Grand River Academy

Founded in 1963, Lake Ridge Academy is the only independent college preparatory school on Cleveland’s west side. It offers students a number of unique programs like entrepreneurial studies, anatomy and physiology, new certificate programs and developmental biology and embryology. The school also offers independent studies in subjects like multi-variable calculus. FACILITIES The 93 acre campus includes a garden, a brand new science and engineering building, a gymnasium, a weight/workout facility, and outside sports facilities. The community resource center on campus includes a library and technology center, multi-media conference room, study rooms, project rooms, foreign language classrooms, computer labs, and a TV/video broadcast editing room. SPORTS AND ARTS Due to state regulations, F-1 students are not able to play sports. The arts program gives students many opportunities. Known for their performing arts program, students will be able to work with professional actors as well as d

Founded in 1867 and located on the peak of Storm King Mountain (SKS) in the Hudson River Valley, The Storm King School is less than two hours from New York City. The school’s Science Department chair is former NASA scientist Dr. Paul Feffer. SKS offers unique, intensive short-term courses based upon student and faculty interest such as The Science and Art of Makeup and How Sports Shaped American Culture. <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/If-jPNA81jo" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> FACILITIES The mountaintop campus features a 230-seat professional theater, an observatory with a Newtonian telescope, fully equipped science labs, access to the 3,800-acre Black Rock Forest Consortium, a gymnasium, five tennis courts, a brand new sports field, a ceramics studio, a greenhouse, private music practice rooms, and a recording studio. The school is in the process of buildi

The MacDuffie School offers students unique academic programs such as their Leadership Program, developed by a professor from the Cornell University Graduate School of Management. MacDuffie’s science department has partnerships with UMass Amherst’s Polymer Science Lab and the Harvard University Science Department. The school also has guaranteed admission agreements with Wentworth Institute of Technology and Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. FACILITIES The MacDuffie School’s new 50-acre campus features state-of-the-art technology in each building. A new artificial turf field and baseball field were added this past year. The school is also in the process of building a new Creativity Center. SPORTS AND ARTS The MacDuffie School has a longstanding reputation as a fierce intercollegiate athletic competitor. The school has recently won championships in soccer, basketball, volleyball, badminton, and cross country. The girls soccer team reached a record 45-game win strea