Indian Springs faculty are dedicated to mentoring young people, and nearly all have advanced degrees, providing academic rigor and breadth in education. Our state-of-the-art classrooms, array of electives, and innovative independent study options open doors to new ideas and possibilities and provide ample opportunity for students to pursue particular areas of interest.  

Indian Springs has a robust arts program with many curricular and co-curricular offerings. The world-class concert choir with over 100 students performs nationally and internationally. An outstanding drama program presents productions each year including musicals and student-directed plays. The fine arts department boasts superb programs in drawing, painting, photography, ceramics, and design.

Athletics and student wellness also play a role at Springs with teams in soccer, cross country, volleyball, swimming, tennis, softball, golf, basketball, baseball, and bowling, along with club sports such as yoga, fishing, and ultimate frisbee.

The “why” of the school is articulated in our Mission:  Guided by our motto, Learning through Living, Indian Springs School fosters a love of learning and creativity, a sense of integrity and moral courage, and an ethic of participatory citizenship with respect for individuality and independent thought. Bolstering this Mission are six Core Values:  innovating thinking, intellectual curiosity, integrity, inclusion, infinite respect, and involvement.

Indian Springs exists far beyond our campus. It is a passionate community of alumni, parents, and friends that spans the globe and generations.

PA’s dedicated and talented faculty share a love of learning that inspires and motivates young minds. Innovative and proactive, they recognize that each student is on his or her unique path to learning. Small and intimate classrooms and individualized student attention help to create an open, nurturing environment, as well as a strong desire to learn and the ability to think creatively and analytically. PA promotes the importance of moral character, integrity, leadership, and social responsibility at every grade level through social-emotional engagement.

PA’s Middle and Upper Schools offer a dynamic student centered and vigorous college preparatory curriculum with extensive course options. Championship sport teams, visual and performing arts opportunities, hands-on community service experiences, and any number of clubs and organizations enable students to expand their horizons and develop their talents while, at the same time, preparing them to become thoughtful and responsible citizens who are equipped to shape the future in a global society.

Stanford OHS offers students a rigorous academic program focused on development of skills in written and oral communication, principles of critical thinking and argumentation, and intellectual maturity and responsibility. Students are placed in courses based on their grade level and ability in each subject. Even middle school students have the option to pursue high school courses in areas of special talent or acceleration.

A central component of Stanford OHS is the unique Core Sequence of interdisciplinary philosophy courses. Core courses cultivate critical and creative thought, and provide a common intellectual framework to unite our curriculum. Students have ample opportunity through our wide course offerings, including Advanced Placement (AP)-level and post-AP-level courses.

A cornerstone of the academic experience at Stanford OHS is the college-style discussion seminar. All courses are held synchronously online, with teachers and students coming together for high-level discussions about the course material multiple times each week. Discussion seminars cultivate an intellectual community in which students are guided by expert instructors. Instructors at Stanford OHS are chosen for their expertise and accomplishment, as well as their experience and dedication to teaching highly talented students in middle and high school. Class sizes typically do not exceed 16 students in high school courses, or 14 students in middle school courses.

Our college-style class schedule encourages independence, discipline, and strong time-management skills in our students. This schedule format allows our students to pursue their diverse interests and exceptional talents from a variety of locations and time zones around the world. Moreover, flexible full-time, part-time, and single course enrollment options allow us to accommodate the varied needs of our community.

Outside of their studies, Stanford OHS students participate in a rich array of clubs and activities. Students at any level of enrollment are eligible and welcome to participate in student life activities at the school. All 50+ online clubs are student-led: selecting their leadership team, determining the club agenda and focus, pursuing their own goals. Each club is supported by an instructor or staff sponsor, occasionally acting as a chaperone for any in-person meetings. Recent clubs include Model United Nations, yearbook, gender and sexuality alliance (GSA), and a variety of other clubs dedicated to cultural and academic interests. Stanford OHS hosts a very active student government, with students electing representation for the student body and each grade level, and advocates within the school’s administration. Stanford OHS students also participate nationally and internationally in academic competitions, hackathons, conferences including: multiple Olympiads, Ethics Bowl, Model UN, Robotics, National Latin Exam, and math competitions. 

The student community is galvanized when gathering in person: at regional meetups hosted by families around the US and across six continents, traveling to our school-wide graduation weekend and other on-campus events, and attending a 1-2 week residential summer program at the Stanford University campus.

For more information, please visit the school’s website at ohs.stanford.edu.

Chadwick International — Incheon, South Korea

Established in 2010, Chadwick International (CI) embraces the same Mission, Core Values and philosophy as Chadwick School. CI is the only authorized International Baccalaureate (IB) World School in Korea that offers all four IB programs: PYP, MYP, DP and CP. Enjoying state-of-the-art facilities within the international free enterprise zone in South Korea’s “city of the future,” CI’s enrollment has grown to almost 1,400 students, PK–12. Like their counterparts in California, CI students develop self-knowledge, character, and leadership through experience in a comprehensive program that emphasizes not only challenging academics but also robust opportunities in athletics, performing arts, outdoor education and service learning.

Chadwick Ecopark — Ecopark, Vietnam (near Hanoi)

The Chadwick Ecopark campus in Vietnam will open in August 2023 and is expected to enroll up to 1,500 students PK-12 when fully operational. It will be located in Ecopark, the largest new ecological urban development in northern Vietnam. Located at the southeast gate of Hanoi, Ecopark covers an area of 500 hectares. After over a decade of construction and development, Ecopark is known as the “Green City,” offering a wide range of residential products and facilities. In addition to developing modern residential projects in a sought-after living environment, the investor Ecopark also focuses on providing options for a well-rounded education to the children of homeowners.

College Prep encourages discovery and engagement—intellectual pursuits that our students treasure. Our 100+ academic offerings are led by exceptional and caring teachers. Students explore and extend their abilities, take risks, question assumptions, grapple with moral quandaries, and acquire the skills to grow into adults who are intellectually adventurous, ethically sure-footed, and generous of heart and spirit.

Founded in 1887 in Berkeley, California as the Anna Head School for Girls, it relocated in 1964 to a spacious campus in Oakland. The Josiah Royce School for Boys opened at an adjacent site in 1971 as a coordinate school. Since 1979 the School has been fully coeducational.

The School is committed to a program of excellence, one which provides opportunities for the intellectual and personal development of each student. The School strives to nurture the student’s imagination, creativity, and love of learning. As the only independent, K-12 school in the East Bay, Head-Royce seeks to instill in its students a strong sense of community and social responsibility.

CA students are highly motivated, perform at above average to exceptional ability, and seek academic challenge and community engagement. The curriculum emphasizes group and individual study of the liberal arts and sciences, and engagement through experiential and service learning. Admission is selective, and CA’s financial aid program advances the goal of a diverse and inclusive student population. CA is noted for a rigorous, college preparatory curriculum with a rich selection of elective offerings in the Upper School. CA students experience a broad and deep range of arts, athletics, and outdoor/experiential educational programming. CA also values an active commitment to service.

The school emphasizes 21st century skills, including: critical thinking and problem solving, communication, collaboration, creativity, character development, and cultural competence. Solid core teaching in courses including reading, writing, literature, the sciences, mathematics, global languages, computer science/engineering, and history/civics provides a strong educational foundation. CA strives to develop the whole child through a rich, challenging, and balanced curriculum within a caring, future-focused community. In the Upper School, Colorado Academy offers a college preparatory liberal arts and sciences curriculum with academic options ranging from Electives and Advanced Placement (AP) to Advanced Studies and Research (ASR), CA’s own college-level classes that challenge students to pursue deeper, multidisciplinary questions.

The heart of the school is its faculty—a group of caring and dedicated professionals who are knowledgeable about their subjects, children, and the process of learning. More than 74% of CA faculty have advanced degrees. Faculty also advise, coach, sponsor student activities, and chair committees.

Grounded in its mission to create curious, kind, courageous, and adventurous learners and leaders, CA inspires thoughtful individuals who are ready to transform the future.

“Excellence in scholarship and character,” the vision statement of Kent Denver, best describes its educational philosophy. A challenging academic program is at the heart of the school. Kent Denver strives to strike a balance between teaching fundamental literacies and encouraging students to pursue their individual interests, talents, and abilities; between teaching skills and teaching material; between instilling habits of rigor and discipline, and inspiring whimsy and creativity.

Kent Denver is a private school that is committed to serving the public good. Collectively, students at Kent Denver perform more than 15,000 hours of community service each year. In addition, the school hosts Summerbridge at Kent Denver, whose mission is to increase educational opportunities for underserved, motivated middle school students in targeted Denver Public Schools and to train high school and college-age students to enter careers in education.

Kent Denver was created through the merger of The Kent School for Girls, founded in 1922, and Denver Country Day School for boys, founded in 1953. What emerged in the mid-1970s was a new school that embraced the best of its predecessors as it forged a new and unique identity. The foundation of a Kent Denver education — quality teaching, high expectations, and character development — remains the same. Our goal is to help each student value intellectual curiosity, learning, and collaboration as integral to a healthy, productive life. Through rigorous academics, athletics, extracurricular offerings, and a consistent focus on character development, Kent Denver School fully prepares its students for the opportunities and challenges that lie beyond its campus.

Talented, motivated students at Kent Denver are challenged to pursue advanced studies in academic and creative expression. Special one-on-one learning opportunities with faculty members, performances, study with professionals outside the school, independent study, and other activities enhance and expand individual learning and development. The outcomes of this focus are demonstrated in the number and range of awards earned by our students, in addition to their exemplary performance on national examinations. Kent Denver students thrive in the most competitive colleges and universities throughout the nation.

• Develop in our young people the habits of mind of scholars as the foundation for a lifelong love of learning;
• Foster the courage to live and think as distinct individuals who embrace their responsibilities in the larger world;
• Expose every student to the deep satisfaction that derives from service to others;
• Enlarge the educational experience to include the creative joy and aesthetic sensibility of the artist, and the vitality and competitive spirit of the athlete;
• Provide, through the School’s advisers, the wisdom and goodwill necessary to guide our young people to confident self-reliance;
• Nurture the development of character essential to a rich and purposeful life.

Global education spans the all-school curricular scope and sequence at Wilmington Friends and culminates in distinctive and distinguished programs in the upper school—the International Baccalaureate (IB), School Year Abroad (SYA), and the American Field Service (AFS) student exchange. The school offers three modern languages—French, Mandarin, and Spanish—with cultural study and interdisciplinary components.

Students at Wilmington Friends learn how to engage complex questions intellectually, with multi-layered, open-minded, truly “global” thinking. They learn the academic and leadership skills to engage challenges in and outside of the classroom, with a sense of responsibility and confidence that they can act effectively. They learn how to listen and how to work with people of different points of view; and they learn that the faster the world changes, the more important their own foundation of values and ethics becomes.