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Northfield Mount Hermon School

Mount Hermon, Massachusetts, USA view map
Co-Ed, No Religious Affiliation

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Education for the Head, Heart, and Hand - Northfield Mount Hermon engages the intellect, compassion, and talents of our students, empowering them to act with humanity and purpose.

One Lamplighter Way, Mount Hermon, Massachusetts, USA 01354
413-498-3000 ext.3227

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Director of Admission: Claude Anderson
Admissions Phone:413-498-3227Fax:413-498-3152
Email: admission@nmhschool.org Website: www.nmhschool.org


  • Application Deadline: February 01
  • Application Fee: $50
  • International Application Fee: $100
  • Accept TABS Admission Application: Yes
 
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  • Founded: 1879
  • Campus Size: 1565 acres
  • Grades Offered: 9th-post-grad
  • Accredited by: NEASC
Student Body
Boarding
Grades 9th-post-grad 		Day
Grades 9th-12th 		Total
Girls     249 62 311
Boys     279 52 331
Total     528 114 642

Tuition and Financial Aid
  • 7-Day Boarding: $52,200
  • 5-Day Boarding: N/A
  • Day Tuition Fee: $35,700
  • Payment Plans: Offered
  • Need-Based Aid: Offered
  • Students Receiving Aid: 34.00%
  • Average Awarded: $38,100
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Summary: What is intelligence? It’s a form of happiness. It’s the confidence of really knowing something and the thirst to always know more. It’s the joy of competing with one of the best math teams in New England, counting salamanders in an ecological field study, or debating development policy in Model UN. It’s the satisfaction of a well-executed hit and run, the perfectly turned pirouette, or a trumpet solo built on the perfect phrase. It’s about using the right way to do things as a means to discover your way to do things. And what could be smarter—or more fun—than that? What is compassion? Anybody can feel sympathy for the underprivileged or outrage at an injustice. Anyone can complain. That’s easy. Compassion—if you’re going to practice it for real—is a responsibility. It requires listening, sometimes to opinions that challenge your own. It requires self-reflection—asking yourself why you think what you think. It requires intelligence—there’s that word again—to see what needs to be done and the commitment to go do it. But compassion is anything but rare at NMH. You see it in the way students respect one another, the eagerness with which they take on leadership roles, and the enthusiasm with which they embrace service projects. What is purpose? Well this one is up to you (though we’ll certainly help.) You need to do some thinking and exploring, and then have the courage to say, “this is what I’m really about,” “this is the contribution I want to make.” And this is where NMH really shines—challenging you, supporting you, helping you turn your talents and passions into a plan for college and for life. There are plenty of models to follow. NMH graduates have been nominated for Oscars and Pulitzers, founded businesses and political movements, counseled presidents and chastised dictators. And they all started out as freshman asking themselves, “Who do I want to be?” What is NMH? NMH is a place: a historic boarding and day school in 1,100 beautiful wooded acres in western Massachusetts with peerless academic, art, and athletic facilities as well as a farm that students help run. NMH is a community: 665 students supported by TK faculty and staff, all learning together, living together, demanding the best of—and wanting the best for—one another. But more than anything else, NMH is its mission: to engage the intellect, compassion, and talents of our students, empowering them to act with humanity and purpose. Education for the Head, Heart, and Hand.

Average Class Size: 12

Full Time Teachers: 95

Teachers Holding Advanced Degrees: 66.00%

Student/Teacher Ratio: 7:1

Summer Programs Offered: Offered

Number of AP Courses Offered: 23

Advanced/Enrichment Programs
  • AP Courses
  • Post Graduate Year
Support Programs
  • College Counseling
  • ESL: Intermediate
  • ESL: Advanced
  • Peer Tutoring
  • Study Skills Assistance
  • Subject Tutoring
English:
  • Classics
  • Creative Writing
  • Honors
  • Literature
  • Playwriting
  • Poetry
History:
  • Asian History
  • Classical History
  • European History
  • Honors
  • United States History
  • World History
  • multidisciplinar y studies, war, foreign policy, mu
Foreign Languages:
  • Chinese-Mandarin
  • French
  • Spanish
  • Latin
  • Arabic
Religion/Philosophy:
  • The Bible
  • Ethics
  • Religious Studies
  • Social Justice
  • World Religions
Humanities/Social Sciences:
  • Economics
  • Psychology
Sciences:
  • Astronomy
  • Biology
  • Botany
  • Chemistry
  • Earth Science
  • Ecology
  • Environmental Science
  • Genetics
  • Health
  • Physical Science
  • Physics
Math:
  • Algebra
  • Calculus
  • Honors Math
  • Geometry
  • Statistics
  • Trigonometry
  • Multivariable calculus
Computer Studies:
  • Computer Programming
  • Multimedia
Music:
  • Band
  • Choral Music
  • Composition
  • Electronic Music
  • History of Jazz
  • Individual Instructions
  • Music Appreciation
  • Music History
  • Music Theory
  • Orchestra
  • Principles of Arranging
  • Recording
  • Voice
Performing/Visual Arts:
  • 3-D Design
  • Acting
  • Art
  • Ballet
  • Ceramics
  • Choreography
  • Dance
  • Directing
  • Drama
  • Drawing
  • Film and Video
  • Graphic Design
  • Lighting Design
  • Modern Dance
  • Painting
  • Photography
  • Pottery
  • Printmaking
  • Publications
  • Sculpture
  • Stagecraft
  • Studio Art
  • Theater Arts
  • digital and film photography with wet darkroom
Special Programs:
  • Community Service
  • Independent Study
  • Internships
  • Leadership
  • Outdoor Education
  • Study Abroad:
  • farm program, model UN
Distinctive or New Programs:
  • N/A
AP Courses Available:
  • Biology
  • Calculus AB
  • Calculus BC
  • Chemistry
  • Computer Science A
  • Computer Science AB
  • Macroeconomics
  • Microeconomics
  • English Language
  • English Literature
  • Environmental Science
  • European History
  • French Language
  • French Literature
  • Latin Literature
  • Latin: Vergil
  • Physics B
  • Physics C
  • Psychology
  • Spanish Language
  • Spanish Literature
  • Studio Art
  • US History
  • World History
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Dorm Life

Dorm Amenities:
 
 
Lounge 
Wireless Internet 
Vending Machines 
 

Dress Code: Other

Student Life

Facilities

  • All-weather track
  • Baseball field(s)
  • Fitness Center
  • Volleyball court(s)
  • Football field
  • Indoor basketball court(s)
  • Indoor pool

Clubs and Organizations

  • Amnesty International
  • Animal Rights Club
  • Asian Club
  • Astronomy Club
  • Chess Club
  • Community Service
  • Computer Club
  • Debate Club
  • Diversity Club
  • Dorm Proctors
  • Environmental Club
  • Fencing
  • Foreign Language Clubs
  • Habitat for Humanity
  • Horseback Riding
  • International Clubs
  • Jewish Student Org
  • Literary Magazine
  • Math Club
  • Model UN
  • National Honor Society
  • Newspaper
  • Outing Club
  • Peer Counseling
  • Peer Tutoring
  • Photography
  • Quiz Bowl
  • Sexualities Club
  • Solar Car Club
  • Student Activities
  • Student Government
  • Student Publications
  • Student Radio Station
  • Yearbook
  • Young Democrats
  • Young Republicans
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Arts Department Director: Phil Calabria

Athletics Department Director: Tom Pratt

Arts
  • A Cappella Group
  • Art Club
  • Chamber Choir
  • Chamber Ensemble
  • Chamber Orchestra
  • Choral Music
  • Dance
  • Drama Club
  • Jazz Ensemble
  • Rock Band
  • Stage Band
  • String Ensemble
  • Tech Crew
  • Theater
  • choir
Interscholastic Sports
  • Alpine Skiing
  • Baseball
  • Basketball
  • Crew
  • Cross-Country Running
  • Field Hockey
  • Football
  • Golf
  • Ice Hockey
  • Lacrosse
  • Nordic Ski Racing
  • Soccer
  • Softball
  • Swimming
  • Tennis
  • Track and Field
  • Ultimate Frisbee
  • Volleyball
  • Wrestling
Recreational Sports
  • Alpine Skiing
  • Camping
  • Canoeing
  • Dance
  • Free Style Skiing
  • Hiking
  • Horseback Riding
  • Ice Climbing
  • Kayaking
  • Mountain Biking
  • Outdoor Education
  • Rafting
  • Rock Climbing
  • Sailing
  • Snowboarding
  • Weight Lifting
  • Cycling
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College Information

Percentage of Graduates Who Attend College: 100.00%

Middle Percentile of SAT Scores

25th percentile 75th percentile
Critical Reading NA NA
Mathematics NA NA
Writing NA NA



Notable Alumni

Laura Linney (Class of 1982) Academy Award-nominated actress, films include The Savages, The Nanny Diaries, Kinsey, You Can Count on Me; Emmy and Golden Globe winner for best actress, HBO miniseries John Adams

Frank Shorter (Class of 1965) Founding chairman of US Anti-Doping Agency; TV sports commentator; earned gold medal in 1972 Olympic marathon and silver in 1976

Uma Thurman (Class of 1988) Academy Award-nominated actress; films include The Producers, Pulp Fiction, Dangerous Liaisons, Kill Bill

S. Prestley Blake (Class of 1934) Cofounder, Friendly Ice Cream

William Rhodes (Class of 1953) President, chairman, and CEO of Citibank, NA; senior vice chairman of Citigroup

Arn Chorn-Pond (Class of 1986) Founder of Children of War, Peacemakers, and Cambodia Master performers Program; winner of Reebok Human Rights Award

Anna Diggs Taylor (Class of 1950) Chief judge, US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan (first black woman appointed to that role)

J. Stapleton Roy (Class of 1952) Director, Kissinger Institute on China and the United States, Woodrow Wilson Center; former US ambassador to Singapore, Indonesia, and People’s Republic of China

Valerie Jarrett (Class of 1974) White House Senior Advisor and Assistant to President Barack Obama for Intergovernmental Relations and Public Liaison and head of president's panel on women and children

Aurelia Brazeal (Class of 1961) Diplomat-in-residence, Howard University; former US ambassador to Ethiopia, Kenya, and Micronesia (first US ambassador to latter)




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Summary: Northfield Mount Hermon Summer Session offers programs for students wishing to enrich, supplement, or accelerate their school-year education. We have an extensive, comprehensive program that has existed in various forms for more than 100 years. Each summer, we gather as a community to engage in academic work and to learn from each other in many different ways. Our student population is diverse and worldly – each summer we typically enroll students from 35-40 different countries and 20-30 states within the US. Our talented faculty is assisted by 35 teaching interns to provide an outstanding experience for our students. Our goal, through all aspects of our comprehensive program, is to provide a valuable, life-changing experience for each student who joins us. For many students, NMH Summer Session provides their first taste of a rigorous academic experience and challenges them to a new level. Other students come from strong schools and use their summer here as an opportunity to further build academic skills, advance in their coursework, and prepare for college. Our exceptional student diversity ensures that everyone leaves with new friends from all over the world. One of the measures of our success each year is how difficult it is for so many of the students to leave at the end of the summer – they build a powerful connection to our summer community and make lifelong friends.

Department Director: Gregory Leeds

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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