moulton Hill
    Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada J1M 1Z8
    819-566-0238
    Grades: 7-12 | 260 students
  • Blue Ridge School
    Blue Ridge School Photo - The historic Battle House is the center of the Blue Ridge campus.
    All-boys  (Episcopal)
    (7)
    273 Mayo Drive
    St. George, VA 22935
    434-985-2811
    Grades: 9-12 | 195 students
  • Brentwood College School
    Brentwood College School Photo - The pursuit of academic excellence is one of our fundamental aims. We strive to help students reach levels of achievement that truly reflect their ability, attitude, and effort. Skill development through problem-solving, collaboration, and technology integration are pedagogical goals. Our Personalized Enrichment Programme allows students to access courses outside regular curricula by incorporating blended learning using external educational partners.
    (1)
    2735 Mt. Baker Road
    Mill Bay, BC V0R 2P1, Canada 1
    1-250-743-5521
    Grades: 9-12, PG | 525 students
  • Brewster Academy
    Brewster Academy Photo - The Academy's teachers are prepared and trained at the Brewster Summer Institute, a professional development program designed to assist teachers in maximizing student growth. Each instructor is placed on a nine-member teaching team. Each team teaches and advises students in a single grade, allowing for constant communication and interaction. Teams meet three times weekly to discuss each student's progress
    (10)
    80 Academy Drive
    Wolfeboro, NH 03894
    603-569-7200
    Grades: 9-12, PG | 355 students
  • Canadian College Italy
    Canadian College Italy Photo - CCI girls are housed in the Town's oldest Inn, The Allegria. It is a charming 525 year- old inn where the students also enjoy their dinners in the main floor dining hall. This residence also housed the girls in the very first year of the school in 1995. The residence has ten rooms on the second floor, each with their
    via Cavour 13
    Lanciano (CH), Italy 66034
    905-709-7401
    Grades: 10-12, PG | 60 students
  • Carlsbad International School
    Carlsbad International School Photo
    Slovenska 477/5
    Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic 36001
    00420353227387
    Grades: 9-12 | 70 students
  • Collège du Léman Sàrl
    Collège du Léman Sàrl Photo
    (1)
    Route de Sauverny 74
    Geneva, Switzerland 1290
    0041227755656
    Grades: 6-12 | Pre-K-12 (day) | 1900 students
  • Colorado Rocky Mountain School
    Colorado Rocky Mountain School Photo - With 165 students, relationships are at the core of the CRMS experience. This close-knit community resides on a 320-acre historic ranch, at the confluence of two rivers and base of Mount Sopris, providing not only an outdoor learning laboratory but a launch point for boundless outdoor adventure.
    (4)
    500 Holden Way
    Carbondale, CO 81623
    970-963-2562
    Grades: 9-12 | 165 students
  • Colorado Timberline Academy
    Colorado Timberline Academy Photo - Raku Firing
    (4)
    454 Academy Drive
    Durango, CO 81301
    970-247-5898
    Grades: 9-12, PG | 46 students
  • Dunn School
    Dunn School Photo - The STEM quad at Dunn, housing the math classrooms, tinker space, makers lab and more.
    P.O. Box 98, 2555 W. Highway 154
    Los Olivos, CA 93441
    800-287-9197
    Grades: 8-12 | 6-12 (day) | 249 students
  • Eaglebrook School
    Eaglebrook School Photo - Eaglebrook's vision is to help each student develop his unique gifts during the important middle school years, and our mission is to meet boys where they are in their development and to encourage them to build self-confidence through success. Eaglebrook offers a rich and diverse curriculum geared toward the learning styles of middle school boys.
    All-boys 
    (1)
    271 Pine Nook Road, P.O. Box 7
    Deerfield, MA 01342
    413-774-9111
    Grades: 6-9 | 247 students
  • Ecole d'Humanité
    Ecole d'Humanité Photo
    Dorfstrasse
    6085 Hasliberg Goldern, Switzerland 6085
    1-401-996-8682
    Grades: 8-12, PG | 120 students
  • Forest Ridge School of the Sacred Heart
    Forest Ridge School of the Sacred Heart Photo - Situated on 19 acres, the Forest Ridge campus is home to 9 different buildings, including the Lee Theatre and Performing Arts Center and Shumway Field. In 2006, the school added a new High School building and Sacred Heart Center.
    All-girls  (Catholic)
    4800 139th Avenue SE
    Bellevue, WA 98006
    425-641-0700
    Grades: 9-12, PG | 5-12, PG (day) | n/a students
  • Forman School
    Forman School Photo - This Music Program at Forman is designed for musicians of all levels; specifically, those who want to develop their talent while having fun learning and playing music in a band. We focus on learning parts, understanding the basic language of music, playing together, improvising, and individual technique.
    (6)
    12 Norfolk Road, P.O. Box 80
    Litchfield, CT 06759
    860-567-1802
    Grades: 9-12, PG | 230 students
  • Fountain Valley School of Colorado
    Fountain Valley School of Colorado Photo - Interim is one of the most meaningful experiences students will have at FVS. Every March, groups head off on experiential learning adventures across the United States and the world. Service and learning are core components, along with fun!
    (3)
    6155 Fountain Valley School Road
    Colorado Springs, CO 80911
    719-391-5251
    Grades: 9-12 | 230 students
  • Foxcroft School
    Foxcroft School Photo - Foxcroft Riding
    All-girls 
    (7)
    P.O. Box 5555
    Middleburg, VA 20118
    540-687-4340
    Grades: 9-12, PG | 178 students
  • The Greenwood School
    The Greenwood School Photo - "Makers of Vermont" is a signature program at The Greenwood School in VT, where students learn to craft metal objects and tools in our blacksmith's forge.
    All-boys 
    14 Greenwood Lane
    Putney, VT 05346
    802-387-4545
    Grades: 6-12 | 60 students
  • Holderness School
    Holderness School Photo - Our girls' field hockey team has been to the finals of the NEPSAC tournament every year for the last twenty-two years -- a tradition that's hard to beat.
    (Episcopal)
    (8)
    PO Box 1879
    Plymouth, NH 03264
    603-536-1747
    Grades: 9-12, PG | 280 students
  • Idyllwild Arts Academy
    Idyllwild Arts Academy Photo - InterArts and Fashion Design offers students the chance to explore and combined multiple art forms or to focus in Fashion Design. Students present their work in two fully choreographed Fashion Shows each year.
    (15)
    52500 Temecula Road
    Idyllwild, CA 92549
    19514687223
    Grades: 9-12, PG | 318 students
  • Indian Mountain School
    Indian Mountain School Photo - Indian Mountain School
    211 Indian Mountain Road
    Lakeville, CT 06039
    435-480-0871
    Grades: 6-9 | Pre-K-9 (day) | 239 students
  • Keystone Academy
    Keystone Academy Photo
    No.11, Anfu Street, Houshayu, Shunyi District
    Beijing, China 101318
    +86 10 80496008-2028
    Grades: 7-12 | K-8 (day) | 950 students
  • Lakefield College School
    Lakefield College School Photo - "Our campus is one of a kind. When you walk our beautiful grounds, surrounded by a picturesque lake, fields and forests with small village-like residences, you know what we mean. It doesn't feel like a school. And we like that." Our Way / More Itentionally Lakefield
    (Anglican)
    4391 County Rd. 29
    Lakefield, Canada K0L2H0
    705-652-3324
    Grades: 9-12 | 365 students
  • Leysin American School in Switzerland (LAS)
    Leysin American School in Switzerland (LAS) Photo
    Chemin de la Source
    Leysin, Switzerland 1854
    0041244934888
    Grades: 7-12, PG | 340 students
  • The Marvelwood School
    The Marvelwood School Photo - Community Service Wednesday is an important part of the weekly schedule and the mission of the School. Faculty member Sharon O'Brien and students write, direct and create puppets for a show they perform at local nursery and elementary schools throughout the year.
    476 Skiff Mountain Road
    Kent, CT 06757
    860-927-0047
    Grades: 9-12, PG | 165 students
  • Mercersburg Academy
    Mercersburg Academy Photo - Mercersburg Academy's campus as seen from atop the Irvine Memorial Chapel
    (20)
    300 East Seminary Street
    Mercersburg, PA 17236
    717-328-6173
    Grades: 9-12, PG | 440 students
  • New Hampton School
    New Hampton School Photo - A Performing Arts program that encourages students to find their confidence on stage.
    (8)
    70 Main Street
    New Hampton, NH 03256
    603-677-3401
    Grades: 9-12, PG | 325 students
  • North Country School
    North Country School Photo - North Country School's annual spring theatre production involves the entire school an highlights student actors and sophisticated theatre technology. Students may choose to be actors, set designers, musicians, or members of the stage crew. NCS provides students with many avenues for creative expression that promote a life-long love of the arts.
    4382 Cascade Road
    Lake Placid, NY 12946
    518-523-9329
    Grades: 4-9 | 65 students
  • Northwood School
    Northwood School Photo - Northwood School is set on an 88 acre campus, walking distance from the village of Lake Placid, NY and based in the 6 million acre Adirondack Park.
    (1)
    92 Northwood Road
    Lake Placid, NY 12946
    518-523-3382
    Grades: 9-12, PG | 175 students
  • Proctor Academy
    Proctor Academy Photo - Proctor`s campus includes over forty-five buildings, twenty small dormitories, its own privately owned and operated ski hill, state of the art classrooms and art facilities, 3,000 acres of forest and ponds surrounding beautiful natural and synthetic playing fields that are tucked against Ragged Mountain`s south slope.
    (9)
    204 Main Street - P.O. Box 500
    Andover, NH 03216
    603-735-6652
    Grades: 9-12, PG | 370 students
  • Robert Land Academy
    Robert Land Academy Photo - Hard work in the classroom is balanced with plenty of fun and adventure.
    All-boys 
    6727 South Chippawa Rd
    Wellandport, Ontario, Canada 12345
    905-386-6203
    Grades: 5-12 | 125 students
  • St. Andrew's-Sewanee School
    St. Andrew's-Sewanee School Photo - At St. Andrew's-Sewanee your classmates are your partners and friends, not your competitors. Teachers believe in motivating each student to achieve their personal best. Classmates from across the country and around the world support you as you seek to be the best you can be, whether it's in or out of the classroom.
    (Episcopal)
    (5)
    290 Quintard Rd.
    Sewanee, TN 37375
    931-598-5651
    Grades: 8-12 | 6-12 (day) | 251 students
  • St. Stephen's Episcopal School
    St. Stephen's Episcopal School Photo
    (Episcopal)
    (1)
    6500 St. Stephen's Drive
    Austin, TX 78746
    512-327-1213
    Grades: 8-12 | 6-12 (day) | 696 students
  • Sandy Spring Friends School
    Sandy Spring Friends School Photo - Dorm life
    (Quaker)
    16923 Norwood Road
    Sandy Spring, MD 20860
    301-774-7455
    Grades: 9-12 | Pre-K-12 (day) | 600 students
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