Westover Advantage

Westover School

advantage: all–girls and independent

Westover School: A Powerful Foundation As one of New England’s leading college-preparatory schools, Westover engages young women in a powerful college-prep foundation. From that firm foundation, students build up and out, using our broad and diverse curriculum as building blocks. Students choose from compelling interdisciplinary electives and dive into Signature Programs in music, science and engineering, finance, global exchanges, and more. At Westover students go as far as their desire and imagination can take them.

Advantage: Independent As a leader in all-girls education for over a century, Westover provides a rich academic experience in a close-knit community with a focus on empowering young women to explore and excel beyond their comfort zones. As an independent school, Westover does not need to establish its curriculum based on state mandated testing requirements. And that means the curriculum is deep and wide, engaging students on multiple levels.

seeing the world through multiple lenses From human rights to climate change, the real world is interdisciplinary, and education should be, too.

At Westover students choose from a variety of elective courses that break down the barriers separating different ways of thinking. Why take this multifaceted approach? Because it teaches how ideas fit together, how to look at problems from many points of view, how to see the world the way it actually works. And that’s a powerful skill-set for the future.

after westover The cornucopia of opportunity at Westover helps students discover what they’re passionate about, so they head to college with clear goals in mind. That’s a point worth noting at a time when the cost of college can top a quarter-million dollars: Westover graduates are ready to hit the ground running in college, prepared from day one to make the most of this next exciting stage of their academic journey.

Advantage: All-girls Education A study led by UCLA education professor Linda J. Sachs, Ph.D., “Women Graduates of Single-Sex and Coeducational High Schools: Differences in Their Characteristics and the Transition to College,” found that girls learning in all-girls schools have distinct advantages, and the outcomes from an education at Westover support these findings:

they are more engaged academically.

Westover offers 22 Advanced Placement courses in a wide range of subjects. Westover students scored 3 or better on 88 percent of their AP tests in 2013. Nationally, only 59 percent of all AP tests taken had a score of 3 or better.

they have more academic self-confidence.

“At Westover I’m willing to be challenged, to find out if I’m right or wrong without the fear of being judged. Sometimes I’ll share an idea I’m unsure about, but discover that others think it’s brilliant.”

— Amber, senior from New York City, New York t hey score higher on the sat.

The average combined SAT score for Westover seniors is 1802, which is 20 percent above the national average.

they are more likely to be politically and socially engaged.

Westover students join—and lead—clubs and committees focused on social justice, student government, community service, human rights, environmental action, and other important topics.

distinctly westover Westover Signature Programs, listed below, add layers of breadth and depth to learning. · Global Exchange Program · Invest in Girls (IIG) · Manhattan School of Music (MSM) · Online School for Girls (OSG) · Sonja Osborn Museum Studies Internship (SOMSI) · Women in Science and Engineering (WISE)

Think About It To learn more about the advantages of a Westover School education, or to schedule a visit, contact our Office of Admission: tel: 203.577.4521 fax: 203.577.4588 email: admission@westoverschool.org westoverschool.org

An independent boarding and day school for girls in grades 9 to 12 1237 Whittemore Road, P.O. Box 847 Middlebury, CT 06762-0847

cogitare, agere, esse — to think, to do, to be