
A boarding school is a self-contained educational total institution where students not only study but where some or all students may live. Boarding school involves the combination of the residing of pupils at an institution away from their family and home, and the instruction and endowment of education to students at the same place. ==Boarding school description== ===Main characteristics=== The term ''boarding school'' fundamentally refers to ''classic British boarding schools'', and most boarding schools around the world are modeled on the classic British boarding school. Boarding schools have specified rooms or allotted areas for different activities that occur throughout the day as defined by the boarding school administrators. These activities have a predefined structure and time set by the institution. These predefined schedules and norms are to be strictly followed, the failure of which could earn punishment. These rooms include the dormitory, where pupils share sleeping quarters, particularly on bunk beds, the refectory, where pupils take meals at fixed schedules, and the study hall, where pupils do their academic work. It also has facilities for bath and washing, and a storehouse for the storage of residents' belongings. Boarding schools also provide a playground for games and activities for the students. The term ''boarding school'' is derived from the usage ''to board in school'', which means to stay or reside in the school. Many Public school (UK) ("private school" in American English) are boarding schools. They involve long-term separation from one's parents and culture, and thus give rise to a phenomenon known as the ''TCK'' or third culture kid. Pupils may be sent to boarding schools between the ages of two and eighteen; they can be sent to any number of specific types of boarding schools, from Nursery school boarding schools (or Kindergarten boarding schools) to senior Preparatory school boarding schools. The amount of time one spends in boarding school also varies considerably, from a brief period of 1 year to more than 12 years in boarding school. ===Types of boarding schools=== Boarding schools are a form of residential school system; however, not all residential schools are "classic" boarding schools. Other forms of residential schools include resident schools for Disability (e.g. for students who are blindness), Learning disability residential schools (e.g. for mentally challenged students), and the Israeli kibbutzim, where children stay and get educated in a commune, but also have everyday contact with their parents at specified hours. Some schools are ''semi-boarding schools'' (part day school and part boarding school). These schools take in some students as ''boarders'' and other students as ''semi-boarders'', who would only attend school hours in the day alongside boarders and then return to their homes. These schools might also admit some students as ''day-boarders''. These pupils would have meals at school along with attending classes, but they live off-campus. There are also ''quasi-boarders'', who stay in boarding school but return to their families at mid-week and at weekends. Semi-boarders and day-boarders (collectively called as ''boarding-day scholars'') have a distinct view of day school system, as compared to most other children who attend complete day schools without any boarding facilities. These students relate to a boarding school life, even though they do not totally reside in school; however, they do not completely become part of the boarding school experience. On the other hand, quasi-boarders have a different view of boarding schools as compared to most usual boarders (full term boarders), who would only go back to their homes either at the end of a term or by the end of an academic year. ===Basic guidelines and essential regulations=== The Department for Education and Skills of the United Kingdom has prescribed guidelines for boarding schools, some of which include regulations for the minimum perimeter (living space) required for each student and other aspects of basic necessities. A minimum floor area for each pupil with regarding to his/her dormitories, cubicles and bedrooms, is prescribed. This is attained by multiplying the number of students sleeping in the dormitory by 4.2 m², and then adding 1.6 m² to the resultant. A distance of minimum 0.9 meters should also be maintained between any two beds in a dormitory, bedrooms and cubicles. In case students are provided with a cubicle, then each student must be provided with a window and a floor area of 5.0 m² at the least. A bedroom for a single student should be at least of floor area of 6.0 m². Boarding schools must provide a total floor area of 2.3 m² living accommodation for every boarder, at the minimum. This should also be incorporated with at least one bathtub or shower for every 10 students. These are some of the few guidelines set by the department amongst many others. It could probably be observed that not all boarding schools around the world meet these minimum basic standards, despite their apparent appeal. ==Boarding schools across societies== In the United States of America, boarding schools for students below the age of 13 are called ''junior boarding schools'', and are not as common and not as encouraged as in the United Kingdom or India. The classic British boarding school became popular during the colonial expansion of the British Empire. It became the preferred system by which to deculturize the natives from the local culture and develop natives that would follow and help the British achieve their imperial goals. It has been observed globally that a significantly larger number of boys are sent to boarding schools than girls and for a longer span of time. Most societies decline to take boarding schools as the preferred option for the upbringing of their children, except in British societies or in its former colonies; in England, India, and former African colony of Great Britain, for example, boarding schools are one of the preferred modes of education. In 1998 there were 772 private-sector boarding schools in England, and 100,000 children attending boarding schools all over the United Kingdom. Switzerland has long been recognized as having one of the world's best education systems. The government developed a strategy to foster private boarding schools for foreign students as a business integral to the country's economy. Their boarding schools offer instruction in several major languages and have a large number of quality facilities organized through the Swiss Federation of Private Schools. ==Emerging perspectives== Modern philosophies of education like constructivism (pedagogical) and new methods of music training for kids including Orff Schulwerk and the Suzuki method make the everyday interaction of the child and parent an integral part of training and education. The European Union-Canada project "Child Welfare Across Borders", an important international venture on child development, considers boarding schools as one form of permanent displacement of the child. This view reflects the new outlook towards education and child growth in the wake of more scientific understanding of the human brain and child cognitive development. Concrete numbers have yet to be tabulated regarding the statistics data for the ratio of the boys that are send to boarding schools to the ratio of girls, the total number of children in a given population in boarding schools by country, the average age across populations when children are send to boarding schools, and the average length of education (in years) for boarding school students. Modern ideas of training and child development stand in stark contrast to the old institution of boarding school. ==Selected bibliography== * Brewin, C.R., Furnham, A. & Howes, M. (1989). Demographic and psychological determinants of homesickness and confiding among students. ''British Journal of Psychology'', 80, 467-477. * Fisher, S., Frazer, N. & Murray, K (1986). Homesickness and health in boarding school children. ''Journal of Environmental Psychology'', 6, 35-47. * Fisher, S. & Hood, B. (1987). The stress of the transition to university: a longitudinal study of psychological disturbance, absent-mindedness and vulnerability to homesickness. ''British Journal of Psychology'', 78, 425-441 * Peter W. Cookson, Jr. and Caroline Hodges Persell, Preparing for Power. ''America's Elite Boarding Schools''. (New York: Basic Books, 1985) * Goffman, Erving (1961) ''Asylums: Essays on the Social Situation of Mental Patients and Other Inmates''. (New York: Doubleday Anchor, 1961); (Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1968) * Thurber A. Christopher (1999) The phenomenology of homesickness in boys, ''Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology''. * Bamford T.W. (1967) ''Rise of the public schools: a study of boys public boarding schools in England and wales from 1837 to the present day''. London : Nelson, 1967. * [http://www.dfes.gov.uk/publications/guidanceonthelaw/10_96/part3.htm Department of Education and Skills of the United Kingdom, Boarding School guidelines] * [http://www.boardingschoolreview.com Statistics and information on U.S. boarding schools] ==List of some boarding schools== Some of the world's best known boarding schools offering a curriculum in English and other languages are: * Australia ** St. Joseph's College, Hunters Hill Sydney ** Hale School Western Australia * Austria ** The American International School Salzburg (?) * Canada ** Bishop's College School ** Upper Canada College ** Bishop Strachan School * Indonesia ** Pelita Harapan * Singapore ** Raffles Institution ** Anglo Chinese School * Switzerland ** The American School In Switzerland (TASIS) Lugano ** Institut Alpin Videmanette ** Institute Le Rosey ** Leysin American School *New Zealand **The Auckland Grammar School **Christ's College, Canterbury *Norway **Vestborg * United Kingdom: ** Eton College ** Harrow School ** Repton School ** Stowe, Buckinghamshire ** Westminster School ** Wycombe Abbey ** Wymondham College * United States ** Avon Old Farms School ** Miss Porter's School ** Choate Rosemary Hall ** Groton School ** Episcopal High School ** The Hill School ** The Hockaday School ** Holderness School ** Hotchkiss School ** Kent School ** Lawrence Academy at Groton ** Lawrenceville School ** Massanutten Military Academy ** Oak Ridge Military Academy ** Phillips Academy ** Phillips Exeter Academy ** Pomfret School ** St. Andrew's School ** St. Paul's School (U.S.) ** Tabor Academy ** The Thacher School ** Worcester Academy ** Walnut Hill School ** Middlesex Academy ** Northfield Mount Hermon School ** Concord Academy ** St. Mark's School ** Dana Hall School ** Deerfield Academy ** Hebron Academy ** Villanova Preparatory School ** The Kiski School ** Woodberry Forest School ==Boarding schools in fiction== Boarding schools and their surrounding settings and situations have become almost a genre in (mostly) British literature with its own identifiable conventions. Notable examples include: * Charles Dickens's ''Nicholas Nickleby'' serialised novel (1838) * Thomas Hughes's ''Tom Brown's Schooldays'' novel (1857) * Rudyard Kipling's ''Stalky & Co'' novel (1899) * Frank Richards's ''Billy Bunter'' long-running series (from 1908) * Hugh Walpole's ''Jeremy at Crale'' novel (1927) * James Hilton's ''Goodbye Mr. Chips'' novel (1934) * Enid Blyton's ''Malory Towers'', ''St. Clare's'' and the ''Naughtiest Girl'' series of children's novels * Elinor Brent-Dyer's ''Chalet School'' series of children's novels * Anthony Buckeridge's ''Jennings (novels)'' series of children's stories (from 1950) * Muriel Spark's ''The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie'' novel (1961) * Ronald Searle's, ''Molesworth'' and ''St Trinian's'' series of books (1948 onwards) * J.K. Rowling's ''Harry Potter'' series of novels (1990s onwards) *Pacific Coast Academy in the Nickelodeon (TV channel)'s television series ''Zoey 101'' There is also a huge boarding-school genre literature, mostly uncollected, in British comics and serials from the 1900s to the 1980s. The setting has also featured in notable North American novels such as J.D. Salinger's ''Catcher in the Rye''; John Irving's ''A Prayer for Owen Meany''; and John Knowles's ''A Separate Peace''. ==Boarding schools in films== * ''Madchen in Uniform'' (1931) * ''Goodbye Mr Chips'' (1939) * ''Tom Brown's Schooldays'' (1951) * ''St Trinians'' quartet (1954-66) * ''If.... (movie)'' (1968) * ''Picnic at Hanging Rock'' (1975) * ''Secret Places'' (1984) * ''Sacred Hearts'' (1985) * ''Flirting'' (1991) * ''The Power Of One'' (1992) * ''Harry Potter'' series of films ==See also== *Public school (UK) *Military school School types
== Different kinds of "boarders" == ''"These schools take in some students as boarders and other students as semi-boarders, who would only attend school hours in the day alongside boarders and then return to their homes."'' In what sense are "semi-boarders" boarders? According to this definition they are day pupils, exactly like in a day school. ''"These schools might also admit some students as day-boarders. These pupils would have meals at school along with attending classes, but they live off-campus."'' Does this mean that there are people who would have three meals a day on school premises, and then go home? I'm not sure what the point of that would be. If you use this term, it suggests that the definition of "boarder" is someone who takes three meals a day at the school - I always assumed it meant someone who resides at the school for some or all of term time. ''"On the other hand, quasi-boarders have a different view of boarding schools as compared to most usual boarders (full term boarders), who would only go back to their homes either at the end of a term or by the end of an academic year."'' As I understand it, this is hopelessly out of date. For the last few decades all schools (at least in Britain) have had half term intervals, and absolutely nobody stays for these. Moreover, there tend to be ''exeats'', which are weekend times at which everyone leaves the campus. When I was there (early-mid 1990s), the only people who "only go back to their homes either at the end of a term or by the end of an academic year" were people from overseas, who had special accommodation arranged for them during exeats and half term. There's also no direct mention of the ''weekly boarder'' (stay for the week and go home at weekends), which is the sort I was - I guess this is a kind of quasi-boarder? -- User:Smjg 12:46, 11 Feb 2005 (UTC) ==Not out of date== This article might seem out of date when selectively compared to some experimental schools and elite prep schools. However this article is valid when taking into account the systems common to boarding schools around the entire world. User:Robin klein 03:41, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC) : I never got the impression that the school I went to was either experimental, elite or prep. Moreover, who here goes/went to a school where people stay for the half term break? How did you pass the time? -- User:Smjg 14:41, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC) : Even if in many countries half term breaks still don't exist, it's misleading considering the extent to which the article appears to have been written from a British viewpoint. We ought to improve on this bit of information a bit.... -- User:Smjg 15:55, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC) ---- I agree that this article seems to have little to do with the, I think fairly typical, boarding school that I attended from 1995-2000. The first two paragraphs under "Boarding School Description" seem to have been written from a very odd viewpoint (why is it so important to list the various rooms, and what school has a "storehouse" for personal belongings?) and the minute cataloguing of different types of boarders is simply incorrect in relation to any school I know. ==A General description of Boarding schools== An encyclopedia article has to cater to diverse readers. For those who have been to boarding schools this article might seem vague or even odd with all the details or the rooms and the various "types of boarders". But if one was to talk to people who have never seen/been to boarding schools, then the basic information they ask are those that might be considered mundane. Like different boarding schools and different systems and functioning, different schedules of going back to ones homes eg: pupils who visit homes every weekend; those on the other hand who return home at the end of a semester or term, etc.... Considering that many people have not been/seen a boarding school, traditional or newer ones, mundane and seemingly redundant information like "storehouse" and "bunk beds" is important detail. While writing an article for an encyclopedia, one has to be general, especially considering an international readership. Writing a general or "universal" article about education systems or the like is an imperfect task, where variations are diverse. And most often the best option is to detail the mundane information, the traditional aspects, and from a general perspective and in this case a very broad perspective across developed and developing countries. User:Robin klein 04:50, 19 May 2005 (UTC) : Alright, can I make a different point and say that to my reading the first few paragraphs of this article take a somewhat negative view of the subject. I'm not arguing facts, but tone. Particularly, :: ...''as defined by the boarding school administrators. These activities have a predefined structure and time set by the institution. These predefined schedules and norms are to be strictly followed, the failure of which could earn punishment.'' : , the suggestion in the following paragraph that boarding schools damage children in some way, and the sinister-sounding "total institution" in the very first sentence. These combine to give a negative, rather than a neutral, view of the subject. : As a separate point, I also agree with smjg that the categorisation of "boarders", "semi-boarders", "quasi-boarders" and "full-term boarders" is confusing, apparently contradictory, and in many cases factually wrong. I would prefer to replace them with the self-explanatory terms (in order of increasing time spent at school) day-pupil¹, weekly boarder, full boarder, while noting that this terminology does not necessarily apply all over the world. : ¹ Noting that the rather more euphonious day-boy is invariably used in single-sex boys' schools. : User:PeteVerdon 11:32, 24 May 2005 (UTC) == Terminology == These terms are not all inaccurate, googling gives this: * ''quasi boarding school'': 11 hits * ''Day boarders'': 689 hits * ''Day scholars'' : 17,800 hits * ''Semi boarding school'': 56 hits * ''Day Pupil: 5040 hits * ''weekly boarder'': 611 hits * ''full boarder'': 264 hits please verify before passing off anything as factually inaccurate. In American english ''Day boy'' is common, however in British english ''Day scholar'' and ''Day boarder'' is commonly used, as per the students life at school. User:Robin klein 14:59, 24 May 2005 (UTC) It is sorry that the term "Total institution" sounds sinister. However it is the term used for these institutions by social scientists in social sciences literature, eg: Psychology, sociology, anthropology etc. So it is definitely neutral or NPOV. However, the term Total Institution is not all that sinister it has 14,500 hits on the google User:Robin klein 15:21, 24 May 2005 (UTC) : You say that "Day boy" is common in American English. I'll take your word for that; I'm not qualified to judge. I'm British, went to a British boarding school, and have a number of friends who went to (different) British boarding schools. The terms "Day scholar" and "Day boarder" which you assert are common in British English are unfamiliar to me. "Day scholar" I can see could arise as a legitimate gender-neutral version of "Day boy", but "Day boarder" is contradictory. A day-[boy|pupil|scholar] is the opposite to a boarder. User:PeteVerdon 12:17, 25 May 2005 (UTC) :: At my (British, single-sex) school, the terms were "day boy", "weekly boarder" and "full boarder" (a quarter of a term at a time). I agree that self-explanatory terms should be used wherever possible. But to what extent can "full boarder" be considered self-explanatory? I guess we can suppose it means the maximum level of boarding that the school provides.... -- User:Smjg 16:13, 25 May 2005 (UTC) : Likewise, except that full-boarders were for half a term at a time, as (apart from the Junior school) we did not have exeats. User:PeteVerdon 19:05, 25 May 2005 (UTC) :: ... and at mine, but our half terms were called "exeat"s. Double the confusion, double the fun. :: User:Jdforrester User_talk:Jdforrester 20:09, 25 May 2005 (UTC)
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A boarding school is a self-contained educational total institution where students not only study but where some or all students may live. Boarding school involves the combination of the residing of pupils at an institution away from their family and home, and the instruction and endowment of education to students at the same place. ==Boarding school description== ===Main characteristics=== The term ''boarding school'' fundamentally refers to ''classic British boarding schools'', and most boarding schools around the world are modeled on the classic British boarding school. Boarding schools have specified rooms or allotted areas for different activities that occur throughout the day as defined by the boarding school administrators. These activities have a predefined structure and time set by the institution. These predefined schedules and norms are to be strictly followed, the failure of which could earn punishment. These rooms include the dormitory, where pupils share sleeping quarters, particularly on bunk beds, the refectory, where pupils take meals at fixed schedules, and the study hall, where pupils do their academic work. It also has facilities for bath and washing, and a storehouse for the storage of residents' belongings. Boarding schools also provide a playground for games and activities for the students. The term ''boarding school'' is derived from the usage ''to board in school'', which means to stay or reside in the school. Many Public school (UK) ("private school" in American English) are boarding schools. They involve long-term separation from one's parents and culture, and thus give rise to a phenomenon known as the ''TCK'' or third culture kid. Pupils may be sent to boarding schools between the ages of two and eighteen; they can be sent to any number of specific types of boarding schools, from Nursery school boarding schools (or Kindergarten boarding schools) to senior Preparatory school boarding schools. The amount of time one spends in boarding school also varies considerably, from a brief period of 1 year to more than 12 years in boarding school. ===Types of boarding schools=== Boarding schools are a form of residential school system; however, not all residential schools are "classic" boarding schools. Other forms of residential schools include resident schools for Disability (e.g. for students who are blindness), Learning disability residential schools (e.g. for mentally challenged students), and the Israeli kibbutzim, where children stay and get educated in a commune, but also have everyday contact with their parents at specified hours. Some schools are ''semi-boarding schools'' (part day school and part boarding school). These schools take in some students as ''boarders'' and other students as ''semi-boarders'', who would only attend school hours in the day alongside boarders and then return to their homes. These schools might also admit some students as ''day-boarders''. These pupils would have meals at school along with attending classes, but they live off-campus. There are also ''quasi-boarders'', who stay in boarding school but return to their families at mid-week and at weekends. Semi-boarders and day-boarders (collectively called as ''boarding-day scholars'') have a distinct view of day school system, as compared to most other children who attend complete day schools without any boarding facilities. These students relate to a boarding school life, even though they do not totally reside in school; however, they do not completely become part of the boarding school experience. On the other hand, quasi-boarders have a different view of boarding schools as compared to most usual boarders (full term boarders), who would only go back to their homes either at the end of a term or by the end of an academic year. ===Basic guidelines and essential regulations=== The Department for Education and Skills of the United Kingdom has prescribed guidelines for boarding schools, some of which include regulations for the minimum perimeter (living space) required for each student and other aspects of basic necessities. A minimum floor area for each pupil with regarding to his/her dormitories, cubicles and bedrooms, is prescribed. This is attained by multiplying the number of students sleeping in the dormitory by 4.2 m², and then adding 1.6 m² to the resultant. A distance of minimum 0.9 meters should also be maintained between any two beds in a dormitory, bedrooms and cubicles. In case students are provided with a cubicle, then each student must be provided with a window and a floor area of 5.0 m² at the least. A bedroom for a single student should be at least of floor area of 6.0 m². Boarding schools must provide a total floor area of 2.3 m² living accommodation for every boarder, at the minimum. This should also be incorporated with at least one bathtub or shower for every 10 students. These are some of the few guidelines set by the department amongst many others. It could probably be observed that not all boarding schools around the world meet these minimum basic standards, despite their apparent appeal. ==Boarding schools across societies== In the United States of America, boarding schools for students below the age of 13 are called ''junior boarding schools'', and are not as common and not as encouraged as in the United Kingdom or India. The classic British boarding school became popular during the colonial expansion of the British Empire. It became the preferred system by which to deculturize the natives from the local culture and develop natives that would follow and help the British achieve their imperial goals. It has been observed globally that a significantly larger number of boys are sent to boarding schools than girls and for a longer span of time. Most societies decline to take boarding schools as the preferred option for the upbringing of their children, except in British societies or in its former colonies; in England, India, and former African colony of Great Britain, for example, boarding schools are one of the preferred modes of education. In 1998 there were 772 private-sector boarding schools in England, and 100,000 children attending boarding schools all over the United Kingdom. Switzerland has long been recognized as having one of the world's best education systems. The government developed a strategy to foster private boarding schools for foreign students as a business integral to the country's economy. Their boarding schools offer instruction in several major languages and have a large number of quality facilities organized through the Swiss Federation of Private Schools. ==Emerging perspectives== Modern philosophies of education like constructivism (pedagogical) and new methods of music training for kids including Orff Schulwerk and the Suzuki method make the everyday interaction of the child and parent an integral part of training and education. The European Union-Canada project "Child Welfare Across Borders", an important international venture on child development, considers boarding schools as one form of permanent displacement of the child. This view reflects the new outlook towards education and child growth in the wake of more scientific understanding of the human brain and child cognitive development. Concrete numbers have yet to be tabulated regarding the statistics data for the ratio of the boys that are send to boarding schools to the ratio of girls, the total number of children in a given population in boarding schools by country, the average age across populations when children are send to boarding schools, and the average length of education (in years) for boarding school students. Modern ideas of training and child development stand in stark contrast to the old institution of boarding school. ==Selected bibliography== * Brewin, C.R., Furnham, A. & Howes, M. (1989). Demographic and psychological determinants of homesickness and confiding among students. ''British Journal of Psychology'', 80, 467-477. * Fisher, S., Frazer, N. & Murray, K (1986). Homesickness and health in boarding school children. ''Journal of Environmental Psychology'', 6, 35-47. * Fisher, S. & Hood, B. (1987). The stress of the transition to university: a longitudinal study of psychological disturbance, absent-mindedness and vulnerability to homesickness. ''British Journal of Psychology'', 78, 425-441 * Peter W. Cookson, Jr. and Caroline Hodges Persell, Preparing for Power. ''America's Elite Boarding Schools''. (New York: Basic Books, 1985) * Goffman, Erving (1961) ''Asylums: Essays on the Social Situation of Mental Patients and Other Inmates''. (New York: Doubleday Anchor, 1961); (Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1968) * Thurber A. Christopher (1999) The phenomenology of homesickness in boys, ''Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology''. * Bamford T.W. (1967) ''Rise of the public schools: a study of boys public boarding schools in England and wales from 1837 to the present day''. London : Nelson, 1967. * [http://www.dfes.gov.uk/publications/guidanceonthelaw/10_96/part3.htm Department of Education and Skills of the United Kingdom, Boarding School guidelines] * [http://www.boardingschoolreview.com Statistics and information on U.S. boarding schools] ==List of some boarding schools== Some of the world's best known boarding schools offering a curriculum in English and other languages are: * Australia ** St. Joseph's College, Hunters Hill Sydney ** Hale School Western Australia * Austria ** The American International School Salzburg (?) * Canada ** Bishop's College School ** Upper Canada College ** Bishop Strachan School * Indonesia ** Pelita Harapan * Singapore ** Raffles Institution ** Anglo Chinese School * Switzerland ** The American School In Switzerland (TASIS) Lugano ** Institut Alpin Videmanette ** Institute Le Rosey ** Leysin American School *New Zealand **The Auckland Grammar School **Christ's College, Canterbury *Norway **Vestborg * United Kingdom: ** Eton College ** Harrow School ** Repton School ** Stowe, Buckinghamshire ** Westminster School ** Wycombe Abbey ** Wymondham College * United States ** Avon Old Farms School ** Miss Porter's School ** Choate Rosemary Hall ** Groton School ** Episcopal High School ** The Hill School ** The Hockaday School ** Holderness School ** Hotchkiss School ** Kent School ** Lawrence Academy at Groton ** Lawrenceville School ** Massanutten Military Academy ** Oak Ridge Military Academy ** Phillips Academy ** Phillips Exeter Academy ** Pomfret School ** St. Andrew's School ** St. Paul's School (U.S.) ** Tabor Academy ** The Thacher School ** Worcester Academy ** Walnut Hill School ** Middlesex Academy ** Northfield Mount Hermon School ** Concord Academy ** St. Mark's School ** Dana Hall School ** Deerfield Academy ** Hebron Academy ** Villanova Preparatory School ** The Kiski School ** Woodberry Forest School ==Boarding schools in fiction== Boarding schools and their surrounding settings and situations have become almost a genre in (mostly) British literature with its own identifiable conventions. Notable examples include: * Charles Dickens's ''Nicholas Nickleby'' serialised novel (1838) * Thomas Hughes's ''Tom Brown's Schooldays'' novel (1857) * Rudyard Kipling's ''Stalky & Co'' novel (1899) * Frank Richards's ''Billy Bunter'' long-running series (from 1908) * Hugh Walpole's ''Jeremy at Crale'' novel (1927) * James Hilton's ''Goodbye Mr. Chips'' novel (1934) * Enid Blyton's ''Malory Towers'', ''St. Clare's'' and the ''Naughtiest Girl'' series of children's novels * Elinor Brent-Dyer's ''Chalet School'' series of children's novels * Anthony Buckeridge's ''Jennings (novels)'' series of children's stories (from 1950) * Muriel Spark's ''The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie'' novel (1961) * Ronald Searle's, ''Molesworth'' and ''St Trinian's'' series of books (1948 onwards) * J.K. Rowling's ''Harry Potter'' series of novels (1990s onwards) *Pacific Coast Academy in the Nickelodeon (TV channel)'s television series ''Zoey 101'' There is also a huge boarding-school genre literature, mostly uncollected, in British comics and serials from the 1900s to the 1980s. The setting has also featured in notable North American novels such as J.D. Salinger's ''Catcher in the Rye''; John Irving's ''A Prayer for Owen Meany''; and John Knowles's ''A Separate Peace''. ==Boarding schools in films== * ''Madchen in Uniform'' (1931) * ''Goodbye Mr Chips'' (1939) * ''Tom Brown's Schooldays'' (1951) * ''St Trinians'' quartet (1954-66) * ''If.... (movie)'' (1968) * ''Picnic at Hanging Rock'' (1975) * ''Secret Places'' (1984) * ''Sacred Hearts'' (1985) * ''Flirting'' (1991) * ''The Power Of One'' (1992) * ''Harry Potter'' series of films ==See also== *Public school (UK) *Military school School types
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== Different kinds of "boarders" == ''"These schools take in some students as boarders and other students as semi-boarders, who would only attend school hours in the day alongside boarders and then return to their homes."'' In what sense are "semi-boarders" boarders? According to this definition they are day pupils, exactly like in a day school. ''"These schools might also admit some students as day-boarders. These pupils would have meals at school along with attending classes, but they live off-campus."'' Does this mean that there are people who would have three meals a day on school premises, and then go home? I'm not sure what the point of that would be. If you use this term, it suggests that the definition of "boarder" is someone who takes three meals a day at the school - I always assumed it meant someone who resides at the school for some or all of term time. ''"On the other hand, quasi-boarders have a different view of boarding schools as compared to most usual boarders (full term boarders), who would only go back to their homes either at the end of a term or by the end of an academic year."'' As I understand it, this is hopelessly out of date. For the last few decades all schools (at least in Britain) have had half term intervals, and absolutely nobody stays for these. Moreover, there tend to be ''exeats'', which are weekend times at which everyone leaves the campus. When I was there (early-mid 1990s), the only people who "only go back to their homes either at the end of a term or by the end of an academic year" were people from overseas, who had special accommodation arranged for them during exeats and half term. There's also no direct mention of the ''weekly boarder'' (stay for the week and go home at weekends), which is the sort I was - I guess this is a kind of quasi-boarder? -- User:Smjg 12:46, 11 Feb 2005 (UTC) ==Not out of date== This article might seem out of date when selectively compared to some experimental schools and elite prep schools. However this article is valid when taking into account the systems common to boarding schools around the entire world. User:Robin klein 03:41, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC) : I never got the impression that the school I went to was either experimental, elite or prep. Moreover, who here goes/went to a school where people stay for the half term break? How did you pass the time? -- User:Smjg 14:41, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC) : Even if in many countries half term breaks still don't exist, it's misleading considering the extent to which the article appears to have been written from a British viewpoint. We ought to improve on this bit of information a bit.... -- User:Smjg 15:55, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC) ---- I agree that this article seems to have little to do with the, I think fairly typical, boarding school that I attended from 1995-2000. The first two paragraphs under "Boarding School Description" seem to have been written from a very odd viewpoint (why is it so important to list the various rooms, and what school has a "storehouse" for personal belongings?) and the minute cataloguing of different types of boarders is simply incorrect in relation to any school I know. ==A General description of Boarding schools== An encyclopedia article has to cater to diverse readers. For those who have been to boarding schools this article might seem vague or even odd with all the details or the rooms and the various "types of boarders". But if one was to talk to people who have never seen/been to boarding schools, then the basic information they ask are those that might be considered mundane. Like different boarding schools and different systems and functioning, different schedules of going back to ones homes eg: pupils who visit homes every weekend; those on the other hand who return home at the end of a semester or term, etc.... Considering that many people have not been/seen a boarding school, traditional or newer ones, mundane and seemingly redundant information like "storehouse" and "bunk beds" is important detail. While writing an article for an encyclopedia, one has to be general, especially considering an international readership. Writing a general or "universal" article about education systems or the like is an imperfect task, where variations are diverse. And most often the best option is to detail the mundane information, the traditional aspects, and from a general perspective and in this case a very broad perspective across developed and developing countries. User:Robin klein 04:50, 19 May 2005 (UTC) : Alright, can I make a different point and say that to my reading the first few paragraphs of this article take a somewhat negative view of the subject. I'm not arguing facts, but tone. Particularly, :: ...''as defined by the boarding school administrators. These activities have a predefined structure and time set by the institution. These predefined schedules and norms are to be strictly followed, the failure of which could earn punishment.'' : , the suggestion in the following paragraph that boarding schools damage children in some way, and the sinister-sounding "total institution" in the very first sentence. These combine to give a negative, rather than a neutral, view of the subject. : As a separate point, I also agree with smjg that the categorisation of "boarders", "semi-boarders", "quasi-boarders" and "full-term boarders" is confusing, apparently contradictory, and in many cases factually wrong. I would prefer to replace them with the self-explanatory terms (in order of increasing time spent at school) day-pupil¹, weekly boarder, full boarder, while noting that this terminology does not necessarily apply all over the world. : ¹ Noting that the rather more euphonious day-boy is invariably used in single-sex boys' schools. : User:PeteVerdon 11:32, 24 May 2005 (UTC) == Terminology == These terms are not all inaccurate, googling gives this: * ''quasi boarding school'': 11 hits * ''Day boarders'': 689 hits * ''Day scholars'' : 17,800 hits * ''Semi boarding school'': 56 hits * ''Day Pupil: 5040 hits * ''weekly boarder'': 611 hits * ''full boarder'': 264 hits please verify before passing off anything as factually inaccurate. In American english ''Day boy'' is common, however in British english ''Day scholar'' and ''Day boarder'' is commonly used, as per the students life at school. User:Robin klein 14:59, 24 May 2005 (UTC) It is sorry that the term "Total institution" sounds sinister. However it is the term used for these institutions by social scientists in social sciences literature, eg: Psychology, sociology, anthropology etc. So it is definitely neutral or NPOV. However, the term Total Institution is not all that sinister it has 14,500 hits on the google User:Robin klein 15:21, 24 May 2005 (UTC) : You say that "Day boy" is common in American English. I'll take your word for that; I'm not qualified to judge. I'm British, went to a British boarding school, and have a number of friends who went to (different) British boarding schools. The terms "Day scholar" and "Day boarder" which you assert are common in British English are unfamiliar to me. "Day scholar" I can see could arise as a legitimate gender-neutral version of "Day boy", but "Day boarder" is contradictory. A day-[boy|pupil|scholar] is the opposite to a boarder. User:PeteVerdon 12:17, 25 May 2005 (UTC) :: At my (British, single-sex) school, the terms were "day boy", "weekly boarder" and "full boarder" (a quarter of a term at a time). I agree that self-explanatory terms should be used wherever possible. But to what extent can "full boarder" be considered self-explanatory? I guess we can suppose it means the maximum level of boarding that the school provides.... -- User:Smjg 16:13, 25 May 2005 (UTC) : Likewise, except that full-boarders were for half a term at a time, as (apart from the Junior school) we did not have exeats. User:PeteVerdon 19:05, 25 May 2005 (UTC) :: ... and at mine, but our half terms were called "exeat"s. Double the confusion, double the fun. :: User:Jdforrester User_talk:Jdforrester 20:09, 25 May 2005 (UTC)
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