Northfield Mount Hermon School

Northfield Mount Hermon Co-ed Boarding School Information:

Northfield Mount Hermon School (NMH) offers a unique educational program, diverse and talented people, a values-oriented experience, and extensive resources. Focus, individual attention, values, and opportunity are at the core of the program because the school believes these are the elements that allow students to learn and grow in the most balanced and effective way possible.

Students focus their minds and energy by taking three major courses each semester in extended periods, for a total of six, rigorous college-prep courses per year. These courses are complemented by cocurricular enrichment courses and a special ninth-grade foundation program. Individualized attention is ensured through the Moody system of advising, which matches teachers with advisee groups of about seven students; small class size; a teacher-student ratio of 1:7; a focused college counseling program; and a nurturing residential life program.

Education of the Head, the Hand, and the Heart

Northfield Mount Hermon School prepares its students for college and for life. The school serves young people with good minds and high aims, from all cultures, races, and means. In all areas of life at the school, the faculty sets high standards and holds students accountable, leading them to aspirations and achievements that exceed their previous expectations and accomplishments. Here students find individual care and support in a community that promotes academic excellence.

Northfield Mount Hermon educates the Head, the Hand, and the Heart. Its curriculum is broad, deep, and inclusive, and challenges students to know and value the life of the mind. All students participate equally in the daily work of the school so that they may cultivate a respect for the dignity of labor and service to the community, both within and beyond the school. Northfield Mount Hermon values spiritual life and growth, and encourages in each student the desire to live with purpose and to make a difference in the world.