Schools - SpringBoardUSA

BOARDING SCHOOLS

Why Boarding School?

Boarding schools play a pivotal and transformational role in the lives of SpringBoard USA students. SpringBoard USA Foundation has several co-ed and single-gender boarding school partnerships. SpringBoardUSA students are matched to a boarding school based on academic progress and extracurricular interests.

Our partner organizations work to identify and refer students to SpringBoard USA Foundation for placement into an approved boarding school, sometimes also making a financial commitment to the student. Partner organizations conduct the initial screening of student applicants. SpringBoard USA then works with sponsors, including individuals, couples, businesses, churches, charitable organizations or groups, to provide financial support for one or more of the SpringBoard USA students.

The Benefits of Boarding School

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of boarding school graduates
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Challenging Academics

A boarding school education is known for being more challenging than a private day school or public school. A unique emphasis is placed on rigorous academics and experience-based learning. An experience-centered environment helps students grow in self-discipline and develop a strong work ethic that will prepare them for higher education.

Peer Learning

In a boarding school setting, you live, play, study, and socialize among your peers. A diverse boarding school setting with students from different backgrounds offers a special opportunity for growth and learning. Students can expand their perspectives and horizons as they learn together both in and out of the classroom.

Smaller Class Sizes

Small class sizes can make all the difference in a student’s success. When students have the chance to interact with their peers and teachers, they engage with the subject material more closely — a dynamic that makes the information more likely to stick. Teachers and students develop a closer mentor relationship within a smaller classroom.

Personal Growth

Living away from home and residing on campus in a dorm setting provides invaluable opportunities for personal growth. Boarding school students tend to develop life skills such as time management, work ethic, and independence in an accelerated manner than a public school student. Students must take an added level of responsibility for their education. This growth is part of what helps many boarders feel adequately prepared to step into college, where these skills are necessary to succeed.

Our Partner Schools

SpringBoard USA Foundation has several co-ed and single-gender boarding school partnerships.
SpringBoardUSA students are matched to a boarding school based on academic progress and extracurricular interests.

Click on the name of the schools below to learn more.

Maur Hill-Mount
Academy

Atchison, Kansas

Mount Michael
Benedictine School

Elkhorn, Nebraska

St. Andrew's
Sewanee School

Sewanee, Tennessee

St. Bernard
Preparatory School

Cullman, Alabama

Subiaco
Academy

Subiaco, Arkansas

Academy of
the Sacred Heart