Phillips Exeter Academy

20 Main Street, Exeter, NH, 03833 - School Map Map

School Notes Overview:

Phillips Exeter Academy was founded by John Phillips in 1781. For more than 200 years, we have remained true to the principles on which Phillips founded the school: to unite goodness and knowledge in learning and to cultivate the minds and morals of students......

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School Overview:

County Rockingham County, NH
Program Name Phillips Exeter Academy Summer School
Program Type Academic enrichment
Number of Students 700 students
Student Body Type Coeducational
Grades 8 - 12
First Session Start Date July 1
First Session End Date August 4
First Program Weeks 5 weeks
Program Director Ethan Shapiro
Campus Area 471 acres
Founding Year 1781
Teacher:Student Ratio 11%
Summer School Type Residential

School Notes:

  • Phillips Exeter Academy was founded by John Phillips in 1781. For more than 200 years, we have remained true to the principles on which Phillips founded the school: to unite goodness and knowledge in learning and to cultivate the minds and morals of students.
  • Every summer Phillips Exeter Academy welcomes to campus some 700 students for five weeks of academic study, athletics, and exploration that carry participants far beyond the classrooms and the playing fields. Typically, students come to us from more than 40 states, Puerto Rico, Washington, D.C., and several dozen foreign nations. They are public school students and private school students. Most reside in campus dormitories; others travel daily from their homes in the New Hampshire seacoast area. Together they embody a rich diversity of language, culture, religion, and race. They come to Exeter with that particular mix of intellectual curiosity and adventurous spirit that holds the promise of glimpsing new horizons and making new discoveries.
  • The Summer School seeks students who are motivated to learn and prepared to contribute fully to classroom work and the community. The UPPER SCHOOL accepts applications from both U.S. and international students entering grades 10, 11, or 12 or PG. The Summer School, which requires proficiency in written and spoken English, does not offer an ESL (English as a Second Language) program.
  • ACCESS EXETER, our program for students entering grades 8 and 9, offers accelerated study in the arts and sciences. The ACCESS EXETER curriculum consists of six academic clusters. Each cluster consists of three courses organized around a central theme.
  • Summer Session grants students great freedom in defining their own programs of study. You will work with highly experienced, dedicated teachers and have access to the full range of the Academy campus, including the Phelps Science Center (a state-of-the-art facility with 24 air-conditioned laboratory/classrooms), the Fisher Theater, the Forrestal-Bowld Music Center, Love Gymnasium (a complex of hockey rinks, swimming pools, fitness centers, and basketball and squash courts) and The Class of 1945 Library (the largest secondary school library in the world).
  • Profile last updated: 10/07/2011

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Note: Data has been gathered from several government and commercial data sources. School data reflects years 2002-04 statistics (most recent years available). Area and demographic data reflects year 2000 statistics. Public School Review does not ensure the timeliness or accuracy of the information on this site.

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