More and more parents are sending their children to high schools in the United States. Undoubtedly, high-quality teaching is one of the important factors that attracts them. So do you know what kind of American high schools are favored by American presidents? Let’s take a look at which high schools the U.S. president’s children attend.
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Sidwell Friends Middle School
(Sidwell Friends School)
Washington State
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is the middle school with the most presidential parents.
If Harvard has the most alumni of U.S. presidents, Sidwell has the most parents of U.S. presidents.. These White House parents include Obama , Vice President Biden , Clinton , Vice President Al Gore, Roosevelt , and Nixon. In addition to the presidents, various powerful people in Washington, federal judges, foreign dignitaries, diplomats stationed in the United States, etc. are also vying to send their children here.
The school is tight-lipped about the destination of its graduates, but it is revealed that the proportion of its graduates going to Ivy League/MIT/Stanford University (Ivy/MIT/Stanford) is more than 30%.
But this does not mean that its students’ SAT/ACT scores are also among the best. The general rule is that schools with high SAT scores have a higher proportion of their graduates going to prestigious schools, but aristocratic schools cannot apply general rules. Because standardized test scores only carry a small part of the weight in the college admissions process, there are so many other factors to consider.
However, Sidwell is a day school. Although it also accepts international students, it does not issue I-20, which means that your identity issue will be resolved by yourself. For Chinese students, only those with citizenship, green card, EB5, diplomatic, L-1, etc. status can apply for . Perhaps this is the reason why Sidwell is such a high school. Only the students who study there can tell what it is like.
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Phillips Exeter Middle School
（Phillips Exeter Academy）
New Hampshire
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A middle school with many political alumni
If Sidwell is a high-end school, then Philip Astor Middle School, which also has many political alumni, is relatively more down-to-earth. As long as international students If you are good enough, you can apply for the school with confidence and boldness.
Philip Astor Middle School continues to be committed to the cultivation of knowledge and kindness in students. It aims to combine students' academic abilities, intellectual curiosity and good character development. The school regularly holds various activities to cultivate students' character, guide and promote students' physical development, and cultivate students' integrity, compassion and kindness through daily interactive activities.
At the same time, as the school with the highest academic ability among American boarding schools, Philip Astor Middle School is naturally favored by the American political circles.
Famous alumni include former US presidents: Franklin Pierce (the fourteenth President of the United States) and his family, Robert Todd Lincoln (son of Abraham Lincoln) and his family, Ulysses Simpson· Grant (the 18th President of the United States), senior U.S. Senator Daniel Webster, and numerous U.S. governors and government staff.
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Deerfield Academy
(Deerfield Academy)
Massachusetts
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"Georgetown" Backyard
Deerfield Academy, founded in 1797, is one of the oldest traditional high schools in Massachusetts. Covering an area of 280 acres, is a boarding secondary school for students in grades 9 to 12. The school has a pleasant environment and there are five universities nearby, providing her with very rich cultural and educational resources. The school aims to cultivate students' sense of personal responsibility in learning, and encourages each student to develop personality, independent inquiry and courage to innovate.
As far as this school is concerned, the value orientation of wealthy students and parents dominates students' school selection factors. Therefore, students at this school are more inclined to choose study directions such as politics, diplomacy and humanities. Georgetown University in the United States, which is well-known in the fields of politics and diplomacy, has become the mainstream choice for its students. Therefore, Deerfield Middle School is also known as the "backyard" of Georgetown in the United States.
Although the famous alumni are not as productive as Philip Astor Middle School, Deerfield Middle School still produced a large number of U.S. governors and ambassadors to foreign countries . Therefore, if you are a student at Deerfield Middle School, then do not underestimate the classmate around you. Maybe one day he will become a prominent figure in American politics.
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Choate Rosemary High School
(Choate Rosemary Hall)
Connecticut
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John F. Kennedy (the thirty-fifth President of the United States)
Choate Rosemary Middle School is a school that attaches great importance to integrity and moral education. . When new students are admitted, each parent must sign a contract with the school and agree to give up the United States. Some of the rights of citizens so that schools can take strong measures to implement integrity and moral education.
Students are not allowed to smoke, drink, or take drugs inside or outside the school. Once discovered, they will be expelled immediately, even if the expelled students have to attend the graduation ceremony tomorrow. Tsk tsk, in such a strictly managed school, even the poor students in the school should not be too bad.
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Concord Middle School
（Concord Academy）
Massachusetts
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Caroline Kennedy (daughter of John F. Kennedy)
The Concord Middle School campus is located in the center of Concord, a famous literary and historical town in Massachusetts. Travel is extremely convenient and integrated with the town. The school is only 18 miles from downtown Boston, only half an hour's drive from Reagan International Airport, and only 21 miles from Harvard University. The transportation is very convenient.
In the mid-19th century, during the Renaissance in New England, Concord was the birthplace of the transcendentalist movement of the American Cultural Revolution. Many famous writers, such as Hawthorne, Emerson, Thoreau, etc. They all lived and wrote here.
The school has rigorous academic studies, good school spirit, high teaching quality, and focuses on college preparation courses, after-school tutoring and diverse extracurricular activities. The school's library has a rich collection of books, which can be used as reference for students to write reports and senior thesis, and can also train students to complete independent homework and research.
Compared with other schools in the "first tier" of American private boarding high schools, the biggest feature of Concord Academy is its strong artistic atmosphere. Caroline Kennedy herself is currently the U.S. Ambassador to Japan. It is worth mentioning that Queen Rania of Jordan is also a famous alumnus of Concord. It is indeed a famous art school, but look at these two graduates, their gestures are astonishing. It exudes elegance and nobility.
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Portsmouth Abbey School
（Portsmouth Abbey School）
Rhode IslandState
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John F. Kennedy's younger brother: Robert Kennedy , Edward Kennedy
Portsmouth Abbey Secondary School is a co-educational school that enrolls boarding and day students and provides courses for grades 9 to 12. The school was founded in 1926 by a British monastery and is located on the picturesque coast of Settlement Bay, Rhode Island.
The school's educational philosophy inherits the tradition of Western intellectuals, which continues from ancient Greece and Roman to this century. The classic curriculum puts a balanced emphasis on Spirit , Athletics , Art and Fun . The school not only provides challenging academic subjects, but also has rich mathematics courses and humanities courses. It is worth mentioning that the school has the world-class Carnegie Abbey Club Golf Course, complete sailing and equestrian projects.
President Kennedy's two younger brothers also made great achievements in politics. Robert F. Kennedy was instrumental in peacefully resolving the Cuban Missile Crisis and promoting civil rights. Edward Kennedy served in the Senate for nearly half a century and was hailed as the greatest American congressman in modern times; he witnessed the terms of ten U.S. presidents; he was called a "mentor" by Obama.
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Georgetown Preparatory High School
(Georgetown Preparatory School)
Maryland
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Douglas Kennedy (son of Robert F. Kennedy)
Georgetown Preparatory High School was founded in 1789 and is located in Maryland. It is a boys' residential high school that mainly provides courses for grades 9-12. Georgetown Preparatory High School is the oldest Jesuit school in the United States and the only Jesuit boarding school.
The school has a very rigorous attitude in academics, especially in literature and art courses. Students are forced to pay attention to their daily appearance in school. The school is close to the U.S. National Institutes of Health and the Bethesda Naval Medical Center, and is about a 35-minute drive from major airports in Washington. The many museums and government agencies in the Washington area enrich teaching resources.
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St. Paul's Middle School
(St. Paul's School)
New Hampshire
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Mike Kennedy (son of Robert F. Kennedy)
St. Paul's School belongs to the Episcopal Church under the Protestant sect. The school has two churches, St. Paul's and St. Peter's Church. The teachers and students of the school gather here four days a week. Each teacher and student has Own fixed seat. Students are required to take courses related to the history of religion. But there are many choices for religious classes, not necessarily related to the Anglican Church. On the basis of respecting tradition,
school provides exemplary teaching, develops friendship, love, mutual understanding, and mutual trust among students, and educates students to respect others and respect all other religious beliefs.
students have outstanding performance, emphasizing the integration of different subjects, resulting in a unified concept of rather than fragmented . The school also attaches great importance to the all-round development of students' personality.
Of course, Mike Kennedy is definitely not the most famous alumnus of St. Paul’s High School. There have been three presidential candidates, six senators and representatives, 12 U.S. ambassadors to foreign countries, and ten heads of various U.S. executive agencies, etc. wait. Among them is US Secretary of State John Kerry, who is very well known to the Chinese.
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Andover Phillips Middle School
（Phillips Academy Andover）
Massachusetts
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Bush and Sons
The school’s 18 departments and departments offer nearly 300 courses in . How about learning ? Does it feel like it is richer than the courses offered by some universities? In addition to providing students with basic courses necessary for general education,
school also offers a wealth of elective courses to cater to the different interests of different students. Students can take a variety of advanced and advanced courses in any department.
This school does not offer AP courses because the difficulty of many courses in itself has surpassed AP, which means that many students in this school have reached the university level in academic ability. And the class size is relatively small, so every student has the opportunity to receive direct guidance and help from the teacher.
Bush father and son: The 51st President of the United States George Bush , the 54th President of the United States George Walker Bush , and the 2016 U.S. presidential candidate, Florida Governor Jeb Bush are all outstanding alumni of the school.
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The Hockaday School for Girls
(The Hockaday School)
Texas
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George W. Bush’s twin daughters
The Hockaday School for Girls is the largest full-time boarding school for girls in the United States. has long been ranked No. 1 among girls’ high schools in the United States. a . Even compared with co-educational schools, it is among the top private high schools in the United States.
The school provides college preparatory courses for girls with potential and from different backgrounds, cultivating potential girls to take responsibility and leadership in a rapidly developing society.
As one of the best college preparatory schools in the country, the school sent a large number of outstanding girls to the famous women's university Smith College (Smith College) in the early days. For more than 100 years, the school has been based on personality , etiquette , academic and movement are the four core concepts.
I don’t know if you want to check out the school after reading the review. In fact, except for Sidwell, which is a bit unrealistic for ordinary domestic students, other schools are open to outstanding international students to apply for . Since these schools are highly praised by American political circles, parents who don’t know how to choose a school for their children can refer to them.
At the same time, these schools also offer summer courses . Families who plan to apply for foreign high schools may wish to send their children to their favorite schools during the summer vacation. On the one hand, the children can adapt to the foreign education environment in advance; on the other hand, With enough motivation, I believe that children can also go all out in preparations before going abroad.
