Secondary School
What you experience and accomplish during high school is more important than where you go to high school. This is central to every conversation Dunbar has with a family of a middle school student. Dunbar is all about finding the “fit” for each student.
Boarding School-Bound Students
Today’s boarding school community is much different from that of 20-30 years ago. Student bodies have become more diversified with a wider mix of socio-economic groups and more international students. Faculty are trained to teach to multiple intelligences and many schools have trained learning specialists on staff to work with those students who need to learn alternative skills. Some schools specialize in certain sports, arts and/or extracurricular activities. Dunbar visits schools on a regular basis to better understand their individual communities and cultures so that we can make as good a fit as possible for your child.
The process of applying to boarding school can begin as early as the spring of the student’s 7th grade year. In the case of junior boarding schools, this can begin as early as the 5th grade. Some families, however, choose to wait for the 10th, 11th or post-graduate year.
List of Boarding Schools We Have Worked With:
Avon Old Farms
Berkshire
Blair
Brewster Academy
Brooks
Canterbury
Cate School
Cheshire Academy
Choate Rosemary Hall
Concord Academy
Christ (NC)
Cushing
Dana Hall
Deerfield Academy
Dublin
Eagle Hill (MA & CT)
Emma Willard
Episcopal (VA)
Ethel Walker
Forman
Fountain Valley (CO)
The Frederick Gunn School
Gould
Governor’s Academy
Groton
The Frederick Gunn School
The Hill
Holderness
Hotchkiss
Hyde
Idyllwild Arts Academy
Kent
Kents Hill
Kimball Union
Lake Forest Academy
Landmark
Lawrence
Lawrenceville
Loomis Chaffee
Madeira
Marvelwood
Masters School
Mercersburg Academy
Middlesex
Millbrook
Milton Academy
Miss Porter’s
Miss Hall’s
New Hampton
Northfield Mt. Hermon
Oxford Academy
Peddie
Philips Andover
Philips Exeter
Pomfret
Portsmouth Abbey
Proctor
Purnell
Putney
Salisbury
Solebury School
South Kent School
St. Andrews (DE)
St. Georges
St. Marks
St. Paul’s
St. Timothy’s (MD)
Shattuck St. Mary’s
Stoneleigh Burnham
Suffield
Tabor
Taft
The Thatcher School
Tilton
Trinity-Pawling
Vermont Academy
Virginia Episcopal School
Walnut Hill Sch. For the Arts
The Webb Schools
Westminster
Westover
White Mountain School
Williston Northampton
Winchendon
Woodberry Forest
Woodhall
Secondary Day School Placement
Often families wish to apply to both independent day and boarding schools for high school. Consequently, we have expanded our services to include appropriate options in the “Fairchester” area (schools in both Fairfield County, CT, and Westchester County, NY). While we have placed students outside this area, it is our primary focus.
Junior Boarding Schools We Have Worked With:
Bement
Cardigan Mountain
Eaglebrook
Fay
Indian Mountain
Rectory
Rumsey Hall
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