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USA Georgia Religious Boarding Schools Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School
USA Georgia Religious Boarding Schools Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School
Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School
| Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School at a Glance | |||||||||
| Type: | Religious (Presbyterian), College Preparatory (Coeducational) | ||||||||
| Support for ADHD: | No | ||||||||
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| Description: | Rabun Gap-Nacooche School is a college preparatory boarding school in Georgia after the Presbyterian tradition. The school aims to instill faith and courage to students, inviting them to "Come move mountains". Since 1903, Rabun Gap-Nacooche has been providing boarding and day students with high quality education at an affordable price. The school offer an educational program which aims to both challenge and at the same time, nurture the natural curiosity of children. The school shows by example how learning is a lifelong pursuit and doesn't stop when they graduate. Its academic program is made up of classic liberal arts curriculum as well as curcural activities both on and off campus. Experiential learning is also very much a part of the students' learning process, as well as researches done individually or with the help of fellow students or teachers. College counseling at RGNS starts at the eight grade, when students are helped to pick out the courses that they want to take in their ninth grade, in preparation for what they want to do for college. College counseling includes a hands-on process of choosing a college and going through the application process. Students also go to several college fairs every year to get exposed to the different cultures on different campuses. They also hold parent information sessions every fall where college representatives present information to parents, juniors and seniors to help them make a decision on where they want to go to college after high school. RGNS also has several sports programs which students are encouraged to join. A few examples are baseball, golf, softball, swimming, basketball, and more. There are also some extracurricular activities such as diversity club, french club, honor council, thespian club, student government, and more. RGNS is fully accredited through SACS and NAIS. |
