Private Boarding School Facts

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Private boarding schools will help all kinds of students to excel academically so that they are accepted into the major colleges in the country. These private boarding schools focus strictly on academics. Classes are held five days a week, with study times throughout the week. Private boarding schools test their students on a weekly basis and parents are sent the grade report cards to let them know how their children are doing. The students who do not perform up to standards are tutored and then given extra credit work in order to help them bring up their grades. The subjects taught at private boarding schools are math, history, English, geography, economics, biology, chemistry, French, Spanish, social studies, marketing, science, as well as many other subjects.

Apart from the academics side of the coin, these private boarding schools concentrate on making better individuals out of their students. Art, health and physical education are not neglected and given as much importance as academics. Performing arts such as dance, music, drama, public speaking/debating, visual arts such as painting, drawing, pottery, woodwork, photography, textile arts, sculpture, fashion designing, culinary arts, martial arts, and service such as library, community service, and environmental clubs, are some of the other activities. Outdoor activities like rugby, rowing, basketball, hockey, tennis, soccer, search & rescue, sailing, volleyball, golf, swimming and squash will help students develop physically and morally well.