Berkshire School

Berkshire Co-ed Boarding School Information:

All independent college preparatory schools should offer an outstanding core experience: a first-rate academic program, distinctive opportunities in the arts, and excellent athletics. Berkshire is no exception; it provides an exceptional college preparatory curriculum with advanced courses and AP offerings in all disciplines. It is what happens at the periphery of this exceptional core that sets a school apart.

Berkshire’s motto Pro Vita Non Pro Schola Discimus, “Learning not just for school but for life,” is as well suited to guide a learning institution in the 21st century as it was over 100 years ago when Berkshire was founded by Seaver Buck as a school for just seven boys. The motto underscores the timeless values that Berkshire has embraced for over a century: to help students become independent thinkers, to help them make value judgments, to encourage them to take risks and to respect each other. These are qualities critical to a high school education and essential in life. Above all Berkshire strives to prepare students for college and the complex world they will enter as adults.


School Mission:

The mission of Berkshire School is to provide young men and women with the intellectual and moral foundations and the leadership skills that will enable them to flourish as members of a family and a community as they confront the challenges of college and beyond.