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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I went to Andover and my sister went to Horace Mann.

Assuming those schools qualify:

We had excellent instruction in writing in particular. The language offerings certainly were broader than in your typical high school. Andover offers courses in 8 languages; I took Latin and Ancient Greek.

I took several dedicated philosophy courses. My favorite was called Law and Morality, where we read Plato, Marcus Aurelius, Socrates, etc. My friend took a course exclusively on Camus.

The school has a celebrated American art gallery and an archaeology museum, so we were able to use those facilities to supplement courses. One of my friends had the opportunity to do an independent curation project at the archaeology museum.

This is in addition to broad offerings in math, science, art, etc.

If you have specific questions, I’m happy to try to answer them. [/quote]

This is OP. Thank you! I suppose part of my fascination with the education of the elite is the head start they receive in terms of knowing certain things. It appears there is an emphasis on languages and culture. What are other aspects of their curriculum? What about athletics? [/quote]

Andover’s Course of Study is here; it’ll be much more comprehensive than anything I post: https://www.andover.edu/files/CourseOfStudy.pdf

It’s basically like going to a liberal arts college without declaring a major. You end up graduating with a broad foundation in language, history, philosophy and religion, math, science, and the arts. College was very easy in comparison.

We were all required to participate in sports all 4 years. However, it only had to be a team sport the first year. After that, it just had to be some sort of physical activity. I signed up for squash my first year and was terrible at it, so I switched to yoga, which fulfilled the requirement. We also had to pass a swim test to graduate.

Andover has a huge athletics department, though. They have a hockey rink, multiple track facilities, an Olympic-sized swimming pool, etc. There was a girl in my year who swam for the US Olympic team.

My main extracurricular was orchestra. They have three chamber orchestras, which you have to audition for, and one larger symphony orchestra. That took up a lot of time.

I also did significant community service.

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I find this so interesting too! I’d love to know the equivalent level of curriculum for the lower and middle grades. [/quote]

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