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Christian Heritage School: Located in Trumbull, in the Greater Bridgeport Area in Fairfield County, Connecticut, Christian Heritage School is a K-12 independent, coeducational, interdenominational day school with an enrollment of over 500 students. We provide a college preparatory curriculum with lower, middle and high school programs, college prep SAT and ACT, honors and advanced placement courses. We welcome international students and provide ESL classes to help them better adapt to the language in school. Europe foreign language trips are also offered.
As a college-preparatory school, academic excellence is a given. To put it simply, CHS students learn the value of hard work and striving for their highest potential. Not surprisingly, our graduates matriculate to prestigious colleges and universities, including the Ivy League schools, prominent private and Christian colleges, and many excellent state universities.
Convent of the Sacred Heart, located in Greenwich, Connecticut (29 minutes from Grand Central Station, New York City), is a private, accredited, catholic, college preparatory day school for girls from preschool through grade 12. It is privately operated within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bridgeport. Since our School’s founding in 1848, Sacred Heart has educated young women to become leaders and play transformative roles in society. Our accomplished alumnae are testimony to the commitment of our distinguished faculty, who embody the mission of St. Madeleine Sophie Barat, our School’s foundress and who established the Society of the Sacred Heart.
Hopkins School is an independent, coeducational, college-preparatory day school for grades 7-12 located in New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut. We offer middle and high schools programs with a college prep SAT and ACT, advanced placement and honors courses. The curriculum promotes a strong foundation in the academic disciplines, a broad exposure to the liberal arts, and selective opportunities to pursue individual interests.
We challenge students to try on the perspectives and habits of mind that historians and writers, mathematicians and linguists, scientists and artists, and athletes and musicians bring to their disciplines.
Here students experience the ways that scholars from the various fields pose questions; then they pose questions of their own. They progress through increasingly empowering stages, from harvesting information to gaining knowledge, to reaching understanding and, finally, to forming convictions. Life at Hopkins is also strongly athletic, artistic, and social; it presumes a commonality of purpose and a focus on striving for excellence in everything we do. We are accredited by the National Association of Independent Schools.
- Programs from 7th through 12th grade
- Middle School
- Upper School
- College Preparatory Curriculum with the arts, English, history, classical and modern language, computer science, mathematics, technology and science
- Advanced Placement Courses
- College preparatory courses ACT and SAT
- Summer School
Established in 1964, Montessori School of Greater Hartford is an independent, Association Montessori Internationale (AMI) school located in West Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut offering toddler, primary, elementary, morning and afterschool care, recess and vacation programs. Drawing from its home base and from more than 30 surrounding towns, MSGH welcomes a diverse community of more than 170 children ages 15 months to 12 years to its doors every school day.
Our curriculum for primary students is organized into five major subject areas designated “practical life,” “sensorial,” “language,” “mathematics,” and “culture” which are filled with hands-on, didactic materials corresponding to each subject. Elementary studies for children ages 6-12 include geography, biology, science, history, language, mathematics, music and art. Foreign language (Spanish), physical education, computer literacy and gardening are also offered.
Oogie Art is the World's No.1 art portfolio preparatory school based on college and art award results alone. We are located in Manhattan, NY, Boston & Lexington, MA, and Shanghai, China.
Every year, we have help students gain admission with scholarships to their 1st choice colleges and universities.
These are the results from 2018:
2 students accepted from Harvard
1 student from Stanford, MIT, Yale
3 students from Cornell
2 students from Columbia University
+ and many more from SVA, RISD, Parsons, and Pratt.
The results of this year's 2019 for Early Action and Decision:
1 student accepted to Harvard
2 students accepted to Cornell
At Oogie, students will build college prep skills and develop diverse portfolios with varying levels of experience. Our rigorous classes hone student's technical skills in a range of media, as well as develop an extraordinary body of their own frameworks because our students follow a curriculum that is specifically based on their individual needs, goals and most immediate deadlines.
Class scheduling is extremely flexible - students register by the semester or year.
1. Art Portfolio Prep Program: Gr. 7-12 & Transfer
2. Junior Program: Grade 7-8
3. Art HS or Boarding School Art Portfolio and Audition Prep Program: Gr. 7-8
4. Young Talent program: Gr.4-6
5. AP Studio Art Program: Gr. 10-12
6. Foundation Program: Gr. 7 and Up
7. Curating and Art Research Program
8. Art College Counseling Service
- Painting/Drawing
- Illustration
- Perspective Drawing & Painting
- Figure Drawing & Painting
- Advanced Drawing & Painting
- Mixed Media & Collage
- Sculpture
- Group Crits
- Film & Animation
- Fashion Design
- Business of Design
- Graphic Design
- Digital Art
- Installation Art
The Solomon Schechter Academy of New London, CT, is a coeducational pre-kindergarten through to grade 6 day school offering a program of outstanding secular and Judaic studies to students in eastern CT and western Rhode Island.
With roots in the Jewish community and welcoming families of all religions and cultures, Solomon Schechter Academy (SSA) emphasizes the universal values of responsibility, scholarship, compassion, inclusiveness, and honesty. Our comprehensive secular curriculum‚ which includes language arts, math, science, social studies, music, art, and physical education‚ prepares our students for a lifetime of learning in a complex, multicultural world.
Working in both single-age and multi-age groups, and supported by our dedicated teachers, our students experience the power of collaboration. Our small classes with staff-to-student ratio of approximately 1:3, allow us to address students' varied needs and learning styles. Parents are actively involved in all areas of school life. Doors are always open.
St. Theresa School is an accredited Catholic school for grades Pre-K through to 8th Grade, located in Trumbull, Fairfield County CT. Bridgeport, New Haven and Milford are just 10 miles or less from our school. We provide an academically challenging curriculum in which all students can learn within the framework of Catholic principles, and we recognize the dignity and uniqueness of each student.
Our students regularly score in the top 90% on the IOWA tests. Our graduates go on to attend top High Schools in the area including: St. Joseph, Lauralton Hall, Fairfield Prep, Notre Dame and Trumbull High Agriscience Program. The primary goal is the education and formation of each individual child striving for academic excellence within a faith-centered environment.
We strive to develop within each child a deep appreciation of his or her role in family life, obligation towards fellow man and good citizenship. This is achieved through worship, instruction, and example in unison with the parent, clergy, administration and faculty. We welcome all prospective students and their families to visit our school and experience our Christ centered learning environment.