4 Benefits of Attending a Boarding School

CHICAGO PARENT – Jennifer Kales: While day schools have many merits, the benefits of attending boarding school are numerous in terms of accountability and personal growth. Students in a boarding school environment have to make sure their homework is completed, their clothes are clean and their behavior is acceptable – all without a parent looking over their shoulder.

“Boarding school students are presented with different advantages over their peers who live at home, simply due to the fact that they become responsible for themselves at an earlier age,” says Robert Fine, President of St. John’s Northwestern Academies in Delafield, Wisconsin. “Our boarding school students develop skills that will carry them through life.”

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Founded in 1884, St. John’s Northwestern Academies develops young men and women inspired to become responsible citizens and moral and ethical leaders for the global community. Learn more at sjnacademies.org