Why a Girls' School?

Single-sex education works.  Today we hear a great deal about brain science and how it is revealing new insights into how we think and learn and view the world.  There are indeed differences in male and female learning -- in how information is processed, for example, or the ages at which key brain structures develop and mature.  None of this researcb suggests that girls and boys have innate, gender-based differences in the potential to achieve; the difference seems to be in how they access that potential.  All children are capable of learning in all subject areas.  How they are taught makes the difference.

So much more than merely separating girls and boys.

It is the combination of community, culture, and climate that has made girls' schools so successful in transforming the lives of young women.  Expectations are high, opportunities abound, role models are plentiful, and accomplishment is valued and cherished.

The Girls' School Difference.

Expect the best from a girl, and that's exactly what you'll get.  Here, learning takes center stage, and a girl's accomplishments are what matters.  What she believes in and how she puts her beliefs into action are more important than what she wears.  Here, the scientists and singers, athletes, and equestrians are girls.  All the doers and leaders are girls.  Female mentors abound, whether faculty or fellow classmates.  And that's the key to real achievement: positive role models, abundant opportunities, personal practice, and real-life experience.

The confidence to succeed.

All of this adds up to the very self-confidence that is the key to turning skills and knowledge into real-world success.  When every girl is expected and encouraged to take on academic challenges, express her thoughts and opinions, and participate in new learning experiences, girls hone the skills needed to to become leaders.