Wyoming Seminary

Kingston

Pennsylvania

United States

Overview

Sem is a suburban school in a small, historic city - Kingston. The student population of 477 is diverse and Sem boasts representation from 20 states and 18 countries. Two-thirds of our faculty live on campus. Nearly all students participate in at least one varsity sport, although athletic participation is not mandatory each season. Sem offers a broad range of extracurricular clubs and activities, and the community service program is part of our graduation requirements. Extensive opportunities are available in performing and fine arts. Sem offers more than 160 courses (including 22 AP), an average class size of 14, challenging electives, and a student/teacher ratio of 8:1. Graduates are accepted to highly competitive colleges and to a range of fine art and music programs. Recent campus upgrades include a new double-turf field stadium with lights, new dormitory furniture, an additional wrestling room, a dedicated STEM lab, improved WiFi and a $16.3 million Kirby Center for Creative Arts that includes a new theater, dance studio, an art gallery and numerous rehearsal spaces. Recent athletic accomplishments include the 2014 Prep National Championship in Wrestling and three subsequent national runner-up finishes, 2017 girls lacrosse PIAA District Two Champions, and the addition of a pilot girls wrestling program and a new varsity crew team. Sem also offers an opportunity for students in grades 8, 9 and 10 not currently enrolled to take part in the Sem Scholarship Program, which awards one full and several half-merit scholarships for both day and boarding students. We invite you to discover more about Sem and see why so many of our students and alumni have found their experience here has prepared them for success now and in the future. "Within an exponentially changing world, Wyoming Seminary dares to teach our students to honor and strive for the true, the beautiful, and the good." -Wyoming Seminary Mission Statement.

Academics

Summary: The Academic Program at Sem is a comprehensive and rigorous course of study that is designed to prepare students for academic success in college while exposing them to a broad based liberal arts education. Students and parents should refer to the current Upper School course catalog for detailed information about graduation requirements and specific course descriptions.

Department Director Lauren Streifer

Student/Teacher Ratio: 8:1

Average Class Size: 14

Summer Programs: Offered

Full Time Teachers:

Number of AP Courses Offered: 24

Teachers Holding Advanced Degrees: 74%

Number of IB Courses Offered: 0

English

Classics
Creative Writing
Honors
Literature
Poetry

History

Classical History
European History
Honors
United States History
World History

Foreign Languages

Chinese-Mandarin
French
Latin
Russian
Spanish

Religion / Philosophy

The Bible
World Religions

Humanities / Social Sciences

Economics
Psychology

Sciences

Anatomy
Astronomy
Biology
Chemistry
Environmental Science
Health
Ornithology
Physics

Math

Computer Studies

Computer Programming
Computer Science

Music

Choral Music
Composition
Individual Instructions
Music Appreciation
Music History
Music Theory
Orchestra
Soflege/Ear Training
Voice

Performing / Visual Arts

Acting
Art History
Ballet
Ceramics
Choreography
Dance
Debate
Drama
Drawing
Journalism
Painting
Photography
Portfolio
Pottery
Printmaking
Publications
Public Speaking
Screen-Printing
Sculpture
Stagecraft
Studio Art
Theater Arts
3-D Art
Modern Dance

Special Programs

Community Service
Independent Study
Internships
Leadership

Campus Life

Dorm Life

Number of Dorms:

Average Students Per Dorm: 63

Number of Girls Dorms: 0

Number of Boys Dorms: 3

Dorm Amenities

Game Room
Laundry Facilities
Lounge
Wireless Internet

Other Dorm Amenities

Student Life

Musicals, concerts, dances, athletic events, art exhibits, and plays are but a few of the enjoyable events regularly planned at Sem. Highlights of the school year include International Food Night, Sem Dance Marathon and Society Day, when the school's four societies compete in fun events.

Facilities

Baseball Field
Basketball Court
Fitness Center
Football Field
Indoor Basketball Court
Indoor Climbing Wall
Indoor Pool

Other Facilities

Tennis Courts
Turf Fields
Crew Facilities
Softball Field
Two Wrestling Centers

Clubs & Organizations

Chess Club
Community Service
Diversity Club
Dorm Proctors
Drama Club
Environmental Club
Foreign Language Clubs
Honor Council
International Club
Literary Magazine
Math Club
Mock Trial
Model UN
Newspaper
Peer Tutoring
Photography Club
Quiz Bowl
Student Activities
Student Government
Student Publications
Theater Club
Yearbook
Yoga Club

Arts & Athletics

Summary: About 73 percent of our students participate in interscholastic sports, building close friendships, sharing in the discipline of practice and the thrill of competition. The addition of Nesbitt Stadium and the Kirby Center for the Creative Arts have given our athletes and performers top-notch facilities in which to showcase their talents. The arts are just as popular as athletics at Wyoming Seminary. Performance standards are very high in our large and small ensembles. Students are attracted to the high quality programming, and the ability to be both an athlete and an artist at Sem.

Arts Department Director: John Vaida

Athletics Department Director: Karen Klassner

Notable Achievements: 2014 National Prep School Wrestling Champions 7 Men's Hockey Players have played professionally Now offering girls wrestling!

Arts

Acting
Art History
Ballet
Ceramics
Choreography
Dance
Debate
Drama
Drawing
Journalism
Painting
Photography
Portfolio
Pottery
Printmaking
Publications
Public Speaking
Screen-Printing
Sculpture
Stagecraft
Studio Art
Theater Arts
3-D Art
Modern Dance

Interscholastic Sports

Baseball
Basketball
Crew
Cross Country Running
Field Hockey
Golf
Ice Hockey
Lacrosse
Soccer
Softball
Swimming
Tennis
Wrestling

Recreational Sports

Alpine Skiing
Basketball
Camping
Dance
Hiking
Martial Arts
Outdoor Education
Rock Climbing
Skateboarding
Soccer
Softball
Swimming
Table Tennis
Tennis
Ultimate Frisbee
Weight Lifting

Graduates

Summary: College Guidance at Wyoming Seminary guides students on individual journeys of self-knowledge to identify and gain acceptance to appropriate colleges or universities where they can continue to learn and to grow into their best selves. At Sem, we strive to create and implement a process that encourages self-exploration and self-advocacy that facilitates the completion of strong applications representing students’ accomplishments, talents and potential, fairly and responsibly. Our goal is for students to gain admission to colleges that match their interests and needs, where they can flourish as students and as individuals. The college guidance process begins in tenth grade.

College attended in the past 5 years by our graduates:

Barnard Colege: 2

Baylor University: 1

Auburn University: 1

Community College of Baltimore County: 1

University of Arkansas: 1

Albright College: 1

Arizona State University: 1

University of Arizona: 1

University of Alabama: 2

Boston College: 2

Boston University: 5

Brown: 1

Bucknell: 14

Syracuse University: 7

Georgetown: 2

Lafayette: 3

Northwestern: 2

Penn State University: 30

Temple: 10

The George Washington University: 6

Tufts: 2

University of Pennsylvania: 14

University of Virginia: 1

Harvard: 3

Lehigh: 7

Columbia: 4

Dartmouth: 1

Duke: 1

Cornell: 5

Bryn Mawr: 1

Carnegie Mellon: 4

Hamilton College: 4

Mass. Institute of Tech.: 1

University of Michigan: 2

University of Notre Dame: 1

Middlebury College: 1

New York University: 10

University of Southern California: 3

United States Air Force Academy: 1

United State Military Academy: 2

United States Naval Academy: 13

Washington University-St. Louis: 2

Bellarmine University: 1

Belmont University: 1

Blinn College: 1

Bloomsburg University of PA: 1

Boston University: 3

Brandeis University: 1

California Institute of the Arts: 2

UC Berkeley: 1

UC Davis: 1

UC Santa Cruz: 1

Carleton College: 1

Case Western Reserve University: 1

Catholic University of America: 1

University of Central Florida: 1

College of Charleston: 2

University of Cincinnati: 1

Colby College: 1

University of Colorado, Boulder: 1

Concordia University, Montreal: 1

Columbia College Chicago: 1

University of Connecticut: 2

Davis & Elkins College: 2

Dean College: 1

Denison University: 2

University of Denver: 1

Dickinson College: 2

Drexel University: 1

Eckerd College: 2

Emmanuel College: 1

Evergreen State University: 1

Fairfield University: 1

Ferrum College: 1

Florida Southern College: 1

Fordham University: 2

Furman University: 3

George Washington University: 4

Goucher College: 6

Hampshire College: 1

Hampton University: 1

High Point University: 5

Hobart and William Smith Colleges: 4

Hollins University: 2

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign: 2

Indiana University, Bloomington: 3

Indiana University of PA: 1

Iona College: 1

Ithaca College: 3

James Madison University: 1

University of Kentucky: 1

King's College: 1

Lesley University: 1

Liberty University: 1

LIM University: 1

Long Island University, Post: 1

Loyola Marymount University: 1

Louisiana State University: 1

Loyola University Chicago: 1

Lycoming College: 2

Lynchburg College: 1

Maryland Institute College of Art: 2

University of Maryland College Park: 1

University of Massachusetts Amherst: 1

McDaniel College: 1

Mercer University: 1

Miami University, Oxford: 2

University of Mississippi: 3

Montana State University, Bozeman: 1

University of Montana, Western: 1

Montgomery College, Rockville: 1

Mount St. Mary's University: 2

University of New Hampshire: 1

New York University: 1

Muhlenberg College: 1

Occidental College: 1

Ohio Wesleyan University: 1

Otterbein University: 1

University of the Pacific: 1

Pennsylvania State University: 5

Pratt Institute: 1

Queens University of Charlotte: 1

Rhodes College: 1

Roanoke College: 1

Rutgers University: 4

Saint Michael's College: 1

Salisbury University: 2

Santa Clara University: 1

Savannah College of Art and Design: 2

Sewanee: University of the South: 1

University of South Carolina, Beaufort: 1

University of Southern Maine: 1

University of South Carolina, Aiken: 1

University of Southern Mississippi: 1

Spelman College: 3

St. John's University, Queens: 1

Stephens College: 1

Stevenson University: 1

Stockton University: 1

Stony Brook University: 1

Suffolk University: 1

Sweet Briar College: 1

Syracuse University: 3

University of Tampa: 2

Temple University: 1

Texas A&M University, Galveston: 1

The Art Institute of Charleston: 1

Texas Christian University: 1

University of Texas, Austin: 1

The New School: 3

University of Toronto: 1

Towson University: 3

University College Maastrict: 1

University of St. Andrews: 1

Ursinus College: 1

University of Vermont: 1

University of Virginia: 1

Washington College: 2

Washington State University: 1

University of Washington: 3

Wellesley College: 1

Wheaton College (IL): 1

Widener University: 2

Wofford College: 1

University of Wisconsin, Stout: 1

College of Wooster: 2

York College of PA: 1

Notable Alumni

William S. Merwin

Class of 1944

Named Poet Laureate according to the New York Times Wednesday June 30 2010

Dr. Howard E. Gardner

Class of 1961

Professor Harvard School of Education

Merit

Merit Scholarships: Offered

Students Receiving Merit Scholarships: 12%

Average Merit Scholarship: 9,200

Current Endowment Amount: $66,200

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Vital Information

Student Body Type: Coed

Total Boarding: 68

Total Day: 650

Total Enrollment: 814

Boys: 406

Girls: 408

Boarding Grades Offered: 9-12

Day Grades Offered: K-12

School Type: Elementary, Middle, High School, Post-grad

Dress Code: Casual

Applications Accepted: SAO

Application Deadline: Rolling

Tuition & Financial Aid

7-Day Boarding: $56,550

5-Day Boarding: N/A

Day Tuition Fee: $26,950

Need-Based Aid: Offered

Payment Plans: Offered

Students Receiving Aid: 63%

Average Awarded: $11,220

School Finances