St. Paul's School
School Name: | St. Paul's School |
Location: | 325 Pleasant Street, Concord, New Hampshire, USA |
Founded Year: | 1856 |
Religion: | Episcopal |
Motto: | Ea discamus in terris quorum scientia perseveret in coelis (Let us learn those things on Earth the knowledge of which continues in Heaven) |
Type: | Co-ed |
Boarding Age: | 14-18 |
Year Group: | Grade 9 - Grade 12 |
No. of Students: | 536 |
No. of Boarders: | 536 |
Average Class: | 11 students |
Average SAT: | 687 verbal, 693 math., 669 writing (2006) |
Extracurricular Activities: 17 interscholastic, 8 clubs |
Contact Details |
Director of Admissions: Scott P. Bohan |
Address: 325 Pleasant Street, Concord, New Hampshire, USA |
Telephone: +1 (603) 229 4700 |
Email: spbohan@sps.edu |
Web: http://www.sps.edu |
The School
- The school is one of only six remaining 100% residential boarding schools.
- Classes are held in fi ve buildings: language and humanities classes meet in the Schoolhouse; math and science classes in the Lindsay Family Center for Mathematics and Science; visual arts in Hargate (planned to be moved to Moore); music and ballet classes in the Oates Performing Arts Center; and theater classes, in the New Space black box theater.
- St. Paul's operates on a six-day school week, Monday through Saturday. Wednesdays and Saturdays, however, are half-days, with athletic games or practices in the afternoons. The school has four grades, known at St. Paul's as "forms": "Third Form", which corresponds to ninth grade, up through "Sixth Form", which corresponds to twelfth grade.
- St. Paul's conducts most of its classes using the Harkness method, which encourages discussion between students and the teacher, and between students.
Admission
- Part I of the application is the Candidate Profi le, which is accepted by other schools.
- Part II of the application is the Candidate and Parent Statements, which consists of schoolspeci c essays for candidate and candidate's parent(s) to complete.
Boarding Houses
- There are 18 dorms, nine boys' and nine girls', which each house between 20 and 40 students and are vertically integrated: every dorm has members of all four classes.
2012/13 US High School Boarding Fees# (USD$) Per Year
7th Grade (12/13 Years Old) | 8th Grade (13/14 Years Old) | 9th Grade Freshman Year (14/15 Years Old) | 10th Grade Sophomore Year (15-16 Years Old) | 11th Grade Junior Year (16-17 Years Old) | 12th Grade Senior Year (17-18 Years Old) |
- | - | 50,180 | 50,180 | 50,180 | 50,180 |
Remark: #Inclusive of tuition fees but exclusive of miscellaneous fees, such as uniform, extracurricular activities