Why would you send a sixth-grade boy to boarding school? Shouldn't a ninth-grade student start high school? What is a junior boarding school? Make an appointment to visit us today and learn why Eaglebrook, a boarding and day school for boys in middle school, might be the right place for your son.
Eaglebrook School was founded in 1922 by Howard Gibbs as a private boarding and day school for boys in middle school. Learn about our school in Deerfield, Massachusetts then and now, and read about the Core Skills we think every boy should know.
At Eaglebrook, we recognize that all students learn in different ways, vary in their innate abilities, and come from a variety of educational backgrounds. Classes at Eaglebrook are organized to meet the needs of each boy.
Eaglebrook is a close community of middle school students, teachers, and their families. Activities outside of the academic classroom are important to the intellectual, social, physical, and emotional development of boys in middle school. Learn about the programs we offer at Eaglebrook, from athletics to arts.
At Eaglebrook, boys learn more than they ever thought possible, discover inner resources, develop self-confidence, and have fun along the way. Delivering on our mission is only possible through the incredible generosity of alumni, parents, parents of alumni, and friends.”
It is not just the Eaglebrook students who are assigned work over the summer. All Eaglebrook faculty and administrators are also assigned a book to read over break. The selection this year is I Can Learn from You: Boys as Relational Learners by Michael Reichert and Richard Hawley.
Assistant Headmaster, Dean of Faculty Paul Cyr-Mutty had this to say about this summer’s book, “Eaglebrook has always promoted close, appropriate relationships between faculty and students as a way of fostering the boys’ growth, and we read Michael Reichert and Richard Hawley’s I Can Learn from You as a way of developing our abilities in this area. This book examines why such relationships are essential in teaching boys and provides suggestion on how to foster them. Michael Reichert has visited the school and worked with faculty and administrators on several occasions to aid us in developing this aspect of our work with students.” For more faculty summer reading selections from years past, visit www.eaglebrook.org/summerreading.