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San Francisco University High School, established in 1973, is a co-educational, college preparatory, independent secondary school for grades nine through twelve. University High School welcomes students of demonstrated motivation and ability to engage in an education that fosters responsibility and the spirited pursuit of knowledge. We are a school where adults believe in the promise of every student, and together we work to build and sustain a community of diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and talents. UHS challenges each individual to live a life of integrity, inquiry, and purpose larger than the self.

St. Stephen’s Episcopal School is a coeducational boarding and day school on a 374 acre campus in Austin, Texas. For over 70 years, we have provided a rigorous college preparatory curriculum within a balanced program of academics, athletics and the arts. With 700 boarding and day students from across the U.S. and more than 20 countries, we are a diverse, inclusive and supportive community that fosters healthy, balanced lifestyles in our students while preparing them for success in college and beyond. Service learning activities, outdoor education and adventures, and study abroad programs allow students to connect what they learn in class to the surrounding community and broader world. St. Stephen’s also offers three special programs: Tennis Academy, Soccer Academy and Theatre Focus. These combine college preparatory academics with highly specialized training and instruction delivered by experienced professionals.

Since 1814, Emma Willard School has been one of the nation's leading college-preparatory boarding and day schools for young women. Known for its challenging academic program, the school promotes intellectual curiosity and disciplined study habits through an outstanding faculty and an extensive curriculum distinguished by a wide array of Advanced Placement courses. The school's extraordinary physical plant, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, provides a breathtakingly beautiful, yet state-of-the-art, setting for learning and living.

Belmont Hill is a community dedicated to developing boys in mind, body, and spirit. In a school that challenges and supports students in and beyond the classroom, we strive for excellence, honoring clear thinking and creativity, competition and teamwork, tradition and vision. Valuing difference, we seek students, faculty, and staff from a broad range of backgrounds who will embrace honest effort, curiosity, courage, and compassion. Working together, we seek to foster in each boy good character, commitment to service, global responsibility, and a passion for lifelong learning.

Dana Hall School is unlike any other learning environment a girl will ever experience. We’re a school where students tackle demanding coursework and high academic expectations with joy, enthusiasm, and genuine curiosity. A place where girls take the lead in every classroom, on every stage, and on every sports field. We cultivate an environment in which students feel free to discover, become, and express exactly who they are. At Dana Hall, we believe that academic excellence is best realized in girls whose social and emotional needs are equally considered with their intellect. Here, girls have a rare opportunity to explore—fully and without reserve—every aspect of who they are. Their true interests, nascent talents, bold ambitions, and leadership qualities. What ignites their curiosity, moves their hearts, and gives them purpose. Since 1881, our students’ undeniable success—at Dana Hall, in college, and in the world—has borne out the wisdom of our educational philosophy.

As a college preparatory school, Bishop's believes that certain skills, knowledge, and the ability to reason are necessary to meet the demands of a college education and to benefit from it. The School's affiliation with the Episcopal Church reflects the belief that knowledge combined with a spiritual awareness better enables students to function as caring, effective adults in today's world. In addition to stimulating and challenging students academically, the School's mission includes helping young people learn to be morally discriminating and to define ethical standards that will take them from adolescence to adulthood. At Bishop's, the focus is on developing the whole person.

Founded in 1848, Blair Academy is a dynamic, coeducational boarding school in northwest New Jersey, located 65 miles from New York City. As members of an inclusive, vibrant community, 460 students pursue a superior college preparatory education and explore their passions in the arts, athletics, academics and service. Strong faculty-student relationships foster personalized learning opportunities and academic achievement, while our cross-curricular public speaking and leadership programs teach students to advocate for themselves and others. Blair graduates are empowered to become persons of great accomplishment and character who distinguish themselves at top colleges and as leaders in their professions and communities.

Westminster is a Christian, independent day school for boys and girls, which seeks to serve students who are bright, motivated, curious, and nurtured by challenge in an environment that develops leaders of conscience who will be a positive force in the world. The School was founded in 1951 guided by a mission to prepare students for college and for life. With a current enrollment of approximately 1,860 students in grades Pre-First through Twelfth, Westminster fulfills its mission through a dynamic curriculum that engages children across the key dimensions of their growth--academic, physical, and spiritual.

Kent is a co-ed college preparatory school founded in 1906 in the tradition of the Episcopal Church. Located in northwestern Connecticut, the School offers boys and girls a rigorous and interesting academic program in a boarding environment. 560 boarding and day students from more than 40 countries and nearly as many states enjoy the excellent academic programs, enriching offerings in the arts, competitive athletic teams and spirited student body. Kent prepares young people for the most prestigious colleges and universities in the U.S. and abroad.

Harvard-Westlake is a school whose curriculum and programs create an educational environment designed for students who possess both the motivation and the ability to pursue a rigorous college preparatory course of study. The school strives to provide an education that enables and empowers its diverse students to develop their intellectual, spiritual, emotional, and physical gifts; to understand and respect the similarities and differences among themselves and others in their local and world communities; and to learn the habits of mind and self-discipline necessary to live with integrity and purpose as contributing members of society.

Loomis Chaffee strives to advance the development in spirit, mind, and body of boys and girls drawn from diverse cultural and social backgrounds and to inspire in them a commitment to the best self and the common good. The academic program forms skilled and discerning minds in preparation for higher education and lifelong learning. Loomis Chaffee educates its students for service in our emerging global civilization. Students enjoy a 4:1 boarding student/resident teacher ratio; a student center; a visual arts center; a athletic facility; a new center for science & mathematics; and a new music center, opened in 2009.

The mission of Lakeside School is to develop in intellectually capable young people the creative minds, healthy bodies, and ethical spirits needed to contribute wisdom, compassion, and leadership to a global society. We provide a rigorous and dynamic academic program through which effective educators lead students to take responsibility for learning. We are committed to sustaining a school in which individuals representing diverse cultures and experiences instruct one another in the meaning and value of community and in the joy and importance of lifelong learning.

The Hill School was founded in 1851 by the Rev. Matthew Meigs as the Family Boarding School for Boys and Young Men. The School opened on May 1, 1851, enrolling 25 boys for the first year. The Family Boarding School was the first of its kind in America. According to John Chancellor’s The History of The Hill, “He [Meigs] wanted to stress that he was not founding still another academy, but a type of school quite new and rare in America. There is a tendency to think that the boys’ boarding school as we know it existed as long as there have been private schools. It has not. Most of the 12 to 15 schools generally considered the “core” group were established in the last half of the nineteenth century…Of this whole group of schools, The Hill was the first to be founded as a family boarding school

"Princeton Day School nurtures the mind, the body, and the character of each student. In academics, athletics, the arts, and service, we celebrate the pursuit of individual excellence and the spirit of collaboration that binds us together as a community. We seek diversity of cultures, views, and talents to promote the intellectual growth and moral development of our students."

Dwight-Englewood School offers a seamless educational experience from preschool through grade 12 and gives students the highest quality preparation for college and university work while fostering independent thinking; the ability to solve problems; and the skills, tolerance, and integrity it takes to thrive in our multifaceted world.

WRA is an independent coed boarding/day school of 430 students from 36 states and 40 countries. Its challenging curriculum features 40+ College Level courses, a 6:1 student-to-teacher ratio, and an average class size of 12. Graduates are admitted to selective colleges. Other features: 190-acre campus, 21,000 square-foot library, superb fine arts offerings, required daily athletics and more. We are the only school to offer Cancer Immunology and Synthetic Biology, two of our standout science programs that enable students to delve into advanced scientific studies thanks to our proximity to Cleveland's renowned healthcare institutions, as well as faculty and alumni partnerships and connections. Our Compass Program provides a platform for students to tackle diverse challenges and explore unique passions. Our Wang Innovation Center is a dynamic 6,000-square-foot hub that transcends a typical makerspace, offering state-of-the-art equipment and dedication areas for ideation, prototyping and final production.

The College Preparatory School is a coeducational, independent day school serving grades nine through twelve. It offers a rigorous academic program for young people who are potential candidates for four-year colleges and universities. The school’s purpose is to prepare students for productive, ethical lives in college and beyond through a challenging and stimulating education in an atmosphere of consideration, trust, and mutual responsibility.

The Pennington School is an independent coeducational school for students in grades 6 through 12, offering both day and boarding programs, with boarding beginning in 8th grade. Having welcomed international students since 1885, we offer ELL/ESL, a popular host family program that pairs international boarding students with local day families, and a full-time Director of International Students who facilitates airport transfers, I-20 applications, and other important logistical support. Founded in 1838, Pennington values both tradition and innovation, and is firmly rooted in a whole-student character development focusing on our core values: Honor, Virtue, and Humility. The school's long and proud history of inclusive practices has built a truly diverse and welcoming community. Pennington offers 40 Honors/AP classes and graduates about 100-110 seniors a year--85% of whom gain admittance to their top choice college. In recent years, we have developed forward thinking certificate programs that offer students opportunities to dive deeper into Global Studies, Applied Sciences (Pre-engineering and/or Computer Programming), and Social Entrepreneurship (in conjunction with The University of Pennsylvania). Our Horizon Internship Program helps Seniors gain invaluable hands-on experiences in an impressive range of professions all over the world! The town of Pennington has been called "the safest in NJ" and offers many conveniences within a 1-5 minute walk. The campus is just 10 minutes from Princeton, an hour to either NYC and Philadelphia, and easily accessible to international airports. The location also lends itself to wonderful educational and recreational opportunities that make it easy to offer fun and dynamic weekend activities.

Menlo School's mission is to empower students to explore and expand their interests, reach their fullest potential, develop the skills necessary for success in college, and become ethical, responsible, and engaged members of ever wider communities. At Menlo School, we are passionate about encouraging students to pursue high standards of academic excellence; discover the joy of learning; stretch themselves and raise challenging questions; demonstrate courage, integrity and a commitment to ethical behavior; develop a sense of commitment to purposes larger than themselves; appreciate the richness of diversity; think independently and creatively; take progressively more responsibility for themselves and their education; and lead healthful lives.

Founded in 1896 as an Episcopal boarding school by the Rev. John Byron Diman, St. George’s today lives firmly in the 21st century, with state-of-the-art academic and athletic facilities, and an innovative curriculum that prepares students to become the thoughtful, compassionate leaders and doers the world needs most. A community drawn from a wide range of traditions and backgrounds in the U.S. and around the world, our school provides opportunities for students to deepen their intellectual curiosity and develop their distinctive talents — whether sequencing DNA in a lab, composing music in the arts center, scoring a goal on the athletic fields, navigating by starlight on Geronimo, or learning beyond campus in one of our unique connected-learning programs in places like Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. St. George’s School continues to fulfill its mission through enrolling a diverse, academically talented, and well-rounded student body guided by educators committed to creating a supportive and inclusive environment. True to our Episcopal heritage, we welcome students, faculty, and staff of all faiths to a community guided by core values: respect for each individual, personal integrity, and service to others.