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Mercersburg Academy Photo - Mercersburg Academy's campus as seen from atop the Irvine Memorial Chapel
Wasatch Academy Photo - Set within the beautiful Rocky Mountains of Utah, Wasatch Academy is a safe and great place for students to learn on the weekdays while playing on the weekends in the great outdoors.
Bishop's College School Photo - Our mission is simple: to create a caring community of learning and development where cultures connect and individuals matter. Our commitment to excellence in academics, wellness, athletics, creativity, and service contribute to a lifetime of engagement and global competence
Westover School Photo
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.
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.
Colorado Timberline Academy Photo - Cabin life
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.
Fountain Valley School of Colorado Photo - Fountain Valley School from the sky. Drone photo taken by Max Seigal FVS '06.
Keystone Academy Photo
The Storm King School Photo - The Storm King School embraces truth, respect, and responsibility.
Canadian College Italy Photo - The beautiful surrounding countryside around Lanciano offers excellent hiking opportunities.
Brewster Academy Photo - Freshwater Ecology students access the largest freshwater laboratory in the state (Lake Winnipesaukee), without leaving campus.
The Thacher School Photo - "Education is not merely the making of scholars. It is the making of men and women. It is the training of the younger generation in the art of living for their own greatest good and the greatest good of their fellow citizens." -Sherman Day Thacher
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.
Ecole d'Humanité Photo
Eaglebrook School Photo - At the heart of the school is the shared life of teachers, their families, and boys working together. This is the common room of Halsted House, one of five dormitories on campus.
Asheville School Photo - Boyd Chapel. Our Core Values are perseverance, integrity, respect, and compassion.
Episcopal High School Photo
Brentwood College School Photo - Crooks Hall, our oceanfront dining room and student services centre, is designed to be a warm, welcoming, west coast style facility, which is student friendly and environmentally responsible.For students, it is a one-stop social experience and the heart of campus where everyone can eat, relax, socialize, buy school supplies, pick up laundry, and host meetings.

Top Climbing Boarding Schools (2019-20)

  • School Location Grades Students
  • Ashbury College
    Ashbury College Photo - Graduating students throw their school ties in the air after receiving their diplomas.
    (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 - Our mission is simple: to create a caring community of learning and development where cultures connect and individuals matter. Our commitment to excellence in academics, wellness, athletics, creativity, and service contribute to a lifetime of engagement and global competence
    80 chemin Moulton Hill
    Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada J1M 1Z8
    (819)566-0238
    Grades: 7-12 | 263 students
  • Blue Ridge School
    Blue Ridge School Photo - Our lake offers students a chance to relax, fish, canoe - in the center of campus.
    All-boys  (Episcopal)
    (7)
    273 Mayo Drive
    St. George, VA 22935
    (434)985-2811
    Grades: 9-12 | 185 students
  • Brentwood College School
    Brentwood College School Photo - Crooks Hall, our oceanfront dining room and student services centre, is designed to be a warm, welcoming, west coast style facility, which is student friendly and environmentally responsible.For students, it is a one-stop social experience and the heart of campus where everyone can eat, relax, socialize, buy school supplies, pick up laundry, and host meetings.
    (1)
    2735 Mt. Baker Road
    Mill Bay, BC V0R 2P1, Canada 1
    (250)743-5521
    Grades: 9-12, PG | 525 students
  • Brewster Academy
    Brewster Academy Photo - Freshwater Ecology students access the largest freshwater laboratory in the state (Lake Winnipesaukee), without leaving campus.
    (10)
    80 Academy Drive
    Wolfeboro, NH 03894
    (603)569-7200
    Grades: 9-12, PG | 355 students
  • Canadian College Italy
    Canadian College Italy Photo - The beautiful surrounding countryside around Lanciano offers excellent hiking opportunities.
    via Cavour 13
    Lanciano (CH), Italy 66034
    9057097401
    Grades: 9-12, PG | 60 students
  • Carlsbad International School
    Carlsbad International School Photo
    Slovenska 477/5
    Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic 36001
    00420353227387
    Grades: 9-12 | 55 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 Colorado Rocky Mountain School 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.
    (8)
    500 Holden Way
    Carbondale, CO 81623
    (970)963-2562
    Grades: 9-12 | 162 students
  • Colorado Timberline Academy
    Colorado Timberline Academy Photo - Cabin life
    (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 - At the heart of the school is the shared life of teachers, their families, and boys working together. This is the common room of Halsted House, one of five dormitories on campus.
    All-boys 
    (1)
    271 Pine Nook Road, P.O. Box 7
    Deerfield, MA 01342
    (413)774-9111
    Grades: 6-9 | 256 students
  • Ecole d'Humanité
    Ecole d'Humanité Photo
    Dorfstrasse
    6085 Hasliberg Goldern, Switzerland 6085
    14019968682
    Grades: 8-12, PG | 120 students
  • Episcopal High School
    Episcopal High School Photo
    (Episcopal)
    (12)
    1200 N. Quaker Lane
    Alexandria, VA 22302
    (877)933-4347
    Grades: 9-12 | 440 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) | 300 students
  • Forman School
    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.
    (6)
    12 Norfolk Road, P.O. Box 80
    Litchfield, CT 06759
    (860)567-1802
    Grades: 9-12, PG | 223 students
  • Fountain Valley School of Colorado
    Fountain Valley School of Colorado Photo - Fountain Valley School from the sky. Drone photo taken by Max Seigal FVS '06.
    (3)
    6155 Fountain Valley School Road
    Colorado Springs, CO 80911
    (719)391-5251
    Grades: 9-12 | 230 students
  • Foxcroft School
    Foxcroft School Photo - Foxcroft School House
    All-girls 
    (7)
    22407 Foxhound Lane
    Middleburg, VA 20117
    (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 alumni consistently tell us that our student run Job Program was formative for their future success, noting proudly that they were supervisors, event planners, and project managers before they even graduated high school.
    (Episcopal)
    (8)
    PO Box 1879
    Plymouth, NH 03264
    (603)536-1747
    Grades: 9-12, PG | 280 students
  • Idyllwild Arts Academy
    Idyllwild Arts Academy Photo - Idyllwild Arts Academy is home to 310 students from 35 countries and 26 US states, all devoted to intensive study of the arts. Located 2 hours from Los Angeles, 2 hours from San Diego, and 1 hour from Palm Springs, the Academy is an artistic crossroads for Southern California.
    (15)
    52500 Temecula Road
    Idyllwild, CA 92549
    (951)468-7223
    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: 5-9 | Pre-K-9 (day) | 250 students
  • Keystone Academy
    Keystone Academy Photo
    No.11, Anfu Street, Houshayu, Shunyi District
    Beijing, China 101318
    8610804960082028
    Grades: 7-12 | K-8 (day) | 950 students
  • Lakefield College School
    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
    (Anglican)
    (1)
    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 - Belle Epoque Campus
    Chemin de la Source
    Leysin, Switzerland 1854
    0041244934888
    Grades: 7-12, PG | 340 students
  • The Marvelwood School
    The Marvelwood School Photo - The math curriculum offers AP and Honors level classes, as well as small-group tutoring
    476 Skiff Mountain Road
    Kent, CT 06757
    (860)927-0047
    Grades: 9-12, PG | 140 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 - Athletics that prepare student-athletes for college.
    (8)
    70 Main Street
    New Hampton, NH 03256
    (603)677-3401
    Grades: 9-12, PG | 340 students
  • North Country School
    North Country School Photo - North Country School's 220-acre campus is located in the Adirondack Mountains near Lake Placid, New York, a popular resort town and the site of two Winter Olympic Games. Many of our buildings use solar energy and biomass heating to help reduce the school's carbon footprint and to teach and model responsible and sustainable living practices.
    4382 Cascade Road
    Lake Placid, NY 12946
    (518)523-9329
    Grades: 4-9 | 81 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 | 190 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.
    (10)
    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 - 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.
    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 - 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.
    (Episcopal)
    (6)
    290 Quintard Rd.
    Sewanee, TN 37375
    (931)598-5651
    Grades: 8-12 | 6-12 (day) | 250 students
  • St. Michaels University School
    St. Michaels University School Photo - Learning is hands on, with students often leaving campus to experience real-world examples of what they are studying. An example is this AP Environmental Science field trip to the Bamfield Marine Centre.
    3400 Richmond Road
    Victoria, Canada V8P 4P5
    (250)370-6170
    Grades: 8-12 | K-12 (day) | 1000 students
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