- We specialize in the education of boys
- We offer a safe, focused learning environment
- We provide positive male role models and mentors
- We care about character and build self-confidence
- We prepare boys for life
Boys' schools promote self-worth.
"…boys in an all-male environment are much more inclined
to develop a sense of personal identity and to learn who they really are.
They do this because in the absence of a female audience they are much
more apt to give up posturing and role playing and to deal with the real
problem of life -- which is to learn what one's strengths and weaknesses
are and then to develop the strengths and shore up the weaknesses."
- John A. Pidgeon, "Saying No to Educational Faddists"
Educational Register (1992-1993)
Single-sex schools heighten the value of scholastic and personal
achievement.
"Overall, single-sex schools provide students with a greater
number of successful role models of their own sex. Greater opportunities
for leadership, the ability to raise their self-esteem, and more importantly,
the ability to feel good about themselves."
"Single-sex schools have a greater emphasis on affiliation.
There are fewer non-academic distractions and fewer problems of discipline
and control."
- Anne Marie Tickner, "A Study of Attitudes in an All Boys School"
Thesis Presentation (1992) Dominican College
Reference Materials on Single Gender Education
Resources regarding single gender education:
The Wonder of Boys
- Michael Gurian
Tarcher/Putnam
1996
Boys and Girls Learn Differently
- Michael Gurian & Patricia Henley
Jossey-Bass
2001
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