Focus on How Boys Learn Best. Boys and girls have different learning styles. For example, boys tend to be performance-oriented and less relational. They prefer the spatial and love to manipulate objects. At a boys’ school, full attention can be given to how boys learn best.

Moral Leadership. In a boys' school, boys have more freedom to risk and achieve in areas that society might suggest should be the exclusive province of one sex or the other. At a boys' school, if we have community service, art, and music, boys must provide them. If we have moral leadership, boys must furnish it. If we want a caring, generous, tolerant, compassionate community, boys must build it.

Camaraderie and Deep Friendships. The easy exchange of ideas and the friendships made in the classroom, on the playing fields, or on the stage in a boys’ school provide fertile ground for camaraderie and for instilling core values through such traditions as the Honor Code.

Freedom from Social Competition. Because we are a boys’ school, we can offer a rigorous education in an environment in which emotional energy is not directed toward posturing for the opposite sex. With fewer concerns about dress or hair or appearance, students are free from rivalry and distraction.

Variety of Role Models. A boys’ school with a majority of male teachers can offer a wide variety of male role models. Male role models in the classroom offer positive leadership images for boys in many areas: academic, intellectual, artistic, athletic, and spiritual. Just as importantly, boys see men interacting in a collegial environment with women faculty members, providing a significant model of appropriate professional and social behavior.

To learn more about the philosophy and advantages of a boys' school education, please explore the International Boys' School Coalition or read Headmaster Ellis Haguewood's Boys' Schools Know Boys.