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Annie Wright Schools is an IB World School where global learning extends far beyond the classroom. Our extensive travel program—featuring international trips, cultural immersions, and experiential learning across continents—brings the IB curriculum to life and helps students develop real‑world confidence and perspective. Located in the Greater Seattle area and grounded in character, service, and global citizenship, Annie Wright prepares students to explore the world with purpose and lead with compassion.

TKA has 22 Advanced Placement (AP) courses, 65 bands, teams, and choirs, and countless clubs. All major fees and expenses are included. TKA offers specialized tracks in Business, Pre- Law, Conservatory of the Arts, Sports Medicine, Engineering, and Aviation. The TKA Lions have won over 10 different State of Florida Athletic Championships while many international students were members of the winning teams. Students can also get involved in the Arts program as an extra- curricular and take part in 150 public performances every year (including the Presidential Inauguration in 2017, Washington, D.C.). The King's Academy offers international students an exemplary English as a Second Language (ESL) program and personal guidance on the college entrance process. Graduates of The King's Academy matriculate into the United States' most highly selective colleges & universities.

Founded in 1946 by the Brothers of Holy Cross, Gilmour is an independent, Catholic, coed, college-preparatory school offering a Montessori (18 months - Kindergarten) program and a Lower School, Middle School and Upper School. Located on 144 acres in Gates Mills, Ohio, Gilmour has a total enrollment of 800 students, which includes young men and women in Montessori through grade 12, and a limited number of postgraduate students each year. Resident students compose 16 percent of our Upper School student body and represent 17 states and 11 foreign countries. Gilmour admits students of any race, color, religion, gender, and national and ethnic origin.

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CATS Academy Boston is a leading international boarding high school located in the safe, affluent Braintree district of Boston. Adjacent to the local police station, CATS has invested over $1 million in campus security, ensuring a safe and secure learning environment. Situated at the terminus of the Red Line, the campus is just 20–30 minutes from downtown Boston, with direct subway access to Harvard, MIT, and other world-renowned universities. As one of the few full-boarding schools in the Boston area, CATS Academy Boston offers 400 single and 50 double en-suite dormitories with modern facilities. The school provides Grades 8–12/PG curriculum and 21 AP courses, along with STEAM Enrichment Program and Excellent Academy of Arts, Basketball, and Ice Hockey, supporting students' all-round development. Since 2014, CATS Academy Boston has maintained a 100% university acceptance rate, with graduates receiving an average of 6 offers each. Students have successfully matriculated to top institutions including MIT, the University of Pennsylvania, Brown, Dartmouth, Stanford, and Cornell.

Through excellence in education, Charlotte Country Day School develops the potential of each student by fostering intellectual curiosity, principled character, ethical leadership, and a responsibility to serve. Our Key Values and Commitments can be viewed here.

At Chatham Hall, we believe that when a young woman steps beyond her comfort zone, she realizes the true power of her potential and finds her most authentic self. Every day across campus, students discover their individual passions, learn to balance joy with challenge, gratitude with ambition, and champion each other as they begin to weave together informed perspectives that will make up their worldview. With endless opportunities illuminated before them, our students feel confident taking the first steps toward a life that is all their own.

Seton Hall Prep is New Jersey’s oldest Catholic college preparatory school. Founded in 1856 in Madison, the school moved to South Orange in 1860, where it prospered as part of Seton Hall University until 1985, when, after becoming independent, it re-located to the neighboring town of West Orange. • Seton Hall Prep is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, drawing its 960 students [grades 9-12] from 130 towns and 10 counties, principally from the northern New Jersey counties of Essex, Morris, Union and Hudson. • The school is located less than one half mile from Interstate Route 280 and near or along major rail and public bus routes. In 2009 the school added a corporate-style Dining Hall to the 1926 main building, and, in 2014, the John J. Murphy ’52 Science Center. • A comprehensive Activities Program offers 40 clubs and co-curricular activities. The Prep’s widely respected Athletic Program fields 16 interscholastic varsity teams, most also at sub-varsity and freshman levels. The school’s nearby Kelly Athletic Complex provides a 400m track, football, lacrosse, soccer, baseball and tennis facilities.

THE KNOX SCHOOL is a progressive, co-educational, independent, college preparatory boarding and day school located on 35 acres of serene waterfront property along the North Shore of Long Island, New York. Just minutes from Manhattan, our small yet diverse student body represents more than 15 countries, and attracts students from local Long Island communities, the New York tri-state area, and across the U.S. Founded in 1904, The Knox School is Long Island's oldest established private school, serving grades 6-12 and Post-Graduate. Within our close-knit and inclusive global community, every student is seen, heard, and valued. Through one-on-one academic planning, transformative leadership opportunities, and robust arts, athletics, and extracurricular programming, a Knox education empowers students to explore their passions and realize their full potential. We are proud of our 100% acceptance to top four-year universities. Knox students graduate with the knowledge, character, and confidence to excel in college and to achieve success in an ever-changing world.

At Allendale Columbia, our students develop a life-long enthusiasm for learning. They are motivated to accept challenges, to take risks, and to think independently. Allendale Columbia offers a strong coeducational liberal arts program for students in nursery through twelfth grade. Our college preparatory curriculum allows teachers to challenge students to reach their potential and to gain a sense of responsibility to themselves, the school community, their families, and society in general. We foster scholastic and personal independence within a structured atmosphere in which students can experience confidence and trust. Such trust enables students and teachers to be responsive to each other and to take risks. We believe that structure should liberate, not confine. Excellence is our goal.

The Northwest School offers a rigorous, college-preparatory program with a cross-disciplinary curriculum. Courses in the humanities, mathematics, science, languages, and arts are required at all times. The school has a uniquely international character: the fact that 16% of its population comes from abroad gives students a truly global perspective. Regular participation in environment teams, which clean the historic building and grounds, and in the outdoor program, which offers trips throughout the region, teach responsibility and respect for the environment. Students graduate from the Upper School with a true liberal arts education. The academic core is a three-year survey of human society from prehistory through present day. Learning to analyze history from political, economic, social, religious, and artistic perspectives lays the foundation for college-level electives in the senior year. The school has a uniquely international character: the fact that 11% of its population comes from abroad gives students a truly global perspective. Regular participation in environment teams, which clean the historic building and grounds, and in the outdoor program, which offers trips throughout the region, teach responsibility and respect for the environment. Students graduate from the Upper School with a true liberal arts education. The academic core is a three-year survey of human society from prehistory through present day. Learning to analyze history from political, economic, social, religious, and artistic perspectives lays the foundation for college-level electives in the senior year. The daily presence of international students from more than 12 countries creates a global perspective for our whole community and makes our population unique among Seattle-area schools. International students who receive ESL support are gradually integrated into more courses with American students each year. Physical education, sports teams, arts courses, class trips, the Environment Program and the Outdoor Program offer additional chances for interaction.

The Shipley School is an independent, coeducational day school in Bryn Mawr for pre-kindergarten through 12th-grade students. Through our commitment to educational excellence, we develop within each student a love of learning and a desire for compassionate participation in the world. Our small classes nurture individual learning. With an average of 15 students per class and a student-to-teacher ratio of 7:1, every student has access to the teachers’ time and attention—and every teacher is able to support and challenge their students as individuals.

Founded in 1900, Asheville School is an intentionally small co-ed boarding school set in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains, our supportive community is a place where all are known and valued. In their time on our campus, students develop strong character and essential life skills through a rigorous academic curriculum and robust co-curricular offerings. They leave here ready to shape a changing world. Our beautiful home along 300 idyllic acres is a safe haven where students learn and thrive both in and outside of the classroom. Framed by mountains, criss-crossed by walking paths, and dotted by pines, it is a place where we feel inspired, connected, and welcome. This special stamp of soil is more than a picturesque learning environment; it defines our experience.

Moorestown Friends School is a coeducational Quaker day school in Moorestown, New Jersey serving students age 3 through Grade 12. Academics at Moorestown Friends School involves students actively engaging in the quest for knowledge, teachers building a learning community that encourages exploration and the entire community seeking ways to improve the world around us. At every level, students at Moorestown Friends School are challenged to think and apply what they are learning. A rigorous, college-preparatory education gives students the foundation to be active learners. Teachers encourage cross-curricular connections and cultivate critical thinking in classroom discussions and independent projects. Moorestown Friends provides students with a safe environment in which they can expand their minds, their hearts and their souls.

Abington Friends School is a coeducational Quaker, college-preparatory school serving students from preschool through 12th grade. AFS is committed to achieving the critical balance between academic rigor and joy in learning. Founded in 1697, AFS develops the talents of each individual child, delivers the academic foundation required for success at the nation's top colleges and universities and emphasizes moral and spiritual development. AFS is known for its extraordinary arts program and atmosphere of collaboration as well as a full spectrum of curricular and co-curricular offerings. The AFS mission is founded on the conviction that a complete education couples clarity and power of thought with goodness of spirit. We invite you to explore our website, come for a visit, and discover for yourself why AFS is such a venerable educational institution.

Thornton Academy is a highly respected co-educational independent school for students in grades 6–12, offering both boarding and day programs. Located on the southern coast of Maine in Saco, it is one of the longest-established schools in the United States. Guided by a tradition of academic excellence, Thornton Academy prepares students to succeed at the highest levels within a supportive, globally focused community. In a safe and well-structured environment, students benefit from personalized guidance and broad opportunities across academics, arts, athletics, and leadership—empowering them to pursue their ambitions with confidence and purpose.

Brentwood is committed to providing its students with an exceptional liberal arts education. The program is designed to stretch and broaden students in the academic arena, in the arts, in athletics, and in their moral development. At the heart of the school's success is the strength of the relationships developed between students and teachers. The environment is supportive and encouraging as well as challenging.

The remarkable girls of Linden Hall have been defying expectations since 1746. Our students pilot airplanes, build robots, recite Shakespeare, psychoanalyze Batman, win chemistry competitions, design murals, and make friends from across the globe. Linden Hall has empowered girls to challenge themselves intellectually, and colleges and universities from around the world seek out Linden Hall students for their curiosity, compassion, academic excellence, and commitment to serving others.

Empowering students to achieve their fullest potential and live lives of purpose—this has been the core of Garrison Forest School since its founding in 1910. What was an innovative educational mission for girls at the turn of the 20th century remains so in the 21st century. Throughout our history, our mission has been to prepare young women for a rewarding college experience and for a purposeful life well beyond. Guided by our motto, Esse Quam Videri—To Be Rather Than To Seem—Garrison Forest's curricular and co-curricular program balances exceedingly high standards within a welcoming, spirited atmosphere. Located outside of Baltimore, the school's park-like campus offers collegiate-quality academic, athletic, arts and residential facilities. Our innovative partnership with The Johns Hopkins University, the Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) program, matches students with a Hopkins professor and lab to conduct research in science and engineering. Students may apply to be a Jenkins Fellow for an in-depth service learning project of their choice. Our new Equine and Veterinary Science program, expanded Robotics program, arts offerings, competitive interscholastic athletics (including riding and Polo at the national levels) and many clubs meet every interest, broaden horizons and provide leadership development. With Baltimore, Washington, D.C., New York City and other Mid-Atlantic cities and states nearby, students enjoy a variety of weekend activities. Here, students flourish intellectually and individually, find their voice, discover their passions and embrace their potential.

idwell Friends School is an educational community inspired by the values of the Religious Society of Friends and guided by the Quaker belief in "That of God" in each person. We seek academically talented students of diverse cultural, racial, religious and economic backgrounds. We offer these students a rich and rigorous interdisciplinary curriculum designed to stimulate creative inquiry, intellectual achievement and independent thinking in a world increasingly without borders.