Boarding School Options Stretch From Coast to Coast

An article in the LA Times, "California boarding schools? It's not an oxymoron: Long a fixture of the East Coast, such campuses are gaining interest in the Golden State," highlights a couple of recurrent boarding school themes that we consistently revisit over the years.

1. The boarding school world is broader than most people know and great boarding school options exist in all four corners of the country- even the Hawaiian islands.

2. Boarding school and its intense busy life can be life changing experience for many students. But, boarding school is not for everyone.

Heading off to boarding school from Texas years ago, my parents often encountered the whispered phrase "What's wrong?" when friends, family, and neighbors learned that we were going far from home to live and learn.

The answer was straightforward; the benefits of boarding school outweighed the opportunities and setting of our large public schools. Boarding school seemed a good way for us to go to school and grow-up.

You've probably come across this kind of exchange if you live beyond New England's concentration of boarding schools, boarding school culture, and boarding school families.

My folks educated themselves and learned about school options for us and that's what it's all about.

If you have a student interested in boarding school or if you're interested in exploring boarding school options for your child, a myriad of options from types of schools to geographic regions abound. Research and explore the schools. They're all different. But one may be a great place for your student to learn and grow.

You can checkout the LA Times piece here or visit our list of California boarding schools to learn more about the available options.

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