The Lawrenceville School

Phone: (800) 735-2030

http://www.lawrenceville.org 

Enrollment:
Boarding: 542
Day: 241

Male: 445
Female: 338

2008-2009 Costs:
Boarding: $42,350
Day: $34,680

In Addition:
A variety of faith traditions are honored at Lawrenceville with Protestant, Catholic, Jewish, Muslim and Buddhist services offered on a weekly basis. While the School's Chaplain is an Episcopal Priest, a Rabbi, Catholic Priest and other Protestant Ministers serve the Lawrenceville community.

Through its unique housing system, students in each of the School's 20 houses are guided by a team led by a resident housemaster. Each house develops a distinct character shaped by the personalities of its leaders. Students in each House enjoy a high level of attention and guidance as well as a high level of responsibility and accountability.

As Lawrenceville lives by constructive standards and values that endure, it also moves confidently into the future. Our new Second Form humanities course and Fifth Form Capstone elective are but two examples of curricular innovation that seeks to extend learning across disciplinary boundaries and beyond the gates of this campus. Our magnificent Bunn Library, F.M. Kirby Science Center, and Gruss Center of Visual Arts have all been completed in the past four years. The Juliet Lyell Staunton Clark Music Center will open next year. These and all other campus buildings are connected over a campuswide computer network, and Lawrenceville teachers are carefully and deliberately applying academic technology to all facets of the curriculum.

Lawrenceville looks outward as well as forward. Located on the late-20th century "Silk Road" between the political hub of Washington, D.C., and the financial hub of New York City, the School is free to engage the world. Scholars, artists, policymakers, authors, scientists, business leaders, and journalists frequently lecture and teach on campus, and our students regularly embark from campus on ambitious programs of service to the surrounding community.

The Lawrenceville School
Lawrenceville, NJ 08648

Overview
The Lawrenceville School is located in a small town, five minutes south of Princeton, New Jersey, forty miles north of Philadelphia and fifty miles south of New York City. Lawrenceville was founded in 1810 with its hallmark House System devised in 1883.

The trustees voted to coeducate the school in 1985 and the first girls arrived on campus in 1987. The impressive quality of students who have since been attracted to Lawrenceville has proved this decision to be a wise one.

Lawrenceville receives tremendous financial support from alumni and parents for a host of new programs and facilities to offer an excellent education emphasizing individual responsibility for self-development and community living. We pride ourselves on the extraordinary diversity and tolerance that this diversity requires and promotes. Each year, we welcome 550 boarders from some 40 states and 27 countries along with 200 day students from the immediate area.

Academic Life/Programs of Study
Lawrenceville offers more than 270 courses and Advanced Placement courses. Small classes average 9 students with individual participation. Classes are held six days a week with half days on Wednesday and Saturday. Evening study periods are held in individual houses supervised by Housemasters. Students are required to perform at least 40 hours of community service before graduation. The school year consists of three, 10-week terms. Parents receive full reports with grades and comments about accomplishments, efforts and attitudes.

Campus Life and Activities
The Lawrenceville House System is rooted in the centuries old tradition of British boarding schools and treats student housing as a rich educational opportunity in itself. Each of the nineteen houses compete intermurally. The school offers a number of extracurricular activities in debate, music and drama. The Periwig Club performs comedies, musicals and dramas. There is a Social Service Program in which students serve as tutors and counselors. Annual events include Parent's Day and Alumni Day.

Athletics
The Lawrenceville School regards athletics as another education opportunity offering challenges and rewards. With a proud interscholastic tradition, teams include basketball, baseball, crew, cross-country, cricket, fencing, field hockey, hockey, golf, lacrosse, softball, squash, soccer, swimming, tennis, track, volleyball, water polo and wrestling.

The Edward J. Lavino Field House is one of the finest athletic buildings in any independent secondary school in the country.

Multicultural Diversity
Fifty four students are international. They come to Lawrenceville from China, India, Korea, Mexico, Saudi Arabia and a host of other countries worldwide. Clubs and organizations include the African American Latino Alliance and the Asian Student Organization.

Facilities and Services
The 500 acre campus includes more than 30 major buildings. The Bunn Library, opened in 1996 is a highly advanced learning center with a capacity for nearly 100,000 volumes, CD-ROM databases, 250 current periodicals and professional librarians always available to assist students with research projects.

Completed in 1998, the F.M. Kirby Science Center is a state of the art facility constructed around a core of laboratories accommodating experiments in biology, physics, chemistry and interdisciplinary combinations.

Lawrenceville's art department is housed in the Gruss Center. The Carpenter Wing includes two general purpose studios complete with computer work stations. The visual arts center also boasts darkrooms, digital editing, ceramic, sculpture, drawing and painting studios.

The campus computer network, linking all academic, administrative and residential buildings is unparalleled at the secondary school level. Students were among the first in the nation to have network ports in their dorm rooms.

Faculty, Advisors and College Placement
Lawrenceville teachers, of which more than 70 percent hold advanced degrees, cultivate students minds by example as well as instruction. Most reside on campus and serve as residential housemasters, club advisors and coaches.

Academic advising is a carefully coordinated endeavor. Each student is assigned an advisor who works closely to create a individualized course of study.

The goal of the College Counseling Officer is to serve as a personal support system for students and their families throughout the complex college selection process.

From the Headmaster
Deciding to go to a new high school isn't easy. Deciding to leave home and live at high school (as do two of every three Lawrenceville students) is difficult at best. We at The Lawrenceville School invite you to ask the question, "Is it worth it?" What will I gain from a Lawrenceville education that my own high school can't offer me?

The answers are less obvious than you might think. America is filled with terrific high schools, public and private. The best offer gifted teachers, broad and innovative curriculums, impressive facilities, comprehensive athletic programs, a host of extracurricular activities, and many opportunities for community service. Lawrenceville offers all of these benefits as well. If they are all you desire, then your local school may well be the best choice for you—a choice you will never regret.

If, however, you desire to go to school with students from every walk of life—whose hometowns, family lives, cultures, financial circumstances, interests, opinions, and talents are so different from one another as to constitute a glorious education in themselves—then take a look at Lawrenceville. Our classrooms are filled with bright and promising young people, from throughout this country and around the globe, who bring a rich variety of perspectives to discussions around our venerable Harkness tables. Their encounters with each other are made extraordinary by Lawrenceville teachers, who evoke enthusiasm and excitement for ideas.

A school that has flourished for the better part of 200 years, Lawrenceville can fairly claim abiding wisdom about adolescents and how to transform them. The end of a Lawrenceville education now, as ever, is a thoughtful, informed citizen who recognizes obligations to the larger community and has the skill and knowledge to uphold those obligations.

Admissions, Cost and Financial Aid
Admission is based on all-around qualifications, past performance and future promise, without regard to race, creed, or country of origin. SSAT results and recommendations are also taken into consideration by the Admission Committee. Formal application includes a written essay, official transcript, three reference letters and an on-campus interview.

The full rate for boarding students includes room, board, tuition, all medical and athletic fees. The full rate for day students includes tuition, breakfast, lunch, dinners, medical and athletic fees. The tuition charge for boarding students is $42,350 and $34,680 for day students. The average annual cost to educate a student at Lawrenceville is $44,840

The school is proud to offer financial aid, providing support to students with demonstrated need. The current financial aid budget of $4.1 million dollars reflects the commitment to supporting students from a broad range of economic situation.

Admissions Contact:

Director of Admissions
The Lawrenceville School
Lawrenceville, NJ 08648

(800) 735-2030, (609) 895-2030