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A curriculum that challenges and energizes
Grounded in the liberal arts, a Saint Mary’s School education teaches you to think critically, develop analytical skills, and express ideas coherently and persuasively. Teachers help you discover and explore intellectual paths and lead you to accept increasing responsibility for your own learning. A full range of courses including Advanced Placement offerings provides academic challenges appropriate for you. Qualified students are afforded opportunities to take classes at a college or university in Raleigh, such as Meredith College or North Carolina State University.
Capitalizing on the strengths of girls
Saint Mary’s School has developed curriculum and employed strategies that capitalize on the strengths of girls on their journey to college and life. Girls’ schools support a culture, climate and community that together generate high levels of personal and academic self-confidence and a can-do attitude. Research shows that girls in single-gender environments move on to advanced courses more often than do girls in co-educational classes. They earn better grades and report that they have greater confidence in themselves and feel more positive about their learning environment.
A complete education
A vast array of opportunities woven together constitutes a complete education at Saint Mary’s. First among these opportunities is outstanding academics with a full range of courses that include Advanced Placement offerings. Complementing this sine qua non of excellence are
- Library resources more extensive than those of any other independent school in North Carolina
- Essay contests and Quiz Bowl competitions such as Quiz Bowl, Science Olympiad, National History Day and Model UN
- An invigorating visual and performing arts curriculum (music, visual arts, dance, drama)
- Innovative technology that places Lenovo tablets in the hands of every student and teacher and projection capabilities in every teaching space
- Extracurricular opportunities such as community service and service learning, internships, leadership development and travel abroad
- Residential Life curriculum
- Chapel and other forums for spiritual guidance
- Financial literacy classes, public speaking requirements, off-campus retreats, field trips and outside speaker programs
- Nutrition and health workshops, diversity training and personalized advising
- North Carolina Outward Bound adventures
- Academic resources such as tutoring support, Learning Center and the Summer Reading Program