Directories

The Seattle area is home to many fine private schools as well as to major companies such as Microsoft, Boeing and Starbucks.

• Annie Wright School, Tacoma
• Auburn Adventist Academy, Auburn
• The Bear Creek School, Redmond & Woodinville
• Bellevue Children's Academy, Bellevue
• Bellevue Montessori School, Bellevue
• Bertschi School, Seattle
• Bishop Blanchet High School, Seattle
• Billings Middle School, Seattle
• Brighton School, Lynnwood
• Brightwater School, Seattle
• The Bush School, Seattle
• Chrysalis School, Woodinville
• The Clearwater School, Seattle
• Concordia Lutheran School, Seattle
• Community Christian Academy, Lacey
• Eastside Catholic School, Sammamish
• Evergreen Academy, Bothell & Woodinville
• Forest Ridge School of the Sacred Heart, Bellevue
• Fremont Community School, Seattle
• The French American Immersion School of Washington, Bellevue
• French American School of Puget Sound, Mercer Island
• Holy Names Academy, Seattle
• Holy Rosary School, Seattle
• Hope Lutheran School
• Jewish Day School of Metropolitan Seattle
• Junior Junction School, Kent
• KapKa Cooperative School, Seattle
• King's Schools, Seattle
• Lakeside School, Seattle
• Life Christian School, Tacoma
• Matheia School, Seattle
• Montessori in Motion, Tacoma
• Northwest Yeshiva High School, Mercer Island
• The Open Window School, Seattle
• Our Lady of Gaudalupe School, Seattle
• The Overlake School, Redmond
• Providence Classical Christian School, Bellevue
• Puget Sound Community School, Seattle
• Saint Catherine School, Seattle
• Saint Alphonsus Parish School, Seattle
• Saint Charles Borromeo, Tacoma
• Saint George's Parish School, Seattle

The historic metropolitan Boston area offers a wide range of academic and cultural activities. Just as impressive is the area's selection of private schools which cater to almost every need.

A fine transportation network and the fact that the Big Dig is finally finished make Boston a wonderful place in which to live and go to school. After graduation, there are thirty-seven colleges and universities to choose from. Head north a few hours and you will find excellent skiing in the winter and a host of recreational activities in the summer. Cape Cod and Martha's Vineyard to the east and south are treasures in their own right. Boston's accommodations and restaurants are decidely world-class. Perhaps one of these fine schools should be on your short list.

• The Advent School, Boston
• Archbishop Williams High School, Braintree
• Arlington Catholic High School, Arlington
• The Atrium School, Watertown
• Beaver Country Day School, Chestnut Hill
• Belmont Day School, Belmont
• Beverly School for the Deaf, Beverly
• Bishop Fenwick High School, Peabody
• Boston College High School, Boston
• Boston University Academy, Boston
• Brimmer and May School, Chestnut Hill
• Brooks School, North Andover
• Buckingham Browne and Nichols School, Cambridge
• Cambridge Friends School, Cambridge
• The Cambridge School of Weston, Weston
• Catholic Memorial High, West Roxbury
• Chapel Hill-Chauncy School, Waltham
• Charles River School, Dover
• The Chestnut Hill School, Chestnut Hill
• Concord Academy, Concord
• Cushing

Litchfield County, Connecticut, is home to a couple of dozen excellent schools catering to just about every need. The setting about 90 miles north of New York City is convenient to one of the largest metropolitan areas in the world. Picturesque vistas, rolling hills, ancient stone walls as well as quaint New England villages and towns dot the county's landscape. Plenty of acceptable restaurants and accommodations can be found for those inevitable parents' weekends and other family occasions.

• Canterbury Schoool, New Milford
• The Glenholme School, Washington
• The Forman School, Litchfield
• The Gilbert School, Winsted
• The Gunnery, Washington Depot
• The Hotchkiss School, Lakeville
• Indian Mountain School, Lakeville
• Kent School, Kent
• Litchfield Montessori School, Northfield
• The Marvelwood School, Kent
• Rumsey Hall, Washington Depot
• Saint Anthony School, Winsted
• Saint John the Evangelist School, Watertown
• Saint Mary Magdalene School, Oakville
• Saint Peter School, Torrington
• Salisbury School, Salisbury
• South Kent School, South Kent
• The Taft School, Watertown
• Washington Montessori School, New Preston
• The Woodhall School, Bethlehem

Do you prefer to peruse a book rather than going online to find private schools? If so, there are some excellent guides to private schools available. While most of the information contained in these guides can be found online, the truth is that most of us do not have the time nor the expertise to do all that research involved. If you are beginning a serious search for private schools for your children, then buy one of these guidebooks. Use it as a reference tool.

Besides the cost factor, the only real disadvantage to this method of researching schools is that the information is frequently out of date.

• Applying to Private Schools in NYC
• The Manhattan Directory of Private Nursery Schools, 6th Ed.
• The Manhattan Family Guide to Private Schools and Selective Public Schools, 5th Ed.
• Private Independent Schools 2007
• The Kindergarten Wars
• The Parent's Guide to Private Schools in Hawaii: Oahu
• The Whitney Guide To Los Angeles Private Schools
• Private K-8 Schools of San Francisco & Marin
• Private High Schools of the San Francisco Bay Area
• Georgia Irvin's Guide to Schools, 2nd Edition: Metropolitan Washington

Some states do not have their own private school associations. Schools band together across state lines forming regional associations. These associations have the same purpose as state and national associations which is promote private schools and to share latest and best practices. Also included are several associations in major metropolitan areas.

• Association of Independent Schools of Greater Washington
• Association of Independent Schools of New England
• Cleveland Council of Independent Schools
• Fairchester Independent Schools
• Independent Schools Association of the Central States
• Independent Schools Association of Northern New England
• Independent Schools Association of the Southwest
• Long Island Association of Private Schools and Day Camps
• Los Angeles Area Schools
• New York Interschool
• Pacific Northwestern Association of Independent Schools
• Southern Association of Independent Schools
• Southwestern Association of Episcopal Schools
• Western Boarding School Association