St. George's School (Rhode Island)
St. George's School (Rhode Island)
St. George's School is a private, Episcopal, coeducational boarding school in Middletown, Rhode Island, United States, just north of the city of Newport, Rhode Island, on a hill overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. The school was founded in 1896 by the Rev. John Byron Diman. It is a member of the Independent School League and is one of five schools collectively termed St. Grottlesex.[1]
Overlooking the ocean, St. George’s School is a co-ed, college preparatory boarding and day school for 365 students in grades 9-12.
The 125-acre campus boasts state-of-the-arts academic, arts and athletic facilities.[3]
Academics
The school has an academic center,center for the arts,library, and memorial schoolhouse.As
of the 2016–17 school year, students are required to take a minimum of four years of English, mathematics through precalculus, three years of a foreign language, two years of laboratory science courses, two years of social sciences, three trimesters of religious studies, and three trimesters of art classes.
Athletics
Some of the sports the school offers are boys and girls soccer,basketball, tennis, and lacrosse.They
have a high school varsity football team.[2]
Testing Requirements
All international applicants are required to take a TOEFL exam in addition to the SSAT.
They require that students applying achieve a minimum TOEFL score of 90.
Extracurricular Activities
The school is a member of the Independent School League (New England) (ISL) and the New England Preparatory School Athletic Council (NEPSAC).
Geronimo is a Ted Hood-designed 69-foot fiberglass sloop.
Three times during the academic year, Geronimo carries students from St. George's School on six-week-long voyages.
The ship sails year-round between Canadian waters and the Caribbean and is now making a two-year-long journey to the Mediterranean.
Students are taught nautical science and oceanography/marine biology while on board.
Cost of Attendance 2019
Boarding Student tuition $63,100
Day Student tuition $43,650
Thirty-two percent of our students receive financial-aid grants.In
2019 they distributed $5.56 million in need-based grants to 119 students who would otherwise not have been able to join our community. The
average boarding grant was $51,000.