St. Andrew's School—Delaware Viewbook 2021

ST. ANDREW’S SCHOOL D E L AWA RE

Dear Families, We are excited for you to consider St. Andrew’s School!

A St. Andrew’s education is distinctive and immersive.

We are a fully residential community rooted in our Episcopal identity, founding principles of inclusion and openness, and authentic intellectual engagement.

As you search for a great school—among many great schools—you will not find another like St. Andrew’s.

Our school’s motto is “faith and learning,” and to be sure, the academic depth and challenge of our program is underpinned by a fundamental commitment to love and support one another. Here, you will find that both adults and your classmates will have faith in you and will challenge you. We believe that it is within this environment that you will learn the most about yourself, your character, and your capabilities. Students here share their many gifts with the community, and therefore our student culture is joyful: life at St. Andrew’s is characterized by authentic connection, service to others, curiosity, and inquiry.

In these pages, you will see this joyful culture in action, and discover much of what makes our community so special. I welcome you to visit our campus, where you can experience St. Andrew’s firsthand. We are looking forward to getting to know you.

Joy McGrath Daniel T. Roach, Jr. Head of School

Founders Hall 1 College Counseling, Registrar (ground floor) Reception, Head of School, Admission (1st floor) Hillier Corridor (2nd floor) 2 School Store (ground floor) Business Office (1st floor) Hillier and Fleming Corridors (2nd floor) 3 Main Common Room, Dining Hall (1st floor) Sherwood Corridor (2nd floor) Schmolze Corridor (3rd floor) 4 A. Felix duPont Jr. Chapel (ground floor) Classical Languages, History, Religious Studies (1st floor) Sherwood Corridor (2nd floor) Schmolze Corridor (3rd floor) 5 Forbes Theater (ground floor) Modern Languages (1st floor) Baum Corridor (2nd floor) Voorhees Corridor (3rd floor) 6 Irene duPont Library Other Facilities 8 Pell Hall 9 Moss Hall 10 Moss Annex 11 Alumni Hall: Advancement Office 12 Edith Pell Student Center 14 Amos Hall: English, Science Labs, Amos Lecture Hall (1st floor) Science Labs, Math (2nd floor) 15 Miller Health Center 16 Mein Hall 17 Gaul East 18 Gaul West 19 O’Brien Arts Center: Engelhard Performance Hall, Warner Art Gallery, Photography Studios, Music Rehearsal Rooms, Tawes Music Library, Painting, Drawing, Ceramics and Dance Studios 24 Organic Garden 25 Facilities Services Building:

Campus Plant Offices and Facilities Services, Deliveries 26 Rodney Point Pavilion Sports Facilities 7 T-Dock 13 Kip duPont Boat House 20 Athletic Center: International Squash Courts, Competition Basketball Court, Wrestling Arena, Cameron Room 21 Sipprelle Field House: Basketball Courts, Fitness Center, Trainer’s Office, Locker Rooms 22 Genereaux Aquatic Center 23 Paddle Tennis Courts Residences F Faculty Houses H Head of School’s House

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We know St. Andrew’s is different, truly different, than the average high school—but what is it, exactly, that makes a St. Andrew’s education unique?

“The question I’m most frequently asked about St. Andrew’s is essentially some variation on: ‘Is this real?’

Is this remarkable school culture actually possible, and if so, how have we achieved it? There are many ways to answer this question, but most often, I end up talking about how there is something distinctive here about the depth and power of the collaboration between students and our faculty towards a shared vision: the power and potential of a school community that balances intellectual rigor with kindness, authenticity, and human connection.”

EMILY PRESSMAN

DEAN OF FACULTY DEVELOPMENT

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#1 100% BOARDING

At St. Andrew’s, I have come to understand the true meaning of community—and as a result, I’ve gained a better understanding of who I truly am.

— Marvi Ali ’21

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We all live here.

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#2 REVOLUTIONARY FINANCIAL AID

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We are accessible to all, regardless of means.

The power of St. Andrew’s lies in its people and our commitment to each other. Since its founding in 1929, St. Andrew’s has offered need-based financial aid to any student who is admitted to the school, offering tuition grants that meet 100% of a family’s demonstrated need. This approach to financial aid was unprecedented at the time, and our 92 year history of socioeconomic diversity fuels our distinctive campus culture of today—a culture centered on inclusivity and authenticity.

We seek to find students who will steward these values for future generations of St. Andreans.

This year, 43% of our current students receive financial aid, with an average grant of approximately $48,000. There is no distinction between students who receive aid and students who pay full tuition. We are all St. Andreans, and what matters most is our character and the contributions we make to this community and the world around us.

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#3 AUTHENTIC ACADEMICS

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We believe in the joy of learning.

At St. Andrew’s, you’ll learn how to learn, and discover the thrill of discovery. You will engage in the authentic work of all your academic disciplines: debate and discussion, research and experimentation; brainstorming and problem-solving.

You will practice radical listening and open yourself to perspectives outside the scope of your own experience.

You will build habits of diligence, resilience, and independence.

You will develop a passion for intellectual pursuits of your choosing.

You will live with integrity, in moments small and large, in all you say and do.

You will find your voice, and the confidence to use it.

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#4 PHONE-FREE COMMUNITY

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What do you notice about all the photos in this book?

No cell phones! That’s not Photoshop.

When you come to St. Andrew’s, you’ll discover it’s the exception and not the rule to see someone on their phone. The “phone rule” (as students call it) is this: students leave their phones in their rooms at all times, unless they are going off campus. The goal of the phone policy is to cultivate and protect our school culture and community by prioritizing face-to-face conversation and relationship-building.

Before coming to St. Andrew’s, there was always a distance between me and other people, but because of the culture here (and annoying as things like the cell phone policy may be), I was able to get rid of that barrier and form friendships that have bettered me as a person.

GIANNA ROSARIO ’21

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#5 2,200 ACRES

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We get outside.

All day long.

A huge part of your St. Andrew’s experience will be the time you spend outdoors. Whether you’re hanging out on the Front Lawn—the epicenter of campus life—or exploring our 2200 acres of woods, trails, farmland, and pond, you’ll find that much of your class time and downtime at St. Andrew’s will be spent al fresco.

You’ll also have all kinds of opportunities to get involved in environmental work and activism, both on and off campus.

I am constantly finding new hidden gems in the woods around the pond. There are lots of quality places to reflect, build forts, climb trees, read, or chat with people.

SARAH BRUNO ’21

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#6 CULTURE OF KINDNESS

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We give each other grace.

The St. Andrew’s experience is an education premised on proximity, congregation, and above all, kindness.

You will experience our culture of kindness in action each day, starting from your first day on campus: your Big Brother or Big Sister (a senior chosen to mentor you throughout your first year at SAS) will show you around, and you’ll be welcomed with open arms into our family at our annual Square Dance that evening.

By the time you graduate, there’s one thing you’ll know for sure: when you become a Saint, you become a lifelong member of the St. Andrew’s family.

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ACADEMICS

It all begins in the classroom.

We believe in academic and human excellence— and that these two principles are not mutually exclusive.

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We believe in doing the authentic work of scholars.

We believe... that a high school education should be centered on the joy of asking questions—the joy of exploration, research, and collaboration. (rather than studying to pass tests)

in discussing issues and challenges with each other across lab benches and seminar tables. (rather than listening to lectures in rows of desks)

that you, the student, are an equal partner in your own learning and in building the culture of our classrooms. (you are not here to be a passive receptacle of information from a textbook or teacher)

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I have grown as a leader, student, and athlete.

St. Andrew’s has not only helped me to articulate and strengthen my own opinions, but how to listen to and truly appreciate those of others, both inside and outside of the classroom.

COLE KAY ’21

Your Educational Journey at St. Andrew’s

DISCUSSION-BASED CLASSES & ASSESSMENTS SEMINAR TABLES

Each of our humanities classrooms is centered around a seminar table. Our school mission engenders a diversity of perspectives in all areas of campus life, and this diversity becomes an invaluable tool at our seminar tables and in our discussion-centered classes.

At the table, students learn to listen carefully, think nimbly and creatively, see undiscovered connections, speak with respect for others, and learn to receive constructive criticism.

EXHIBITIONS

Across disciplines and Forms, students orally defend their analytical papers in collaboration with student and faculty readers. Exhibitions take students’ thinking to another level— allowing them to develop, complicate, and refine their ideas, and to practice and engage in sophisticated scholarly discourse. They learn how to ask and respond to challenging questions in a way that opens up conversation and leads to intellectual discovery.

One teaching method that has helped me learn most effectively is the kind that I first experienced in my math classes with Mr. Tower. He would assign math problems for homework, and in class we would all discuss our methods for solving these problems. Then, Mr. Tower would guide us through one or two of them before starting our new lesson. In teaching our new lesson, he would guide us through a new concept with multiple examples, and then give us some practice problems to work on in groups. We would reconvene and discuss the practice problems. This type of learning worked well for me because it was very straightforward and predictable.

Mr. Tower would teach us the concept instead of making us figure it out, but we still had the chance to collaborate with each other to complicate and deepen our understanding of said concept.

CIERRA MARTINEZ ’20

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QUICK FACT

We offer more than 130 courses each year in 10 disciplines.

TEACHER-GUIDED INSTRUCTION, STUDENT-LED INQUIRY SCAFFOLDED CURRICULUMS

All of our classes, but particularly our introductory classes, are designed to provide a supported pathway for students as they move through our academic program. Teachers in each discipline plan backwards, designing assessments, projects, and classes carefully and systematically for each stage of our students’ academic development. This scaffolded approach allows teachers to provide the appropriate balance between traditional instruction and student-centered work.

Students learn and practice foundational skills and concepts as they build toward exhibitions of mastery throughout the curriculum.

INQUIRY IN ACTION ADVANCED TOPICS TUTORIAL IN MATH

Students develop proofs for all of the theorems in Book I of Euclid’s Elements— without actually reading the Elements.

Reading through and studying Euclid’s proofs would have given us the same knowledge. The difference? Absorbing information isn’t nearly as powerful a way to learn as is producing the information yourself.

In having the freedom to collaborate with one another and actually do the work of a mathematician instead of simply learning from the works of one, we strengthen our overall ability to think.

CLASSICS COLLOQUIUM

Greek and Latin students conduct independent research and scholarship on works of ancient epic poetry (such as Vergil’s Aeneid or Homer’s Odyssey), working remotely with classics scholars at universities around the country, then presenting their scholarship to the school community.

CURIOSITY QUEST

In Biology, III Form students spend the year journaling observations, questions, and ideas about how to investigate the biological world around them. At the end of the course, students participate in a Curiosity Quest, in which they ask a biological question of their choosing, and then work to find the answer entirely on their own, through research and experimentation.

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DEEP ENGAGEMENT & UNDERSTANDING ADVANCED STUDY COURSES

With the encouragement of colleges and universities, St. Andrew’s moved away from teaching AP courses more than 15 years ago in order to design Advanced Study (AS) courses, which go far beyond preparation for standardized tests. Our AS courses ask students to engage in the authentic work of each discipline, explore complex issues and questions, and demonstrate their deep understanding of the material.

ELECTIVES

Our foundational liberal arts curriculum allows students the latitude to explore diverse interests and take deep dives in subjects through a wide array of semester-long electives.

SENIOR TUTORIALS

In the spring of their senior year, students with a demonstrated commitment to independent work have the opportunity to take a tutorial. Typically comprised of three to five students and one faculty member, tutorials are offered in all disciplines. Students are required to write weekly essays which they read aloud, critique, and debate in weekly meetings, in the spirit of the Oxford tutorial system.

SOME OF OUR ELECTIVES

American Social Reform Movements • Anatomy & Physiology • App Development in Swift • Applied Ethics • Asian Philosophy & Religious Traditions • Astronomy • Bioengineering • Creative Writing • Intro to Data Science • Democracy & Empire— Athens in the 5th Century BC • Engineering • Greek • Histories of Hate: American Racism & German Anti-Semitism • History of Economic Thought • Latin American History • MicroController Programming & Robotics • The Modern Middle East • Nuclear Ethics • Object Oriented Programming in Java • Religion & Violence • Statistics

A SAMPLING OF OUR TUTORIALS

Race & Racism in the United States: An Economic Perspective • The Signal in the Noise: Alternative Music as Commentary on Social Issues • Contemporary American Film as Literature • A Sensory Exploration of Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man • Theory and Reality: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Science • Global Health • Native American and Hawaiian Mythology LEARN MORE ABOUT THE TUTORIAL PROGRAM

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www.standrews-de.org/tutorials

CONNECTION WITH REAL-WORLD LEADERS & CHANGEMAKERS We bring innovative leaders, thinkers, writers, scientists, activists, artists, and all-around amazing human beings on campus to connect with and inspire students—and we bring students out into the world for the same incredible encounters and experiences. The change-makers our students meet on and off campus help them to question the world, shift their perspectives, and expand their respect and empathy for others.

RECENT ON-CAMPUS SPEAKERS & OFF-CAMPUS ACADEMIC EXCURSIONS

Jesmyn Ward

National Book Award-winning author of Sing, Unburied, Sing

David Blight

Historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom

Po-Shen Loh

Head coach of the US International Math Olympiad team and founder of expii.com, a math & science learning website

Nick Berry

Data scientist and author of “Datagenetics”

Colson Whitehead

Two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Underground Railroad

Elizabeth Acevedo

National Book Award-winning poet and author of The Poet X

Bryan Stevenson

Social justice activist and founder & director of the Equal Justice Initiative

Yaa Gyasi

PEN/Hemingway Award-winning author of Homegoing

Diane Nash

Civil Rights Movement leader

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Our STEM Summer Opportunities program connects students with summertime experiential learning & growth opportunities in STEM fields— research programs, internships, and lab placements.

A FEW HIGHLIGHTS OF OUR STEM PROGRAM In fall 2019, Amos Hall, our STEM facility, reopened after a year-long $13 million renovation. The renovation doubled lab space in the building and created dedicated space for robotics and computer science. The entire building is now LEED-certified.

STEM ELECTIVES » Intro to Computer Science » Object Oriented Programming in Java » Data Structures & Design » Microcontroller Programming & Robotics » App Development in Swift » Statistics » Engineering » Bioengineering » Anatomy & Physiology » Astronomy » Nuclear Ethics STEM EXTRACURRICULARS » Ad Astra (astronomy club) » Coding Club » Environmental Stewards » Math Team » Robotics » Science Lecture Competition » St. Andrew’s Medical Society STANDARDS-BASED GRADING In some math and science classes, teachers provide personalized feedback on how well students meet learning objectives (“standards”) within a given assessment. Students use this feedback to develop greater proficiency and can demonstrate their understanding through re-assessment. The result is that students spend more time in conversation with teachers about what comprises understanding and how it can be achieved, and less time talking about grades.

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IT ’S A LL I N A DAY. A Typical III Form Schedule 8 A LOOK INSIDE: ENGLISH 1

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During their reading of Macbeth, English 1 students collaborate to stage the final scene of Act II. “While the text offers little in the way of stage directions, this scene is a pivotal and chaotic moment in which every living character in the play is on stage,” explains English 1 teacher Mr. Porter. “Throughout our reading of the play, I ask my students to be their own directors, to stage the play in their own heads. This exercise gives them the chance to compare their takes on virtually all the characters and justify their own choices.”

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ENGLISH 1

ADVISORY BREAK: Weekly check-in with advisory!

CHINESE 1

SIT-DOWN LUNCH & ALL-SCHOOL MEETING:

After lunch, the entire school community gathers in Engelhard Hall to share announcements, news, awards, short presentations & performances, and general Saints love.

HONORS GEOMETRY BREAK US HISTORY: RESEARCH CHALLENGES

OPEN TIME: Relax on dorm & change for soccer practice AFTERNOON ACTIVITY: Soccer Practice

All students participate in their choice of afternoon activities, which include sports, theatre, dance, and community service.

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OPEN TIME: Jazz Ensemble Practice

Many clubs and activities hold meetings during this time period. It’s also a popular time for hanging out and playing games on the Front Lawn.

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STUDY HALL

ON DORM: Ping-Pong Tournament in Common Room!

BRUSH & WASH IN ROOM/LIGHTS OUT: Phone in hall pocket, in room, lights out. Sleep is important!

A LOOK INSIDE: US HISTORY In their focus on primary source evidence, US History students explore fugitive slave ads from 1781-1861 from a nearby county in Maryland.

Students collect data from these ads into a spreadsheet, then work in groups to analyze the gender breakdown of escaped men and women, the “value” of each enslaved person adjusted for inflation, and, using historic maps, the location of each ad and its corresponding distance to freedom. Students then put the data into conversation with Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, which they have been reading.

A LOOK INSIDE: ENGINEERING In an assessment on design thinking, Engineering students work in groups to design a “Windaboolah”—a mode of transportation that must have room for five people; be able to travel through water, sky, and snow, and move through cities; be ready for unexpected adventures; and serve as a “home away from home.” Students must consider the needs and wants of users, define design principles, ideate multiple potential solutions, and build a prototype.

A Typical VI Form Schedule 8 • 9 • 10 •

VI FORM PERK!

Seniors are exempt from Breakfast Sign-in.

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ADVANCED STUDY IN HUMANITIES

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LONG LUNCH—OFF TO MENTORING!

Lunch on Wednesdays is cafeteria-style, to allow mid-week time for students to participate in local community service opportunities.

A LOOK INSIDE: AS CHEMISTRY ADVANCED STUDY IN LATIN: VERGIL BREAK AS CHEMISTRY

OPEN TIME: Environmental Stewards Meeting AFTERNOON ACTIVITY: Swim Team Practice

All students participate in their choice of afternoon activities, which include sports, theatre, dance, and community service.

OPEN TIME: Quick call to check in with Mom.

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OPEN TIME: Cookies & Milk!

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OPEN TIME: Lead dorm function!

For one of their many lab experiments, AS Chemistry students use a spectrophotometer to track the rate progression of a particular chemical reaction; they’re looking for clues about underlying molecular mechanisms.

“On the one hand, this is a standard ‘AP lab’ with the stated goal of determining what is called a rate law,” explains AS Chem teacher Eric Kemer. “However, we use the fact that the experiment virtually never produces the precise ‘textbook’ answer to turn it into a short research project aimed at revealing the sources of this deviation.”

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What about College?

St. Andrew’s practices a powerful and distinct approach to the college admissions process. Because we are a small and 100% residential school, our College Counseling team lives and works in close proximity with students. This proximity allows our counselors to really get to know each student and to offer intensive and highly personalized guidance—and to confidently share each student’s story with the very best colleges and universities in the world.

Your college counselor will help you make academic and extracurricular choices during your time at St. Andrew’s, will advocate for you, and will partner with you and your family throughout the college application and financial aid process. Your counselor will also help you keep the college process in perspective. At the center of our college counseling process are two core beliefs shared by students and faculty alike: 1 The meaning of your St. Andrew’s experience encompasses much more than your college destination.

2 The most important question you can ask during the college application process is how you will contribute to the college or university you attend.

The goal at St. Andrew’s is to keep the college process free of drama, unhealthy competition, and high anxiety. Instead, this process is a path to self-discovery.

Our students enroll in the most selective colleges in the U.S. and around the world, but our primary goal is to ensure that each student finds the best fit—a college or university where the student will continue to thrive and be their best self.

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JASON HONSEL

DIRECTOR OF COLLEGE COUNSELING

60-70 Colleges Visit SAS Each Year While on campus, college representatives hold mini-info sessions, eat dinner with students, and sometimes conduct interviews.

TOP 21 COLLEGES 2018–2021 Davidson College....................................... 13 University of Virginia.................................. 12 Tufts University........................................... 10 Wesleyan University..................................... 9 Bates College............................................... 8 Boston College............................................ 8 New York University..................................... 8 Princeton University..................................... 8 University of Pennsylvania........................... 8 Georgetown University................................ 7 Wake Forest University................................ 7 Columbia University..................................... 6 Sewanee: University of the South................ 6 Williams College.......................................... 6 Haverford College....................................... 5 Middlebury College..................................... 5 Northeastern University............................... 5 Northwestern University.............................. 5 University of Delaware................................. 5 Yale University.............................................. 5 Washington and Lee University................... 5

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College Counselors (all of whom live on campus)

The team is rounded out by an essay editor and an administrative assistant.

In the spring of 2020, Harrison Foley ’17 was named a Trident Scholar at the U.S. Naval Academy; the Trident Scholar Program funds opportunities for independent study and research. A computer science major, Harrison investigated vulnerabilities in machine learning paradigms.

Theo Jaffe ’19 works as a game day student trainer for the Duke Blue Devils.

Hannah Beams ’17 has rowed in the five seat of the Bates College varsity eight boat for the past four years—and that boat has won the NCAA Division III National Championship for all four of those years.

A biology major at the University of Pennsylvania, in his free time, Nick Loh ’19 plays music for the elderly at the Penn Memory Center and an elderly patient with dementia. During the pandemic, Nick met and talked with patients over Zoom and performed short snippets of music; residents would then guess the song.

For her undergraduate honors thesis at Emory University, Ruth Puryear ’17 produced a drive-in musical—the only live theatre production with an in-person audience to take place at Emory during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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A Few Facts about Our Faculty OUR 80 FACULTY MEMBERS HOLD MORE THAN 60 ADVANCED DEGREES. MS. PRESSMAN

While pursuing her master’s in history at Yale, researched a massive resistance to school desegregation in Milford, Delaware in 1954

MR. SHREM

Regularly publishes and lectures on the intersection of the fine arts and gastronomy, and spends part of his summer breaks working on an organic goat cheese farm in France’s Ardèche region. Most recently, he contributed to The Oxford Companion to Cheese

MR. DALY MR. GILHEANY

Received a Fulbright Distinguished Award in Teaching for 2012 to pursue research on pedagogy in Israel and the Palestinian Territories, and published a paper based on this research in the peer-reviewed journal Religious Education

Has a Master’s of Public Health and a Master’s in Marine Science

MR. PORTER

Four-year member of the Cornell men’s rowing team MR. TORREY

His fiction, essays, and poetry have appeared in a wide variety of national literary journals

MS. PEARCE

Named two-time team captain & First Team All-American during her lacrosse career at Johns Hopkins; she was also nominated for the Tewaaraton Trophy, given annually to the top women’s lacrosse player in the nation

MR. REHRIG

Previously worked as a civilian nuclear engineer for the Navy at the Norfolk Naval shipyard, where he was part of a team that overhauled and modernized Nimitz class aircraft carriers MS. REDDY MS. CHIU

Ms. Chiu—Works with Chinese teachers nationally on curriculum development

MRS. KELSEY

Makes beautiful hand-knit sweaters for every new faculty baby on campus

Researched Petrarch in the south of France with grant support from the National Endowment for the Humanities

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DR. JOHNSON

Ate every item on the Wendy’s dollar menu in under an hour while working toward his PhD in chemical engineering at UC Berkeley (today, Dr. Johnson is a vegan) MRS. TAYLOR

MR. MUFUKA

As a US Marine, served tours in Afghanistan and Iraq, and lived and worked in nine countries across five continents

Worked for 15 years with the Glimmerglass Opera Theatre in Cooperstown, NY, where she was both a performer and a member of their technical staff

MR. GOLD

DR. HYDE

While pursuing her graduate studies in astrophysics, interned at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California, where she researched sites of future star formation in our galaxy M. MILLER

Has danced with the Houston Ballet as a member of the corps de ballet and with the Omaha Theater Ballet as Principal Male Dancer

Has done geoscience research in Alaska, the Bering Sea, Iceland, and Greenland, and is trained in crevasse rescue

MRS. DAVILA

During school breaks, teaches literacy & ESL courses to lowincome and immigrant students in rural Delaware DR. O’CONNOR

Was an ophthalmologist prior to becoming a teacher, and served on medical mission trips in Kenya and Ecuador MRS. CARROLL

All-American lacrosse player at Hamilton College, where she won a NCAA Division III National Championship with her team

MR. HUTCHINSON

Played soccer and lacrosse and wrestled at Amherst College DR. GEIERSBACH

Has a doctorate in music education from Columbia University, and studied the flute with the legendary Louis Moyse

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Arnav played on both the squash and tennis teams during his first year at SAS—he had played tennis before, but not on a team.

“The team helped me find my competitive side.”

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Arnav Sehgal LEWES, DE

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Soccer Tennis Student Diversity Committee

Arnav’s thoughts on...

LIVING ON DORM

Living on dorm has allowed me to create stronger bonds with my classmates. Everyone is always there for you—if you ever need anything, your friends are right next door. On the last night of my III Form year, all the boys on Hillier were hanging out in the common room when our dorm parent, Mr. Sanchez, came in. Our casual conversation turned into a deep reflection on our past year. We talked about how we each had changed and Mr. Sanchez gave us meaningful advice on how to approach our future at St. Andrew’s.

TACKLING CHALLENGES

Honors Geometry really challenged me this year. Instead of a textbook-and-lecture learning system, in St. Andrew’s math classes we learn through independent and group problem-solving. This new method of learning was a bit difficult for me to catch on to, but once I did, I found myself understanding the concepts better and enjoying the learning process.

Quick Fact

Favorite Dining Hall Food Wednesday lunch: grilled cheese, fries, fried chicken, and tomato soup..

GET LOST

The weekends at St. Andrew’s are a time where you can relax, have fun with friends, play sports, go canoeing, explore the woods, and so much more. The entire campus is at your disposal.

MAKING MUSIC

Being a part of the Jazz Ensemble gave me the opportunity to improve my skills in drumming, and I also joined a band and got to jam with friends during my free time in the recording studio.

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working for something bigger than ourselves Imagine a high school where you live with your friends and teachers. At the end of the school day, you leave the classroom, but you don’t leave the community.

This is St. Andrew’s.

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We not only learn together but also live together—and that fundamentally changes the nature of our school and your high school experience.

We believe... that what happens between 3:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. at St. Andrew’s is what makes all the difference.

3:30 PM After class ends, you’re off to your afternoon activity from 4-6:00 PM. Visit standrews-de.org/activities to explore all your afternoon activity options by season.

6:00 PM When afternoon activities conclude, you’ll head back to your dorm room for a quick shower (and maybe a call to your family!), then down to the Dining Hall for dinner with friends, to a faculty residence for an advisory function, or perhaps into a van to bring and serve dinner at a local homeless shelter.

7:00 PM After dinner, you might swing by the Front Lawn to sneak in a game of Four Square before the sun sets, then: • Attend a Model UN meeting in the Main Common Room • Join an affinity group gathering at a faculty apartment • Use a telescope to view the stars over Noxontown Pond with Ad Astra (our astronomy club) • Work on Vex robot with Robotics teammates • Direct a rehearsal of your play (written by you!) with your fellow Playwright Club members • Meet with the Environmental Stewards to organize plans to attend a climate march in Washington, D.C. • Meet with a college representative 38

… to name just a few options.

8:00 PM When you hear the St. Andrew’s bell tower chime eight, you know it’s time for dorm check-in and study hall. Study hall lasts until 10:00 PM, and then it’s on-dorm time, which means you might: • Make brownies or nachos in your dorm kitchen • Have an interesting chat with the faculty member on duty • Play a hand of poker or an intense round of Ping Pong • Join in an impromptu dance party/sing-along • Rearrange the furniture in your dorm room with your roommate • Attend a “Wisdom Wednesday” talk in the Pell Dorm common room • Enjoy a slice of Derby pie in Ms. Pressman’s kitchen

I think I am a much more hopeful person than when I first came here. St. Andrew’s has taught me to see the transformational power of relationships and community values.

ASHLIE DOUCETTE ’21

10:30 PM Finally, you’ve come to the end of your day. You’ll put your cell phone in the hall rack, do your nightly dorm job, and brush and wash in the bathroom. The senior on duty will stop by your room to say good night, chat about your day, and then it’s lights out. Get a good night’s sleep—it’s sure to be another full day tomorrow!

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What Happens on the Weekends?

At St. Andrew’s, you already live 24 hours a day, 7 days a week with your friends. On weekends, finding fun is as simple as waking up and walking out the door of your dorm room. Friday evenings are often reserved for guest speakers and special programs. On Saturday mornings, you’ll often be involved in community service; events, workshops and conferences; athletic practices and games; and occasionally, classes (some Saturdays are also set aside as “sleep-in mornings”). Sunday mornings usually involve Chapel, then brunch in the Dining Hall. The rest of the weekend is your free time to hang out, get outdoors, and enjoy excursions off-campus— everything from a simple walk to town, to trips to Philadelphia, D.C., and New York.

SWAG—ST. ANDREW’S WEEKEND ACTIVITY GROUP SWAG organizes a “Weekend Plan” for every Saturday & Sunday—a huge schedule of on- and off-campus activities open to all students.

SAMPLE SWAG SCHEDULE SATURDAY

9-10 AM 11 AM - 3 PM 11 AM - 5 PM 6 PM 8 - 10 PM 8 - 10 PM 10 PM

Equity Conference workshops Athletics practices/games Trip to Rehoboth Beach Dinner trips to local restaurants Silent Disco in the library Open Mic Night & bonfire on the Front Lawn Food Trucks in Admissions Circle

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Noon - 6 PM 12:30 - 3 PM 12:30 - 5 PM 1-4 PM 1 -3 PM 5 PM 6:30 PM 40

Philadelphia trip to see Angels in America Trip to SkyZone trampoline park Scavenger hunt around Noxontown Pond Movie & mall trips Canoeing on Appoquinimink Creek Cookout & T-dock swimming Dodgeball tournament in Sipprelle Field House

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CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS WWW.STANDREWS-DE.ORG/CLUBS

I don’t think I will ever forget how much fun I’ve had over the weekends here at SAS. From fire pits, to Open Mic Nights, to dances, to movies, to trips to town, to card games, to Playa Bowls and so much more, my weekends here have been filled with wonderful memories of time spent together with friends that I will always cherish.

GINO PALACIOS ’21

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My happiest memories, favorite traditions, and most meaningful moments occurred on the Front Lawn—after dinner on a warm summer evening, during an impromptu snowball fight, while basking in the sun on a Free Day, or under the stars during a late-night game of cards, the Front Lawn is where connections are made and friendships formed. It embodies what makes St. Andrew’s beautiful and unique: anyone can sit down with anyone, we have meaningful conversations, and we prioritize face-to-face interactions. St. Andrew’s, at its core, is about genuine human connection.

NICHOLAS LAMPIETTI ’21

THE FRONT LAWN

Spending at least a few minutes each day on the Front Lawn is a way of life for St. Andreans. It’s more than a front lawn; it’s our living room. On the Front Lawn, you’ll play a quick game of spikeball or join in a snowball fight between classes, meet with your advisor on the T-Dock, and gather with your entire class after Chapel. You’ll throw a tennis ball with a faculty dog, fly down the slip n’ slide during Maui Wowie, and jump in the pond at 7 a.m. with the Polar Bear Club. We hold classes, cookouts, Chapel services, festivals, and weekend events on the Front Lawn, year-round.

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ENGELHARD HALL

Engelhard Hall is a 516-seat auditorium space where we hold all-School Meeting once a week, and gather regularly for student performances, visiting speakers, panels, workshops, and so much more. The Engelhard stage has hosted everything from robotics demonstrations to salsa lessons; from student science presentations to experimental theatre to talks by the leading minds in America.

QUICK FACT

Our Front Lawn— the heart of our campus—is 7,000 square feet of pure fun.

THE CHAPEL

THE DINING HALL We take our meals “family-style”: faculty and students eat one meal all together every weekday, at assigned tables. Two faculty and eight students—typically two from each Form—are seated at each table, with student table assignments rotating every few weeks. During meals, students are responsible for serving food and setting and clearing the table. We enjoy family-style meals at lunch four days a week, and for Wednesday night dinner prior to Chapel. (All other meals are served cafeteria-style.) Family-style meals are a time when we slow down, connect, and catch up with one another.

We are an Episcopal school, grounded in and upheld by our Episcopal identity, and we welcome all persons, regardless of their religious background. We gather in the Chapel twice a week—once on Wednesday night, and again on Sunday for a more traditional service. Many services are student-led, and we celebrate a variety of world religions and religious holidays. Chapel is the place where we come together to share our stories and traditions and contemplate our values and beliefs.

Your Community of Care All of the adults in our community work together to provide a network of care for each student. Beyond teaching and coaching, faculty also serve as advisors to students, and work in “dorm teams” on residence halls. Students are also supported by academic advisors, Form advisors, our counseling team, and our Health Center team.

THE ADVISING SYSTEM

Every student has a faculty advisor; new students are assigned an advisor, and returning students choose their advisor each year. In bi-weekly meetings, your advisor will mentor and guide you in all aspects of life at St. Andrew’s, from the academic to the social and everything in between. Each faculty member has up to eight advisees at a time, who get together in a group regularly for “advisory functions” (dinners at the advisor’s home, birthday parties, off-campus excursions), and eat lunch together in the Dining Hall once a week. Your advisory will become your “mini-family” on campus.

THE DORM SYSTEM

Although seniors are responsible for much of the day-to-day leadership on dorm, each residence hall is also cared for by a dorm parent—a faculty member whose home is directly connected to the dorm or corridor—and a dorm team of three to four other faculty members. Dorm teams spend time with students on dorm each evening from 7:45 to 11:00 p.m., help students organize dorm functions, and support each dorm’s senior student leadership team. Your dorm team will become your St. Andrew’s parents.

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At St. Andrew’s, you are living in an environment where you are surrounded by people who care about you. I can think of countless moments where friends and teachers showed me incredible kindness that inspired me to be a kinder person myself. A senior once told me that asking a faculty member to meet with you for no apparent reason, or just to talk about life, is a completely acceptable thing to do and they will say yes. That advice was life-changing and led me to have six advisors instead of one.

PIPER JACKMAN ’21

OUR ALCOHOL & DRUG POLICY “Policy” isn’t really the right word—we all embrace our substance-free culture, and students, more than adults, should be given the credit for protecting and keeping this culture alive. There is no place for alcohol, drug or tobacco use at St. Andrew’s. We believe that alcohol and drug use threatens the fundamental process of adolescent development and changes who you are as a person—it changes the way you think, the way you concentrate, the way you act, the way you treat others, the way you confront and overcome adversity.

Our students appreciate that we expect them to live at a certain standard. We expect that they are going to value an environment that is drug- and alcohol-free. Part of doing that is giving students the opportunity to see how much fun can actually be had without the pressures of drugs and alcohol.

They buy into it, and once you set

STUDENT LEADERSHIP

St. Andrew’s places a huge part of the responsibility for stewarding the school and its culture into the hands of its students. Whether or not they hold one of the more than 100 leadership roles available to students, all Saints are expected to protect and uphold our community’s values, and to support and guide each other. Seniors are particularly tasked with leading their fellow students: seniors live on and lead an underformer dorm (there is no “senior dorm”), mentor a new student as a Big Brother or Big Sister, head up our Honor and Discipline Committees, and so much more.

a culture for that, it sort of feeds itself. Freshmen come in and the seniors and juniors are living out that culture in front of them, and so it just becomes what you do. There’s an expectation that what you experience here isn’t just for you— it’s for the next person.

STACEY DUPREY

CO-DEAN OF RESIDENTIAL LIFE

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Caring for Your Community

We believe that all members of our community share responsibility for improving the world in which we live.

We believe that students should serve others because they want to—not because they are required to do so.

This is why St. Andrew’s does not have a community service requirement; all student service work is voluntary.

We want our students to focus on the lives they are affecting through their service, not “hours earned.”

We offer opportunities to get involved in service on the local, regional, national, and international level. We set aside Wednesday lunch each week as a time to participate in service, but opportunities to serve occur throughout the week and on weekends, too.

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Just going and doing service, say, forty minutes a week—that’s not really what we’re talking about in our mission statement. What we’re talking about is having a heart that is oriented toward serving other people.

CHAPLAIN JAY HUTCHINSON

A FEW WAYS TO SERVE AT ST. ANDREW’S Get to know a senior citizen through weekly visits to a local senior center for games, baking, and conversation Mentor a local elementary school student Give swim lessons to children with disabilities in the Genereaux Aquatic Center Join in our weekly Friday night trips to local food pantries & homeless shelters in Wilmington, where you’ll serve and eat dinner with residents Volunteer for Delaware Special Olympics events, held both on and off campus throughout the year Build local Habitat for Humanity homes Serve meals at a local soup kitchen Ring a bell for the Salvation Army during the holidays

QUICK FACT

More than 70% of our students regularly participate in service.

Pitch in at the Veterans Resilience Center right in town Organize blood drives, clothing drives, food drives, and fundraisers Clean up trash on local roadways

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Josie is developing her green thumb in the SAS Organic Garden.

“Harvesting something that you’ve planted, watered, and taken care of is the best feeling in the world!”

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Josie Pitt CHARLOTTE, NC

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Josie’s thoughts on...

Andrean Ensemble Basketball Crew Cross-Country Disciplinary Committee Environmental Stewards Organic Gardening

OUR CULTURE OF KINDNESS

Move-In Day was a blur of excitement. I remember that Sallie England ’21 ran to our car to carry my things, and Isabel Hwang ’20 wouldn’t stop helping me unpack until everything was put away.

This was my first example of the amazing culture at SAS.

OPENING UP TO OTHERS

On Pell we have “Wisdom Wednesdays”—either a senior or a faculty member comes to freshman girls dorm and shares an important experience they’ve had at St. Andrew’s. We all sit around in the common room in our pajamas after a full day of classes, sports, chapel, and study hall. Everyone that’s spoken at Wisdom Wednesday has been vulnerable and has opened up about their lives. It’s reassuring to hear people’s mistakes and how they’ve grown from them.

HITTING THE TRAILS

Being a member of the cross-country team was amazing. Since SAS has over 2,000 acres of trails, running was always an adventure.

It was my escape from our busy day-to-day life at St. Andrew’s.

As a team, we were by each others’ sides, even through the worst workouts and the hardest races, and it was incredible to see how we all improved as athletes.

Quick Fact

Favorite Dining Hall Food The bagels at breakfast!

Especially the everything bagels.

WHEN SAS FIRST FELT LIKE HOME

My advisor is Mrs. Daly, and the first weekend at school, we had a joint advisory dinner with Mr. Daly’s advisory. We played spikeball, soccer, and helped cut watermelon, and Mr. Daly let his advisees cook the burgers. When we bit into them, they were so undercooked, and we just ate the edges of the burgers—not ideal, but it made us laugh and brought us all together. I go to the Dalys’ house often, and every time I go I am so thankful that I have adults on campus who care about me, who are there for me, who are always willing to lend an ear. I knew at that first advisory dinner that St. Andrew’s was home because of all the kindness that immediately surrounded me.

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practice days, game days, and leaving it all on the field You’ll bring the leadership, self-confidence, and responsibility you develop “on the field” to everywhere else you learn and live at St. Andrew’s—and beyond.

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Core Values of SAS Athletics SELF-DISCIPLINE • DETERMINATION • COMPETITIVE DRIVE • RESILIENCE • FOCUS • COMMITMENT • CONFIDENCE • RESPECT

If you are a student-athlete seeking: ... highly personalized coaching that will both challenge and mentor you ... a team environment that is both competitive and supportive ... the chance to compete on the state and national level ... a program that will ask you to lean into discomfort and push yourself to new heights

... Saints athletics is the place for you.

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Core Values of SAS Athletics SELF-DISCIPLINE • DETERMINATION • COMPETITIVE DRIVE • RESILIENCE • FOCUS • COMMITMENT • CONFIDENCE • RESPECT

What you gain from being an athlete at St. Andrew’s is not earned simply by showing up and playing sports. It is not earned in easy wins or blowout losses, but in the messy and dirty spaces in between.

St. Andrew’s athletics is the testing ground where students practice the skills and develop the resilience to handle life’s real and demanding challenges. It takes special, dedicated, and steadfast coaches who are unwilling to lose focus on the teaching and mentoring of these values.

This is St. Andrew’s education-based athletics. This is our purpose.

AL WOOD

DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS

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The 3-Sport Athlete

Playing three sports can

Although specialization is a huge trend in today’s high school athletics, St. Andrew’s encourages its studentathletes to pursue a different path—the path of the multi-sport athlete. Playing multiple sports rather than focusing on one year-round has been proven to better develop agility, balance, speed, and skills across all sports, and to decrease rates of injury and burnout in athletes.

definitely be hard sometimes, but you learn to manage your time and how to balance your work life and your sports life. But I really think it’s worth it—you get to meet new people, try new things, and it can be a path to college athletics.

BRANDON GRAVES ’22

Our 22 Teams FALL Cross-Country

WINTER

SPRING

Basketball

Baseball Crew

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Field Hockey Football Soccer

Indoor Track Squash

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Swimming

Soccer

Volleyball

(BOYS & GIRLS)

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Wrestling

Lacrosse (GIRLS)

St. Andrew’s competes in the Delaware Independent School Conference.

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Tennis

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teams with head coaches who were college or professional athletes

coaches have received local or statewide Coach of the Year honors in the past decade

(5 have also coached at the collegiate level)

1 in 4 students receive All-Conference honors each year, on average

62 state tournament appearances over the past 10 years

QUICK FACT

More than half of graduating seniors identify an athletics moment or team when asked to name a highlight of their time at St. Andrew’s.

137 conference championships in school history

Athletics at SAS are more than just sports teams. Your teammates are your family on and off the field, in and out of the classroom, and everywhere in between. To me, our teams are where you can see the magic of the SAS culture and the culture we build for ourselves as teammates.

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Meet A Few of Our Coaches...

Lou Berl, Girls Crew

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Coach Berl has also coached several undefeated and championship crew teams at Ohio State, University of Virginia, and Trinity College (which she brought to its first-ever NCAA Championship).

Patrick Moffitt, Football

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Coach Moffitt was a three-year starting quarterback for the Williams College football team. Over those three seasons (2008-2011), he led Williams to a 20-4 record, including a perfect 8-0 mark and NESCAC Championship as a senior. He was also named New England College Football Player of the Year.

Coach Moffitt spent three years coaching football at Norwich University, where he oversaw the quarterbacks and wide receivers, and helped guide Norwich to an ECAC bowl game in each of those three seasons.

Coach Myers played guard for St. Joe’s University in Philadelphia from 1993 to 1997.

Following his stint at St. Joe’s, Coach Myers played professional basketball in Europe for more than ten years, including six in the British Basketball League, where he was a four-time All-Star and the 1998-99 BBL Player of the Year.

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& A Few of Our Athletes Even as a young athlete, you can be put into a leadership role at St. Andrew’s, and that’s something that I hadn’t expected. Coming here to a very small school, everybody—seniors, juniors, sophomores, and freshmen—they’re all playing and that’s something that I really like.

PHIN HUNT ’22

Running crosscountry with Coach Carroll opened my eyes to see that I had the ability to push myself further than I knew. The team was a space where I was able to push out of my comfort zone and feel supported by everyone on the team every step of the way. I was also able to give that support back to my teammates as we all watched each other grow and become stronger athletes.

EMILY BOYER ’21

Rowing is unlike any other sport. If one person messes up, the whole boat is affected, but if you collectively work together and are never off, you feel the power. Coach Berl talks a lot about showing kindness towards each other, which creates this safe community, and she emphasizes really intricate technique. At the same time, we’re also pushing ourselves to be competitive with each other and to go deeper and harder each practice. The atmosphere she’s created allows us to do that.

CHRISTINE WU ’20

Being on the football team in the fall pushed me to my physical limits and helped me to access tenacity and grit I never knew I had. And being on the lacrosse team in the spring showed me the power a truly supportive team can have on its own success. My teammates made me a better person and athlete through their example.

NICK OXNAM ’22

Get the inside scoop on Saints athletics by searching #SAStogether on Instagram and Facebook, and by following @sas_athletics on Instagram.

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Tour Our Athletic Facilities

OUTDOOR • Six miles of cross-country trails • Five soccer fields • Four lacrosse fields • Two field hockey fields • Two baseball diamonds • Practice and game football fields • 11 tennis courts

My favorite place at SAS is the athletic center and the fields that surround it.

I’m reminded of how amazing our facilities are every time I walk into the gym.

NICK LILLEY ’21

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INDOOR Sipprelle Field House

Genereaux Aquatic Center

Durkin Fleischer Squash Courts

(LEED Gold-Certified) • Three basketball/volleyball courts • Indoor track • Performance studio & weight room • Cardiovascular fitness room • Sports medicine & rehab center • Locker rooms for all teams plus faculty

William H. Cameron Gymnasium

• Nine international squash courts • Basketball court • 2,800-square foot wrestling room

Genereaux Aquatic Center • Six-lane, 25-yard swimming pool

Kip duPont Boat House Kip duPont Boat House

Sipprelle Field House

• Three boat bays • Ergometer training room

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Jake discovered lacrosse at SAS. “This past year I made varsity, and I fell in love with the sport.”

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Jake Kelly NEW YORK, NY

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Jake’s thoughts on...

Basketball Cardinal Society Form Council Jazz Ensemble Lacrosse Noxontones Soccer

WHEN SAS FIRST FELT LIKE HOME

The first time SAS felt like home was during my first JV soccer practice my freshman year with Mr. Robinson and Mr. Mufuka as our coaches. My time on Saints teams—soccer, basketball, and lacrosse—have really shaped my St. Andrew’s experience.

I believe the bonds created between teammates who have worked tirelessly together, who have failed together, and who have succeeded together are unlike any other relationships you will form.

HOW WE BOND

During the last week of school my V Form year, Mr. Duffy and Mr. Kunen called a surprise dorm function. They could see the stress of finals week getting to us, and they decided to make us tacos.

We all sat, ate, shared stories, and just enjoyed each other’s company.

Quick Fact

Favorite Dining Hall Meal Mouan Ang chicken, rice, and vegetables.

ACADEMICS

The class I’ve most enjoyed at St. Andrew’s so far was History of Religious Thought with Mr. Mufuka during my IV Form year. The class really opened my eyes to the power of belief and faith and the bigger philosophical questions we discussed really led me to contemplate reality.

WEEKENDS

On the weekends, Open Mic Nights are always a good time (whether you’re listening or performing). My friends and I play a lot of pick-up basketball, soccer, Ultimate Frisbee, and we take walks out in the cornfields with a big group.

Workouts in the Field House with Duffy are always a go-to! And hopefully next year I sign up for the weekend paintball trip in time.

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a life full of color We believe in the exploration of the unexpected.

We believe in turning your perspective upside-down and inside-out.

We believe in failure as a pathway to success.

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We believe that work in the arts will help you develop a more creative approach to problem solving (in all areas of life) and expand your capacity for empathy.

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WE BELIEVE ... that everyone is an artist, and has a creative voice to share. That’s why every single student takes part in some aspect of our arts program. For you, that might mean being a member of the tech crew for the spring play, or participating in afternoon dance in the fall, or taking any of our semesterlong arts electives (like Printmaking, Music Theory, or Intermediate Filmmaking Techniques, to name just a few!), or going all-in with an Art Major in your discipline of choice.

LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR ARTS CURRICULUM & CLASSES

www.standrews-de.org/arts

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The Arts in Action EACH YEAR, OUR ARTS PROGRAM PRODUCES: • 4 theatre productions Recent productions include: The Addams Family, Sense & Sensibility, Catch Me if You Can, 12 Angry Jurors, Hello Dolly, Antigone, The Drowsy Chaperone, Radium Girls, The Crucible, Into the Woods, Flowers for Algernon • 2 student shows in the Warner Gallery (which also hosts shows by 4 visiting artists) • 4 Orchestra concerts • 4 Jazz Ensemble concerts • 4 dance performances • 2 student film screenings • More Andrean Ensemble & Noxontones performances than we can count! These groups each give major performances throughout the year, and sing in Chapel and at School Meeting. The Andrean Ensemble also gives performances in concert halls around the country and world.

ARTS WEEKEND Our three-day festival celebrating the arts at St. Andrew’s takes place each May, and features: • dance, choral, and instrumental music performances • theatre production • student gallery show • student film screening • readings from The Andrean, St. Andrew’s literary journal We also host similar arts exhibition weekends for students and their families in the fall and winter!

ART MAJORS Students can choose to pursue an “art major” in their junior or senior year, and can major in dance, drawing & painting, film, music theory & composition, or photography. Art Majors take a yearlong course in their chosen discipline that requires extensive independent work and artistic production outside the classroom, with a goal of building an individual portfolio of ambitious original work.

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The O’Brien Arts Center is the place where I discovered my passion for art and met some of my favorite mentors.

The studio feels like a safe haven—a place I can go when I feel stressed, happy, down, or just creative.

SPENCER MCKENZIE ’20

My favorite activity was the winter musical. Initially I was not comfortable with the idea of singing and dancing in front of an audience my freshman year. However, I left my comfort zone and pursued something that was new and exciting. After the first show, I was relieved that it was over, but I soon found a genuine enjoyment from performing on stage. I loved playing different characters and the feeling of accomplishment after each season.

DANTE SORIANO ’20

Arts Facilities O’BRIEN ARTS CENTER

Engelhard Hall, a 516-seat performance hall Warner Gallery—a professional gallery space that houses four visiting artist exhibitions each year, as well as shows of student, faculty, and alumni work A photography lab & dark room Multiple visual arts studio spaces Graphic design, film & music production labs Rehearsal rooms for instrumental & orchestral music Acting/dance/yoga studio

FORBES THEATRE A technologically sophisticated dramatic production space, home to our theatre program, which puts on two plays, many acting class exhibitions, and a musical with a live pit orchestra each year DANCE STUDIO A 1,000 square-foot dance studio space with sprung flooring

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In the Noxontones and the Andrean Ensemble, we are required to set aside our own personal motives and actively try to blend our voices with those around us. When this happens successfully, we are no longer individuals—we are one sound, one entity. To me this is the ultimate embodiment of the St. Andrew’s ethos: an agreement among members of a team to do our part to create a product we can all be proud of. We are all equally committed to one purpose. We lift each other up.

RHETT EDENS ’21

The Andrean Ensemble (our advanced choral music group) has performed everywhere from the White House to Havana, Cuba.

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FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM @life.in.obrien ALL SAS ARTS

Instrumental music students take master classes each winter with internationally renowned musicians who visit campus through our Haroldson Music Program.

Dance students lead an Adaptive Dance program for local children with special needs.

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Aunyae has been trying her hand at choreography while at SAS. “When I finished performing my own dance for the first time, I felt a whole new sense of confidence in myself.”

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Aunyae Romeo HAMILTON, NJ

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Aunyae’s thoughts on...

Afternoon Dance Cardinal Society Crew Cross-Country School Co-President Student Diversity Committee Swimming

LIVING ON DORM

Dorm life has been one of the best parts of St. Andrew’s for me. I’ve learned more on dorm about friendship, love, unity, and sisterhood than I have learned anywhere else in my whole life.

On dorm, I’ve had constant support, from random compliments to someone being there when I just needed to talk. Dorm life is where I’ve grown the most and felt at home.

RISING TO THE CHALLENGE

One class that really challenged me was my English 1 class with Mr. Porter. At the beginning of the year, he was always following up my observations with more questions, and he always had this look like he wanted to know more when I knew I had nothing else to say. But as the year progressed, I began to appreciate those things about him. With the help of Mr. Porter and the class discussions we had, I developed my own opinions about the books we read and the confidence to support them. I discovered a sense of freedom in analyzing a story.

FINDING STRENGTH

Quick Fact

Favorite Dining Hall Food I LOVE when we have hamburgers!

St. Andrew’s swimming has taught me just how strong I really am.

There were so many times that I wanted to quit during a practice or a race, but I never did. Whenever I wanted to give up, I thought of the support of my coaches and teammates. Swimming has also shown me that I won’t always win, but as long as I try my best, that is okay.

WHEN SAS FIRST FELT LIKE HOME

One of the first times I felt at home at St. Andrew’s was during a chapel service as we were singing a song. I can’t remember what song it was, but I do remember the unity and warmth I felt as I sang along with the rest of the school. I remember smiling and looking around the Chapel as students linked arms and swayed to the harmony we had all created together. At that moment I knew I was home.

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We live in community with the natural world.

With 2,200 acres to explore, our campus will be your classroom and your playground.

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Our Campus

FORESTS + FARMLAND + TWO-MILE LONG NOXONTOWN POND + 10 MILES OF TRAILS =

INFINITE ADVENTURES!

I can’t imagine another school that has natural resources that could rival St. Andrew’s. The campus here is so rich and so vibrant.

The pond, the woods, the grasslands, the garden—it’s all an invitation for students to go and explore, and there are so many discoveries just waiting for them. The campus of St. Andrew’s is an absolutely unparalleled environment for teaching.

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BIOLOGY TEACHER

SUSTAINABILITY AT ST. ANDREW’S As a community, we are committed to living in harmony with and caring for our 2,200 acres. Students, faculty, and staff work together to steward our land, water, wildlife, and other natural resources, and to contribute to environmental initiatives in the wider world. Sustainability is a consideration in decisions and practices at every level of school life.

RECENT STUDENT-LED SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVES

50 kW solar array Beekeeping Club Climate action marches in Washington, D.C. & NYC Composting of Dining Hall waste On-campus climate action conference Project Zero (our annual, sustainable campus clean-up effort) Reforestation of local farmland Water testing of Noxontown Pond Potting bulbs and flowers from the organic garden and gifting to local civic organizations

My favorite place at SAS would have to be the woods!

From getting lost for four hours with one of my friends freshman year to my daily runs in the winter of junior year, the trails have become my second home and a place where I can relax, decompress, and think through my day.

HELEAH SOULATI ’21

STRETCH YOURSELF Zhenia tried rowing for the first time ever at SAS. “SAS crew is probably the most supportive community I have ever been a part of!”

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Zhenia Khalabadzhakh KYIV, UKRAINE

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Zhenia’s thoughts on...

Afternoon Dance Crew Model UN Student Diversity Committee Ukraine Global Scholars

DISCOVERING WHAT YOU LOVE

Before coming to St. Andrew’s, I thought of myself as a “humanities person” and would have never named math as my favorite class. Coming to SAS changed that. Calculus BC with Mr. Olana is the class I’ve enjoyed the most. Before, math always seemed very boring to me—learn a formula, apply it, done. Mr. Olana’s approach, however, was to make us ask the “Why?” questions—why this particular method is the best in this particular case, why this theorem works, and why and how math is used in the “real world.”

Mr. Olana assigned us a group project in which we needed to explore a model that epidemiologists use to describe the spread of an infectious disease, such as COVID-19. Applying this model and seeing how different scenarios could turn out made me realize how practical and relevant math can be.

CONNECTING ON DORM

Living on dorm gives me an opportunity to connect with teachers and students with whom I would not have met otherwise. Joking about burned mac n’ cheese; having meaningful conversations in the common room; petting Mouse (Ms. Ewald’s dog); and talking about books before lights out has allowed me to get to know my classmates so much better.

Quick Fact

Favorite Dining Hall Snack Smashed Cookies!

LEAPING TO NEW HEIGHTS

When I came to SAS I was quite experienced in ballroom dance and somewhat experienced in ballet. Joining Saints Dance has allowed me to explore entirely new aspects of dancing. Mr. Gold has given me a lot of freedom to improvise and create my own choreography. I’ve been able to try new styles and elevate my dancing to the next level.

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We believe you’re ready to take the next step.

Continue your exploration of every facet of St. Andrew’s in greater detail at www.standrews-de.org.

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WHAT ABOUT FINANCIAL AID?

And it’s as easy as 1-2-3.

are unsure of your family’s ability to pay our full tuition, we encourage you to apply for

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financial aid. St. Andrew’s provides grants

Visit us online! Learn more about St. Andrew’s and the admissions process by visiting standrews-de.org/admission.

If you are interested in St. Andrew’s, but you

for 100% of a family’s demonstrated need and is committed to being affordable and accessible to all students, regardless of your family’s financial circumstances. We are one of a handful of boarding schools nationally that guarantees to meet the financial need

2 Come to SAS for a tour and interview! We are open for on-campus tours and in-person interviews. If you can’t travel to campus, you can opt to take a private, guided video tour of St. Andrew’s with a student ambassador, followed by an interview with a member of the Admission team, all offered virtually. Call 302-285-4231 to schedule your visit today!

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Apply for admission! Prepare and submit your application, transcripts, recommendation letters, and test scores by visiting standrews-de. org/apply. Applications are due January 15.

Keep in touch!

Please don’t hesitate to contact us throughout the admissions process with any questions, concerns, or updated information. You can reach us at 302-285-4231 or admissions@standrews-de.org.

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of any accepted student.

If I apply for financial aid, will that affect my chances of getting in to St. Andrew’s?

A student’s ability to pay tuition is never a factor in our decision to admit a student. Our goal is to build a class that is socioeconomically diverse.

St. Andrew’s works hard to avoid the “barbell model” of financial aid, in which the student body is comprised only of full-pay and full-need students. Our financial aid program provides for families at all levels of need, including those “in the middle.”

Do you offer merit scholarships as well as needbased financial aid?

We do not offer merit scholarships. We believe that every student we admit to St. Andrew’s is meritorious. Rather than leveraging scholarships as incentives, we use financial aid to open doors of opportunity for our families. All financial aid awards meet 100% of demonstrated need.

How many students receive financial aid each year?

In 2021-22, 43% of the student body received financial aid. The average grant was approximately $48,000, or 77% of tuition.

How do I apply for financial aid at St. Andrew’s?

Visit standrews-de.org/accessibility to learn more about how financial aid works at St. Andrew’s and to begin your application.

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Our Location

QUICK FACTS

We are located in the mid-Atlantic region, one hour south of Philadelphia; two hours east of Washington, D.C., and fewer than three hours from New York City. Our location allows us to enjoy the rich natural resources of Delaware, plus the cultural and educational opportunities available in our state and these surrounding cities.

2021-2022

316 STUDENTS, 100% BOARDING New York City

STUDENT BODY III FORMERS 70

IV FORMERS 80 V FORMERS 84

VI FORMERS 82 STUDENTS OF COLOR 45%

PENNSYLVANIA

Philadelphia

GEOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY

Wilmington

NEW JERSEY

STATES 30 COUNTRIES 14 INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS 13%

FACULTY

MARYLAND Baltimore

St. Andrew’s

Dover

DELAWARE Annapolis

Washington, D.C.

FACULTY 80

% WITH ADVANCED DEGREES 71% STUDENT-TEACHER RATIO 5:1 AVERAGE CLASS SIZE 10

FINANCIAL AID TUITION $62,280

TOTAL FINANCIAL AID GRANTED $6,339,998

% OF STUDENT BODY 43%

AVERAGE GRANT $48,030

100% of demonstrated financial need met for all accepted students

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Dear Families, We are excited for you to consider St. Andrew’s School!

A St. Andrew’s education is distinctive and immersive.

We are a fully residential community rooted in our Episcopal identity, founding principles of inclusion and openness, and authentic intellectual engagement.

As you search for a great school—among many great schools—you will not find another like St. Andrew’s.

Our school’s motto is “faith and learning,” and to be sure, the academic depth and challenge of our program is underpinned by a fundamental commitment to love and support one another. Here, you will find that both adults and your classmates will have faith in you and will challenge you. We believe that it is within this environment that you will learn the most about yourself, your character, and your capabilities. Students here share their many gifts with the community, and therefore our student culture is joyful: life at St. Andrew’s is characterized by authentic connection, service to others, curiosity, and inquiry.

In these pages, you will see this joyful culture in action, and discover much of what makes our community so special. I welcome you to visit our campus, where you can experience St. Andrew’s firsthand. We are looking forward to getting to know you.

Joy McGrath Daniel T. Roach, Jr. Head of School

Founders Hall 1 College Counseling, Registrar (ground floor) Reception, Head of School, Admission (1st floor) Hillier Corridor (2nd floor) 2 School Store (ground floor) Business Office (1st floor) Hillier and Fleming Corridors (2nd floor) 3 Main Common Room, Dining Hall (1st floor) Sherwood Corridor (2nd floor) Schmolze Corridor (3rd floor) 4 A. Felix duPont Jr. Chapel (ground floor) Classical Languages, History, Religious Studies (1st floor) Sherwood Corridor (2nd floor) Schmolze Corridor (3rd floor) 5 Forbes Theater (ground floor) Modern Languages (1st floor) Baum Corridor (2nd floor) Voorhees Corridor (3rd floor) 6 Irene duPont Library Other Facilities 8 Pell Hall 9 Moss Hall 10 Moss Annex 11 Alumni Hall: Advancement Office 12 Edith Pell Student Center 14 Amos Hall: English, Science Labs, Amos Lecture Hall (1st floor) Science Labs, Math (2nd floor) 15 Miller Health Center 16 Mein Hall 17 Gaul East 18 Gaul West 19 O’Brien Arts Center: Engelhard Performance Hall, Warner Art Gallery, Photography Studios, Music Rehearsal Rooms, Tawes Music Library, Painting, Drawing, Ceramics and Dance Studios 24 Organic Garden 25 Facilities Services Building:

Campus Plant Offices and Facilities Services, Deliveries 26 Rodney Point Pavilion Sports Facilities 7 T-Dock 13 Kip duPont Boat House 20 Athletic Center: International Squash Courts, Competition Basketball Court, Wrestling Arena, Cameron Room 21 Sipprelle Field House: Basketball Courts, Fitness Center, Trainer’s Office, Locker Rooms 22 Genereaux Aquatic Center 23 Paddle Tennis Courts Residences F Faculty Houses H Head of School’s House

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