Academics

Academic Disciplines

International Baccalaureate
Lower School

The Nina & Edgar Otto Lower School Campus includes the Moabery Early Years Learning Center. This 60,000 square foot leading-edge facility was designed especially with the unique needs of younger students at Saint Andrew's School in mind. With two sections of Junior Kindergarten and three sections of each grade level of Kindergarten through Fifth Grade, Saint Andrew's commitment to two experienced teachers in each classroom speaks to its pledge to educational excellence.
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Middle School

In Middle School, we provide support as students make the journey from dependence to independence. They are becoming increasingly aware of their role in the greater community. While we continue to offer the same nurturing environment that families value in the Lower School, we also provide students with more opportunities to challenge themselves academically and to take an active role in their own education. We strive for our students to become life-long learners. Having the curiosity and skills to formulate a good question is as important as knowing the answer.
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Upper School

Saint Andrew's School is a community of learners. Upper School students benefit from an extensive and academically rigorous array of course offerings, including honors and Advanced Placement (AP) courses. The Upper School core curriculum includes year-long courses in English, mathematics, classical and modern languages, history, and science, as well as other courses in computer science and technology, visual and performing arts, theology, life skills and public speaking.
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College Guidance
The college admission process is an integral part of the total experience of a Saint Andrew's education. The College Guidance Office (CGO) at Saint Andrew's School recognizes the vast diversity in students and families and therefore provides individual guidance in college selection. The college counseling program is firmly grounded in the belief that discovering good matches between students and post-secondary institutions is what the college admissions process is all about. This process Read more
Student Life
Summer Term

The Saint Andrew's Summer Term is designed as an extension of the academic year, offering students the opportunity to earn academic credit during the summer in an array of disciplines. Our curriculum reflects a selection of courses for review, enrichment and advanced studies for students entering Kindergarten - Twelfth grade.
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School Libraries
Serving three distinct yet, allied, educational communities the libraries of Saint Andrew's School (Parker Library - Upper School, Schmitt Library - Middle School and Hammond Library - Lower School) provide materials that enhance and supplement the curriculum. Priorities of our library service are to foster a life-long love of reading and to develop the necessary research skills students will need to further their educational goals are priorities of our library service. Read more
Breakthrough

Breakthrough at Saint Andrew's School provides economically disadvantaged children in local public schools with access to a rigorous and competitive curriculum that will enhance their chances of entering and succeeding in college. Breakthrough also trains and encourages high school and college students to serve their communities as mentors and educators. Breakthrough is part of the national Breakthrough Collaborative program, based in San Francisco.
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Infirmary
Community Service

Saint Andrew's School Guidelines for Community Service Projects and Activities:
The Community Service program at Saint Andrew's has been a tradition of altruism since 1982. Students are required to complete 40 hours of documented service to be performed prior to graduation. The Community Service Board is a student organization that seeks to encourage student and faculty participation in service projects in our community. Members are responsible for
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