Upper School Viewbook 2014-2015

UPPER SCHOOL

ABOUT MASTERS STUDENTS & FACULTY Upper School students: 485 Average Class Size: 14 Student-Faculty ratio: 7:1 Faculty with advanced degrees: 65% Teachers who live on campus: 60% US States represented in student body: 15 Countries represented: 31

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he Masters School is a coed day and boarding school that engages fifth through twelfth grade students in a rigorous college-preparatory curriculum. Founded in 1877, Masters is located on a picturesque 96-acre campus in historic Dobbs Ferry, New York, just 12 miles from Manhattan.

What distinguishes Masters is its unique combination of qualities: the way our teachers push students academically even while making them feel at home; the way we bring together boarding students from across the country and around the world with day students who live closer by; the way we enable students to realize their greatest potential across so many disciplines—academic, athletic, artistic—while becoming their best selves.

ACADEMIC CHALLENGE

Masters boasts a challenging academic program where the teachers’ expectations of students are very high. The curriculum, rich in each discipline, is further enhanced by the Harkness method and the quality of faculty guiding the class. In all courses, teachers inspire critical, analytical and innovative thinking as well as creative approaches to problem solving. Students learn facts plus high competence and intellectual flexibility.

HARKNESS

Masters uses the Harkness teaching methodology, which requires students to take an active role in their education. Each class is conducted in seminar format around an oval wooden Harkness table. Sitting face-toface with peers from varied cultures and backgrounds, students are expected to participate fully in collaborative educational exploration. They must arrive to class thoroughly prepared, listen closely, and think carefully.

They have to question their own assumptions and articulate their opinions. The Harkness method offers a distinctively challenging academic experience that results in deeper, more gratifying learning.

21ST CENTURY LEARNING HARKNESS AT MASTERS

RECENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS • National Merit Scholarship Program Finalists • National Achievement Scholarship Finalists • National Hispanic Scholarship Finalists • College Board Advanced Placement Scholars • Top Scores: Latin and French National Exams • Gold Key Award winners: Scholastic Art & Writing Competition • Princeton & Yale Model U.N. Best Delegates • USA Math Olympiad Finalist • VEX Robotics Best Overall Team East Rockaway Tournament • High School Contest in Mathematical Modeling Finalist (HiMCM)

Much has been written in both the education and business worlds on the skills required for today’s children to become effective citizens, workers and leaders in the rapidly changing 21st century. The successful 21st century citizen will be nimble of thought, open to new ideas and the possibilities of new technologies, able to collaborate with people from many different backgrounds and above all, able to teach themselves in a rapidly changing world.

At Masters, we recognize how life today requires far more than content knowledge alone, much of which is now easily accessible online. Working around a Harkness table is one crucial way that our students learn the importance of engaging in discourse with a group, thinking critically, creatively, and collaboratively, all while being faced with a multitude of different opinions. At Masters, teachers present students with possibilities and ask them to do the hard work of coming to their own conclusions. Gathered around the Harkness table, students also develop outstanding listening skills and the confidence to speak with clarity and nuance. Regardless of college track or professional field – these talents and skills are critical to future achievement and success.

Perhaps the most important skill Masters’ students graduate with is the ability and independence to teach themselves and to adapt. The Harkness method is the ideal classroom format for achieving these goals.

DELVE DEEPER

At Masters we believe it is important that teachers not serve as dispensers of knowledge, but as facilitators or coaches. Students learn better and more deeply when they construct their own knowledge, which is what Harkness teaching is all about. Experiential learning—learning by doing—places students in situations as close to the real world as possible. It is these skills that will make Masters’ students leaders in today’s ever-changing world. Some examples include: City Project, a unit of freshman World History I in which students explore today’s New York City to learn about urban life in the ancient world.

Model United Nations, which gives every member of the sophomore class a firsthand understanding of current global issues and legislative procedures, as well as the challenges of productive debate and consensus-building.

The Masters Thesis, a guided elective for seniors.

Students select a topic, conduct in-depth research across a variety of disciplines, write and present a scholarly research paper, and complete a creative project culminating in a performance, lecture, or exhibition.

DEPTH AND BREADTH Minutes per week dedicated to each major class: 220 Minutes per week spent in each minor class: 110 Number of major and minor courses offered each year: 85 and 33

AP AND HONORS Advanced Placement (AP) courses are offered in each department. In all, 17 AP courses are available to Masters students. Honors sections are offered throughout the science and mathematics curricula, and accelerated classes are offered in French, Latin and Spanish.

FACULTY FACULTY FACTS Live on campus: 60% With advanced degrees: 65% Serve as advisors: 100% Average years at Masters: 8.8

ADVANCED AND ACCESSIBLE FACULTY

Teachers at The Masters School get involved in students’ education and well-being in a variety of ways. A calculus instructor might be a dorm parent as well as a volleyball coach. A French teacher might accompany students to a Broadway matinee or help them with a service-learning project. And all these adults serve as student advisors. The result is that Masters faculty members get a 360-degree understanding of their students and consequently can better support and guide them.

Teachers tend to stay at Masters for many years— and it’s no wonder. They appreciate the students’ high levels of scholarship, the inclusive atmosphere of the School, and the excellent opportunities for advancing their own education. With every class they take or seminar they attend, they’re able to bring something back to their students and make the Masters experience that much better.

FACULTY ADVISORS

Masters’ advising system—which includes the tandem support of both class dean and advisor— ensures that each student receives individual attention, guidance, and support throughout his or her school career. Upon enrollment, every student is assigned a faculty advisor. This faculty advisor is scheduled to see his or her advisees four times per week. The advisor frequently meets informally with his or her advisees, individually or as a group, throughout the year.

The advisor is the first point of contact when parents wish to inquire about their student’s academic and social progress. The advisor is also instrumental in ensuring that each student feels a sense of belonging at the School and is aware of and engaged in the programs offered here. The advisor monitors and guides the student’s involvement in all areas of school life and promotes the student’s growth and development by helping him or her find the appropriate balance and breadth of challenges.

ETHICAL LEADERSHIP LEADERSHIP TRAINING GRADE LEVEL TRAINING 9th: Seminar Class 10th: Leadership Lunches 11th: Small group meetings One-on-one coaching 12th: Small group meetings One-on-one coaching

ADDITIONAL TRAINING Masters hosts Center for Spiritual and Ethical Education (CSEE) for developing student leadership Annual faculty training available at Gardner Carney Leadership Institute (GCLI) in Colorado Student Diversity Leadership Conference hosted by NAIS

Good leaders move their communities forward in a positive direction. The Leadership Project is a signature program at The Masters School that introduces students to the vocabulary of ethical leadership and mentors them through a process of self-discovery and growth throughout their years here. The program introduces concepts to all students in the middle school and in 9th grade.

In the 10th, 11th, and 12th grades, students get involved through self-nomination or by teacher recommendation and work with faculty members in small groups or in one-on-one coaching sessions to apply the concepts they have learned to specific roles they play in the community as students, titled leaders, and mentors to younger students.

The Leadership Project also promotes leadership among faculty and staff. Through professional development programs both on and off campus, shared readings, and discussion of best practices, adults learn ways to incorporate ethical leadership elements into their daily work in the classroom, in cocurricular activities, and in the dorms. We also look forward to partnering with parents in a communitywide effort to promote ethical leadership.

TAKING IT FURTHER M.I.S.H

MISH stands for “Masters Interested in Sharing and Helping.” What it really represents is a distinctive ethos of generosity, thoughtfulness and community involvement that pervades The Masters School.

Students have the opportunity to apply what they learn in school to the world around them through service learning. We do not require students to complete a certain number of hours of service before graduation; rather, our students contribute to the School and greater community because they are inspired and understand the many rewards of giving.

When Eliza Bailey Masters founded Masters in 1877, she proclaimed that she would educate each and every one of her students to be a “power for good in the world.” And today we enthusiastically host the Junior Games and Hoops for Hope; our students visit nursing home residents, deliver food and clothes to the homeless through NYC’s Midnight Run Program, tutor and mentor at-risk children, and participate in countless other good works, both nearby and around the world.

MISH AFTER-SCHOOL • • • • • • • •

Andrus Nursing Home Children’s Village Mentors Midnight Run Program Days of Wonder Daycare Cabrini Immigrant Services Library Aide The Pajama Program English Tutoring

CLASS PROJECTS 9th: Diabetes Fundraiser 10th: Mural for Abbott House 11th: Junior Games 12th: Prom for Teens with Special Needs

WORLD VIEW NYC

SAMPLE WEEKEND TRIPS & ACTIVITIES • Phantom of the Opera • Rock Climbing • Empire State Building • Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Metropolitan Opera • Alvin Ailey Dance Theater • New York Yankees • Radio City Christmas Spectacular • Deep Sea Fishing • War Horse at Lincoln Center • Red Bulls Soccer • New York City Ballet • NYC Street Fair • Trapeze School • New York Comic Con • Ice Skating at Rockefeller Center • West Point Football Games

There’s only one New York City. And there’s only one boarding school this close to it. The Masters School takes full advantage of its proximity to the Big Apple, tapping into the city’s rich cultural and educational resources. Being only 12 miles from Manhattan enables students to utilize museums, landmarks, universities, and more to expand their educational experience. The School’s performing artists get opportunities to take the stage in the city’s venues— sometimes including Radio City Music Hall.

Scholarly lectures, poetry readings, classic films... there’s simply no limit to what can be learned in this vibrant, thriving metropolis.

BOARDING

Residential and day students both benefit from the shared experiences fostered by the School’s boarding program. Since Masters attracts strong students from around the globe, it offers a dynamic, culturally rich, and exceptionally welcoming community to all students. From Bulgaria to Brazil, Turkey to Taiwan, and Wisconsin to Westchester— every student brings something invaluable to The Masters School. The student body is both diverse and cohesive, with no dichotomy between day and boarding students. On the contrary, everyone here is so engaged with school activities—on both weekdays and weekends—that it reinforces the fact that we are a seven day a week community.

COUNTRIES

Represented in The Upper School’s Student Body • Australia • Austria • Bahamas • Barbados • Brazil • Bulgaria • Chile • China • Denmark • Germany • Hong Kong

• India • Iran • Jamaica • Japan • Kazakhstan • Korea • Malaysia • Morocco • Nigeria • Russia

DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES

• Sierra Leone • Singapore • Spain • Sweden • Switzerland • Taiwan • Turkey • Ukraine • United Arab Emirates • Vietnam

Masters boasts a diverse community of students and faculty members. With over 31 countries, 15 states and 73 different local zip codes represented, Masters’ upper school is a cultural, socio-economic and geo-political melting pot. At Masters, diversity is still more than what meets the eye. Students have different interests, passions, and ideas; no two students fit the same mold or are obligated to follow the same path. A community of scholars, athletes, and artists; thinkers, collaborators, and doers; Masters is enriched by the unique tapestry of learners and educators who call our Harkness tables, playing fields, studios and campus “home.”

At Masters, there is a place for everyone.

STATES

Represented in The Upper School’s Student Body • California • Connecticut • Florida • Georgia • Massachusetts

• Montana • Nevada • New Jersey • New York • North Carolina

• Pennsylvania • Texas • Vermont • Washington • Wisconsin

STUDENT LIFE CLUBS Aceing Autism Anime Club Architecture Club Artists in Action Biology Club Cinema Society Computer Science Club Creative Writing Club DAA (Dobbs Athletic Association) Debate Club Dohters (female a cappella) GALS Gaming Club Gardening Club Gay-Straight Alliance Glee Club Gold Key Society History Club Improv Club International Club JSA Latinos Unidos Masters Filmmakers Guild Makers Club Masterpieces (yearbook) MISH Model UN Muse Onyx Outdoors Club Panache (literary magazine) Phoenix (honorary drama society) REEF SADD Spanish & French Clubs Sports Analysts Club The Naturals (male a cappella) Touring Talent Tower (student newspaper) Ubuntu Urban Connection Young Activists Club Zetetics (robotics)

CO-CURRICULARS

With its cultural, linguistic, ethnic, religious, and socio-economic diversity, our school is a melting pot of preferences and possibilities—an encouraging place to try new things.

During each of the three seasons of the school year (fall, winter, and spring) all students are required to play on an interscholastic athletic team or take part in an after school co-curricular offering, such as a theatrical production, community service project, fitness class, or school publication. Team sports and co-curriculars begin at 3:30 p.m. and generally end at 4:45 p.m. , 5:30 p.m. for varsity teams.

CLUBS

From fiction writing to a cappella singing to hiking and camping trips, students have exciting opportunities to explore their passions and develop new ones. With more than thirty organizations to choose from, students share their interests and advance worthy causes.

True to our belief in diversity and collaboration, most groups are co-led by a male and female student.

Student activities add immense energy to campus life and foster leadership and organizational skills— vital assets for life in college and beyond.

BOARDING AT MASTERS

Living at The Masters School, students develop a tremendous sense of ownership about what they want to accomplish at school and in all of the pockets of the world of which they are becoming aware.

With students and teachers alike taking intellectual, athletic, and artistic risks, everyone needs support at times at Masters and everyone gives it.

Our thoughtfully designed residential life program ensures all the experiences that students would have at home—from nights at the movies to an afternoon trip to a Broadway Show to baking brownies with a dorm parent—are built into the weekends.

Each dorm has four “parents” who create a warm and homelike environment. Faculty are available day and night and become familiar with the details of students’ lives so they can address any issues as they arise. Students, in turn, know they can always receive sound advice from a dorm parent.

In addition, each boarding student has a dedicated faculty advisor who lives on campus. Along with active guidance, faculty provide a valuable example: As professionals, parents, husbands, and wives, they model the School’s fundamental values of integrity, service, and concern for others.

Boarding students live in one of five roomy, familystyle dormitories with modern kitchens and common rooms. Each dorm room has a high-speed Internet connection.

CAMPUS CURRENT FACILITIES 96 acres 4 Academic Buildings Middle School Building 6 Dormitories Health Center Library Mac and PC Labs Student Activity Center Science Building Music Center 15 Grand Pianos Digital Sound Studio Digital Media Lab Language Lab B&W Photo Lab 500-seat Theater Two-story Art Studio Two Dance Studios 6 Playing Fields 8 Tennis Courts Track Turf Field Gymnasium Fitness Center Estherwood Mansion

CAMPUS

The Masters School’s extensive wooded and lawned 96-acre campus is on a hilltop in Dobbs Ferry, a historic village with a sloping geography and beautiful waterfront on the Hudson River. A five-minute walk from the campus lookout over the Hudson brings students down to the heart of town, and a 35-minute train ride brings faculty and students to New York City. The campus is impressively serene, with park-like spaces, woods, paths, and athletic fields. Here students find a sense of community and security and enjoy an environment that is conducive to learning.

MASTERS HALL

Named in honor of the School’s founder, Eliza Bailey Masters, Masters Hall is the academic hub of the School. Renovated most recently in 2005, it is a state-of-the-art facility for the twenty-first century.

The building features the completely refurbished 30,000-volume Pittsburgh Library and McKnight Reading Room where students conduct research with expert guidance from an academic librarian; upper school academic classrooms with Harkness tables and ceiling-mounted LCD projectors; a digital media lab, language lab, and computer lab; and administration and faculty offices.

OPENING 2015

Masters’ 75,000 square-foot Athletics and Arts Center (MAAC) includes a fencing space, six-lane competition swimming pool, four squash courts, fitness center, elevated running track and a gymnasium with a regulation basketball court, two practice courts and two volleyball courts. From an arts perspective, the new facility will feature an art gallery, two dance studios, music rehearsal and performance space, a black box theater, and a digital media lab.

ARTS AT MASTERS CO-CURRICULAR & AFTER SCHOOL ARTS Fall Play Winter Musical Spring One-Acts Studio Composition Open Art Dance Company

THE ARTS

The arts play a vital role at The Masters School.

Fully integrated into the curriculum and the life of the school, they also appear prominently in cocurriculars and clubs. Opportunities to study the arts—both during the day and after school—abound.

Dance and drama, painting and photography, music in its countless forms—we offer it all and encourage our students to explore.

In the School’s sunlight-filled, two-story art studio, students work at drawing, painting, sculpture, and printmaking, and they put the professional ceramics studio to good use. The performing arts flourish here too: dance ensembles, a cappella groups, a swing band, jazz band, and orchestra. Ballet, modern dance, jazz, tap, ethnic dance, and theater are all available.

ARTS FOR ALL STUDENT-RUN CLUBS Dohters (a cappella) The Naturals (a cappella) Muse (modern dance) Urban Connection (hip-hop dance) Honorary Photo Society Art Guild Improv Club Phoenix Honorary Drama Society Touring Talent (community service)

Masters doesn’t wait until high school to encourage participation in the arts. Our Middle School offers many curricular and co-curricular arts opportunities. Arts classes are taught four times per week, with instruction in piano, music theory, composition, world music, drawing, painting, puppetry, photography, and more. Middle School co-curricular groups include a dance ensemble, rock band, musical theater, and choral ensembles.

Once in the Upper School, our ninth grade Humanities course includes a sequence of dance, drama, visual art, and music studies. Students can also enroll in intensive private lessons and master classes— there is no limit to the breadth and depth of artistic instruction students can receive.

ARTS AT MASTERS NEW YORK, NEW YORK FUN FACTS 285: Students who take private music lessons during the school day 100: Percentage of boarding students who attend a Broadway show and visit a museum in New York City 40+: Student musical, theatrical, and dance performances per year 15: Grand pianos on campus 10: Sound-proof practice rooms 7: Days per week “Open Art” studio time allows students to work on projects

The School’s proximity to New York City is an immeasurable advantage. Students frequently attend plays, musicals, symphony concerts, and other performances. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Whitney Museum of American Art are just a few of the worldclass institutions awaiting a visit. Many students receive instruction at New York City conservatories and art studios from accomplished artists, dancers, and musicians. Some of our performing artists even get the opportunity to take the stage at the city’s venues, including Radio City Music Hall, Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center.

ACROSS THE SPECTRUM

Masters’ art offerings are rich and comprehensive.

Here is a brief overview of the various disciplines.

VISUAL ARTS

The goal is to have students develop the creativity, imagination, and technical skill to practice art as a vital means of self-expression. The faculty are professional artists, and our students take full advantage of New York City cultural resources to complement their classroom work.

CLUBS, GROUPS & SOCIETIES

MUSIC

Masters students have the opportunity to make music, to learn about music, and to share their musical experiences with others. Private instruction by professional musicians is available on a variety of instruments. Performances by groups and individuals are encouraged and frequent.

DRAMA

We view theater arts as the ideal place for students to experience the collaborative nature of performance.

Students study acting, directing, stage-managing, set and lighting design, costume, and makeup as they learn to interpret dramatic literature. Students have three performance opportunities in all-school productions, two to three student-directed plays, and monthly coffee house presentations.

DANCE

We offer three levels of technique classes for studying ballet, modern, tap, and musical theater dance. Dance history and the study of improvisation and choreographic skills are incorporated within technique classes. Our proximity to New York City enables us to bring guest teachers and choreographers to campus on a regular basis. Students are placed in the technique level based on ability and past training, not by grade. Independent study courses are available in senior year with permission of the instructor, department chair, and academic dean.

DRAMA Theater Productions (8 /yr.)

Phoenix Honorary Drama Society MUSIC Chamber Orchestra Dobbs 16 (coed a cappella) Dohters (female a cappella) Glee Club Jazz & Swing Bands The Naturals (male a cappella) Orchestra DANCE Masters Dance Company MUSE (modern) Urban Connection (hip-hop) VISUAL ARTS Art Club Film Club Honorary Photo Society Masterpieces (Yearbook) OTHER POPULAR CLUBS Anime Club Dobbs Athletic Association Dragon Club French Club Gaming Club Gay Straight Alliance Gold Key Society International Club Latin Club M.I.S.H. (community service) Model U.N. Panache (literary magazine) Tower (newspaper)

ARTS AT MASTERS RECENT THEATER PRODUCTIONS 39 Steps Beauty and the Beast Almost, Maine Babes in Arms Amadeus God of Carnage Pippin

ADVANCEMENT OPPORTUNITIES

Advanced students are able to stretch themselves at Masters and excel at their art. We offer opportunities to write and direct plays, compose and produce music, create art portfolios and gallery shows, and choreograph dances.

PRE-PROFESSIONAL PROGRAMS

In addition to the myriad arts opportunities at Masters, students frequently take advantage of intensive pre-professional programs in New York City and beyond. Currently, Masters students train with several prestigious programs, including the Steffi Nossen School of Dance, Broadway Training Center of Westchester, Juilliard Pre-College, Manhattan School of Music Pre-College, and Mannes College Preparatory Division. After training at Masters and these programs, Masters graduates have gone on to pursue the arts at conservatories and as professional artists, dancers, musicians, and actors.

ARTS FACILITIES CLAUDIA BOETTCHER THEATRE

Students put on all manner of performances in this spectacular 500-seat theatre. It’s also where the entire Masters community assembles most mornings to begin the academic day.

MUSIC CENTER

This features practice facilities with grand pianos, guitars, drum kits, and other instruments, a soundproof studio, a Pro Tools recording studio, and the Glee Club and Orchestra room.

ART STUDIO

Adjacent to the Claudia Boettcher Theatre is an open, sunny two-story art studio. Here students fashion their visual art in a full spectrum of media, including drawing, painting, sculpture, ceramics, and printmaking.

DANCE STUDIO

Located in the lower level of Strayer Hall is a professional dance studio that features wood floors, barres, and floor-to-ceiling mirrors.

DIGITAL MEDIA LAB

This lab includes sixteen Macintosh computers with a teaching station and projection setup. Students use iWeb, iMovie, and iPhoto, and they develop podcasts. A web gallery gives each student a place to display work. The teaching station enables the instructor to answer questions with real-world examples, projected instantly for the class to see.

STUDENT AWARDS Masters students have earned many accolades and awards in the arts: Selection for the New York All-State Orchestra, Band, and Chorus Selection for the New York All-State Symphonic Orchestra Columbia Scholastic Press Association Gold Medals Scholastic Art & Writing Gold Key Awards Downbeat Magazine Student Music Awards Tanglewood and Aspen Music Festival Fellows

MASTERS ATHLETICS

ATHLETICS

The Masters School recognizes athletics as a crucial component of a good education. Sports strengthen the body, sharpen the mind, develop teamwork, deepen friendships, and enable participants to test their limits.

Students become better strategic thinkers. They develop good sportsmanship, take direction, practice with purpose and improve their skills.

Team sports at Masters foster school spirit, pride in our teams’ accomplishments, and friendly rivalry with other schools. Beginning in the Middle School and continuing throughout the Upper School years, our athletic program leads its participants to become confident, mature, independent, and wellbalanced young women and men who can both win and lose graciously.

Our interscholastic sports program is strengthened by talented, dedicated coaches, outstanding athletes from around the world—many of whom have been developing their skills since a young age. An instructional approach that builds athletic excellence, healthy competitiveness, and the traits of respect, discipline, perseverance, and dedication will serve our student-scholars well for the rest of their lives.

BALANCE

Athletic participation complements a student’s academic responsibilities at The Masters School.

Whenever possible, practices and games are scheduled so they don’t conflict with the academic class schedule. Equilibrium is maintained between the demands of our competitive athletic program and a challenging academic schedule. Through athletic competition and commitment, students learn to relate the rules of the game to the rules of life, and they see the many ways these valuable lessons can be carried over to all aspects of their Masters experience.

ATHLETIC CREDIT REQUIREMENT Upper School students must participate as a member of an interscholastic team for three out of six seasons of their ninth and tenth grades; at least one of these seasons must be during freshman year. In addition to team sports, Dance Company and the winter musical can also fulfill this requirement.

UPPER SCHOOL ATHLETIC TEAMS FALL Cross Country (coed) Field Hockey (G) Soccer (B, G) Volleyball (G) WINTER Basketball (B, G) Fencing (B, G) Indoor Track & Field (coed) Squash* Swimming* SPRING Baseball (B) Golf (coed) Lacrosse (B, G) Softball (G) Tennis (B, G) Track & Field (coed) * Programs added in 2015 with new MAAC

MASTERS ATHLETICS

OUR COACHES

COACHING PEDIGREE Many Masters Varsity and Junior Varsity coaches are former collegiate athletes who competed in major Division I and III power conferences such as the Atlantic Coast Conference, Big 10, Ivy League, Patriot League, Skyline Conference and NESCAC.

At The Masters School, our varsity coaches are more than just coaches. They are general managers who groom our student-athletes from middle school right through graduation. Working closely with the JV and middle school PE teachers and coaches, our varsity staff identify young talent, manage goals at each level, and focus on age appropriate skills that will help take the student-athlete to the next level. Masters coaches—most of whom are classroom teachers and dorm parents—model the attributes that our student athletes are expected to display before, during, and following each competition and practice: respect, discipline, perseverance, and dedication.

ATHLETIC ACCOMPLISHMENTS

AFTER MASTERS

Many scholar-athletes go on to be recruited by and play for college and university teams in Divisions I, II, and III. Our coaches and college counselors are experienced in navigating the recruitment and admission processes, guiding scholar-athletes on their post-graduate paths.

• Over 50 FAA All-Stars since 2009 • 14 NEPSAC All-Star Selections in 2013 • NYSAIS Boys’ Varsity Basketball Champions (2008, 2013) • FAA Boys’ Varsity Basketball Champions 2014 • 8 Consecutive ISFL Fencing Titles • X-Country FAA Season Champions 2013 • FAA Girls’ Softball Champions 2012 • Girls’ Varsity Soccer Top Seed in 2012 NYSAIS Tournament • NEPSAC Track 100m Champion 2014 • Four Girls’ Varsity Soccer Players Selected for Olympic Development Program in 2013

BEYOND MASTERS COLLEGE ADMISSIONS 2009–2014 American University Babson College Bard College Barnard College Bates College Berklee College of Music Boston College Bowdoin College Brown University Bucknell University California Institute of Technology Carleton College Carnegie Mellon University Colgate University Colorado College Columbia University Cooper Union Cornell University Dartmouth College Duke Universit y Emerson College Emor y Universit y Fashion Institute of Technology Fordham Universit y Franklin and Marshall College Georgia Institute of Technology Georgetown Universit y George Washington Universit y Hamilton College Har vard Universit y Hobar t & William Smith Colleges Ithaca College Johns Hopkins Universit y Kenyon College Lehigh Universit y Loyola Universit y Mar yland Manhat tan School of Music Mar yland Institute College of Ar t

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Michigan State University Middlebury College Muhlenberg College New England Conservatory New York University Northwestern University Oberlin College Occidental College Parsons School of Design Pomona College Princeton University Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Rhode Island School of Design Rice University Stanford University Swarthmore College Syracuse University Tufts University Tulane University Union College University of California, Berkeley University of California, Los Angeles University of Chicago University of Michigan University of Pennsylvania University of Richmond University of St. Andrews, Scotland University of Vermont University of Virginia Vanderbilt University Vassar College Virginia Polytechnic Institute Wake Forest University Wesleyan University Williams College Worcester Polytechnic Institute Yale University

MOST COMMONLY ATTENDED COLLEGES 2009-2014 New York University (31) George Washington University (24) Cornell University (16) Skidmore College (13) Hamilton College (10) Northeastern University (10) Johns Hopkins University (9) Oberlin College (9) Emory University (9) Brown University (8) University of Chicago (8)

RECENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS • National Merit Scholarship Program Finalists • National Achievement Scholarship Finalists • National Hispanic Scholarship Finalists • College Board Advanced Placement Scholars • Top Scores: Latin and French National Exams • Gold Key Award winners: Scholastic Art & Writing Competition

• Princeton and Yale Model U.N. Best Delegates • USA Math Olympiad Finalist • VEX Robotics Best Overall Team East Rockaway Tournament • High School Contest in Mathematical Modeling Finalist (HiMCM)

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