The Grier School
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Grier School For Girls is an all-girls boarding school
founded in 1853 in Tyrone, Pennsylvania near Penn State University. Its school symbol is a green and white shield with a pine tree. The school is located in the heart of the Appalachian Mountains
map and currently enrolls students in grades 7 to 12. Currently, the school enrolls 263 students from 22 states and 11 foreign countries. The annual tuition is $46,800. The school motto is Mens Sano In Corpore Sano, meaning "Sound Mind in a Sound Body".
The Grier School is also host to Grier Summer Camps during the summer months, in which a number of boarders also attend. The summer camps attract students who enjoy horseback riding, dance, creative arts and theater.
, soccer, dance
, fencing
and tennis
teams. Non-varsity sports include alpine skiing
, yoga
, body sculpting, Pilates
, badminton
and table tennis
.
and Carson Long Military Institute
.
Boarding school
A boarding school is a school where some or all pupils study and live during the school year with their fellow students and possibly teachers and/or administrators. The word 'boarding' is used in the sense of "bed and board," i.e., lodging and meals...
founded in 1853 in Tyrone, Pennsylvania near Penn State University. Its school symbol is a green and white shield with a pine tree. The school is located in the heart of the Appalachian Mountains
Appalachian Mountains
The Appalachian Mountains #Whether the stressed vowel is or ,#Whether the "ch" is pronounced as a fricative or an affricate , and#Whether the final vowel is the monophthong or the diphthong .), often called the Appalachians, are a system of mountains in eastern North America. The Appalachians...
map and currently enrolls students in grades 7 to 12. Currently, the school enrolls 263 students from 22 states and 11 foreign countries. The annual tuition is $46,800. The school motto is Mens Sano In Corpore Sano, meaning "Sound Mind in a Sound Body".
The Grier School is also host to Grier Summer Camps during the summer months, in which a number of boarders also attend. The summer camps attract students who enjoy horseback riding, dance, creative arts and theater.
Sports
Students are required to participate in seasonal sports and a wide variety are offered each term. Grier has an equestrian team as well as volleyballVolleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
, soccer, dance
Dance
Dance is an art form that generally refers to movement of the body, usually rhythmic and to music, used as a form of expression, social interaction or presented in a spiritual or performance setting....
, fencing
Fencing
Fencing, which is also known as modern fencing to distinguish it from historical fencing, is a family of combat sports using bladed weapons.Fencing is one of four sports which have been featured at every one of the modern Olympic Games...
and tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
teams. Non-varsity sports include alpine skiing
Alpine skiing
Alpine skiing is the sport of sliding down snow-covered hills on skis with fixed-heel bindings. Alpine skiing can be contrasted with skiing using free-heel bindings: Ski mountaineering and nordic skiing – such as cross-country; ski jumping; and Telemark. In competitive alpine skiing races four...
, yoga
Yoga
Yoga is a physical, mental, and spiritual discipline, originating in ancient India. The goal of yoga, or of the person practicing yoga, is the attainment of a state of perfect spiritual insight and tranquility while meditating on Supersoul...
, body sculpting, Pilates
Pilates
Pilates is a physical fitness system developed in the early 20th century by Joseph Pilates in Germany, the UK and the USA. As of 2005, there were 11 million people practicing the discipline regularly and 14,000 instructors in the United States....
, badminton
Badminton
Badminton is a racquet sport played by either two opposing players or two opposing pairs , who take positions on opposite halves of a rectangular court that is divided by a net. Players score points by striking a shuttlecock with their racquet so that it passes over the net and lands in their...
and table tennis
Table tennis
Table tennis, also known as ping-pong, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight, hollow ball back and forth using table tennis rackets. The game takes place on a hard table divided by a net...
.
International
Grier School hosts international students coming from more than 14 different countries each year.Co-ed Activities
Grier girls and Kiski boys enjoy a dance together at the prom. Other schools that organize dances with Grier are Grand River AcademyGrand River Academy
Grand River Academy, formerly known as the Ashtabula County Institute of Science and Industry and then the Grand River Institute, is a private, nonsectarian, boarding high school for boys located in Austinburg, Ohio...
and Carson Long Military Institute
Carson Long Military Institute
Carson Long Military Academy, located in New Bloomfield, Pennsylvania, is the oldest boarding school in the United States that has military training. It features grades 6-12 with a maximum capacity of 180 cadets.-School history:...
.
Memberships
The Grier School is a member of the following organizations:- The Association of Boarding Schools
- Middle States Association of Colleges and SchoolsMiddle States Association of Colleges and SchoolsThe Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools is a voluntary, peer-based, non-profit association dedicated to educational excellence and improvement through peer evaluation and accreditation...
- National Association of Independent SchoolsNational Association of Independent SchoolsThe National Association of Independent Schools is a U.S.-based membership organization for private, nonprofit, K-12 schools. Founded in 1963, NAIS represents independent schools and associations in the United States, including day, boarding, and day/boarding schools; elementary and secondary...
- National Coalition of Girls' SchoolsNational Coalition of Girls' SchoolsNational Coalition of Girls' Schools is an association of independent and public, day and boarding schools in U.S. which advocates for single-sex schools for girls....
- Pennsylvania Association of Independent Schools
- Pennsylvania Department of EducationPennsylvania Department of EducationThe Pennsylvania Department of Education is the executive department of the state charged with K-12 and adult educational budgeting, management and guidelines. As the state education agency, its activities are directed by Pennsylvania's Secretary of Education, Gerald L. Zahorchak...
- Secondary School Admission Test BoardSecondary School Admission Test BoardThe Secondary School Admission Test Board is a nonprofit organization founded in the United States in 1957 by independent school admissions officers with three goals in mind: to provide a forum for exchange and support among admission professionals, to create an admission test for use by private...
- Six Middle Atlantic Boarding Schools