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Lawrence Academy
Groton, Massachusetts, USA

Three unique qualities of the school, in addition to the high quality of education, in a caring and supportive environment:
  1. Student Centered Learning: Lawrence Academy recognizes you for who you are and inspires you to take responsibility for who you want to become.
  2. Winterim Program: An occasion for experiential learning, when students and teachers plunge together into the world outside the classroom – whether they choose to devote themselves to community service or a specific skill or project in the Greater Boston area or whether they leave the campus to explore the people, art, or environs of an American or international location.
  3. Independent Immersion Program (IIP): Under the supervision of the director and a faculty mentor, selected students create unique programs of study which include intensive independent studies with on- and off-campus professionals, internships, and traditional course work.

Special subjects offered:
Ninth Grade Program (NGP): In the NGP, students are supported in becoming more conscious of who they are as learners. The NGP with its interdisciplinary approach (combining arts, science and English/ history) is all about students’ both learning how to walk on their own intellectual legs and then better knowing where they want to go.
Combined Studies Course (CSC) in grade 10: The CSC weaves together the study of English and history to emphasize the reading, writing, and research skills that they share.

Languages:
French, Latin, Spanish

Arts (special choir, drama etc.):
Chorus, Select Chorus, Dance, (Jazz) Band, Orchestra.

Sports:
Fall: Cross Country, Soccer, Football, Field hockey
Winter: Ice hockey, Wrestling, Basketball, Volleyball
Spring: Lacrosse, Baseball, Tennis, Golf, Track, Softball

Extra curricular activities (clubs):
Student Newspaper, Photography Club, Yearbook, Multicultural Alliance, etc.

Weekend Activities:
e. g. trips to cultural events in Boston, trips to the mall/ movies/ restaurants, trips to the Atlantic Coast beaches or the Northern New England ski resorts; music concerts, athletic contests, lectures, dances, stand-up comics on campus

Grades:
Teacher-student-ratio:
Average class size:
Boarding-day-student-ratio:
Number of students:
Number of students in 11th grade:
Boy-girl-ratio:
Percentage of International Students:

9-12
1:6
10-12
55% day 45% board
395
110
60/40 boy
12% (50 total)

Dress code:
Casual

Tuition:
US$ 48,200,- (School Year: 2010/2011)

Tuition Refund Plan:
yes

Credit card payments allowed:
yes

Additional costs:
International Fee (US$ 700,-), Winterim (up to US$ 2.500,- ), Caution (US$ 1.000,-), Laundry

Webseite:
www.lacademy.edu
   

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(The information is for the school year of 2010/2011– there can be changes for the following school year 2011/2012 - no responsibility is taken for the correctness of this information)