A friend of ours recently sent us an article by Rick Gosselin of The Dallas Morning News. Gosselin's piece, "Hargrave Military Academy has prepped plenty for NFL" (published April 10, 2008) focuses on the success, meaning, and importance of Hargrave Military Academy's post-graduate program to high caliber athletes- many of whom have gone on to professional athletic careers.
Like many PG programs, Hargrave works to instill structure into its students' routines, improve grades and test scores and provide an extra year of athletic maturation.
As Dallas Maverick's forward Josh Howard told Gosselin,
The Hargrave PG year- like most PG programs- is a concentrated year of maturation in all facets of the student's life.
We've written extensively about the post graduate year; our work goes beyond the athletic prost graduate. To learn more about a PG Year- what and why, read our article "A Post Graduate Year; what's that?"
Like many PG programs, Hargrave works to instill structure into its students' routines, improve grades and test scores and provide an extra year of athletic maturation.
As Dallas Maverick's forward Josh Howard told Gosselin,
"You had to have your priorities straight," said Howard of his experience at Hargrave. "It was the only way they'd take you. It taught you discipline -- taking care of what you need to take care of to get to the next level. You learn how to do everything in a timely fashion."
The Hargrave PG year- like most PG programs- is a concentrated year of maturation in all facets of the student's life.
We've written extensively about the post graduate year; our work goes beyond the athletic prost graduate. To learn more about a PG Year- what and why, read our article "A Post Graduate Year; what's that?"
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please send me information about pg schools that offer football.
Tony, thanks for stopping by. I recommend looking at this list of boarding schools that offer a pg year. You'll be able to see which of them offer football programs and from there contact them directly for more info. Let me know if you have any questions.
please send me info about post graduate schools that offer basketball.
Brenda,
You'll find a list of Class A boys basketball programs at the NEPSAC web site. I'm assuming your asking about boys basketball. You start with the NEPSAC site no matter your student's gender.
Class A programs are the play the most competitive game. Class A and B schools play with the largest number of PG students.
For information on admission, the basketball program, and financial aid, visit each schools' web site and go from there.
Go to the NEPSAC web site;
http://www.digitalsports.com/organization/id/23.aspx
Choose boys basketball from the winter sports menu; then, choose Class A. The same process works for other classes.
Best,