The Bolles School

The Bolles School at a Glance
Type: College Preparatory (Coeducational)
Support for ADHD: No
Year Founded: 1933 Teacher - Student Ratio: 1:10
Average Class Size: 15 Students on Financial Aid: 7%

Description: Bolles offers a second home for boarding students grades 7 to 12 in Florida. With students from all over the country and international students from 25 different countries, Bolles offers diversity and a sense of family that makes students from different cultural backgrounds feel at home.

Bolles School has a highly-committed faculty with teachers who are recognized leaders in their profession and are more than willing to get involved in cultivating young minds. The school also sponsors the Alpha Chapter of the NHS (National Honors Society). The society seeks to cultivate enthusiasm for learning, a passion to render service develop leadership and character in students. The goal of the school is not just to prepare students for college but for life beyond college as well. The school also has Honors and AP classes such as Art History, Portfolio Drawing, Statistics, US Government, English, French, Latin, and many others.

Bolles also offers a comprehensive program for the arts including dance, drama, visual arts, and more. Art is not considered as a small portion of the academic program or a hobby one takes up but as an integral part of the educational process. As such, art classes receive full academic credit.

Bolles also has an impressive set of athletic facilities such as a football field, fully-equipped weightroom, two outdoor tracks, a sports medicine room, a covered gym, a stadium, tennis court complex, outdoor olympic-sized pools, and more. Interscholastic sports offered includes baseball, basketball, lacross, soccer, track, volleyball, wrestling, and many more.

The school is accredited by SACS, FCIS, and NAIS.