During the academic year, boarding schools become extended families where teachers and students live and learn together. The 24-hour community of a boarding school environment allows the faculty to seize every teachable moment whether in the classroom, on the playing field, the dining room table, or in the dormitory.

The boarding school experience is singular and dynamic. It refuses to limit learning to the classroom or the conventional academic day. Sharing a boarding school campus twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week with friends, teachers, coaches and mentors is the difference. Students learn that diversity is the cornerstone of community and that every person has a valuable contribution to make. Outside the classroom, boarding school students learn about themselves by trying new things and taking risks. Boarding schools offer hundreds of afternoon and weekend activities that teach students important lessons.

Boarding school students acquire skills that help prepare them for success beyond the classroom. They are encouraged to be active participants in life.

The boarding school community today is a mosaic of faces and places. Teachers and students bring with them diverse ethnic, racial, socioeconomic, and cultural perspectives and share them in academic and social settings. Boarding schools not only value such vibrant communities but also actively seek to create them. A person's individual traits, interests, and heritage are considered valuable assets that enhance and strengthen the overall community.