Bath United States of America
Hyde School

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Description

Hyde has grown from one small school of 16 boys to a private coed boarding school in Bath, Maine, enrolling over 170 students. Hyde opened a second boarding campus in Woodstock, CT that was open from 1997-2017, when it consolidated with the Bath campus, and enrolled on average 190 students. A beautiful 600-acre wilderness campus, Lennox Lodge, in the pristine Bigelow Mountains on Flagstaff Lake in Eustis, Maine opened in 1998. There are two public Hyde Leadership schools in Orlando, FL and Lantham, MD that teach using the Hyde educational philosophy. And finally, keeping to the mission to change American education and serve students and parents from all backgrounds, Hyde has opened public charter schools in inner city New Haven, CT, Washington, DC, Oakland, CA and New York, NY.

  • Day school tuition N/A - $28500 USD
  • Grades for day school 9th Grade/Year 10 -
    Post Graduate
  • Year founded 1966
  • Boarding school tuition N/A - $56000 USD
  • Grades for boarding school 9th Grade/Year 10 -
    Post Graduate
  • Curricula Host Country's National
  • Type Co-ed

Accreditations

New England Association of Schools and Colleges, Inc.; National Association of Independent Schools; Maine Association of Independent Schools; Independent School Association of Northern New England.


Admissions Information

Admissions Process

• Complete the TABS Common Application. • Send in the following additional required documents to your preferred campus: • Transcripts, translated from the past three years • Three letters of recommendation (can use recommendation forms supplied with application) • Copy of passport biography page • Financial certification (international proof of funds form) • Certificate of deposit from bank • TOEFL / TOEFL Junior / iTEP Slate • $100 application fee


Entry Requirements

• Application form • Recommendations • Interview


Applicant Evaluations

SSAT (optional). International applicants: TOEFL, TOEFL Junior, or iTEP Slate.

  • First application deadline Rolling
  • Second application deadline Rolling
  • Application fee (domestic) $100 USD
  • Application fee (international) $100 USD

Academics

  • Assigns homework Yes
  • Use of technology in the classroom Yes
  • Language of instruction English
  • ELL support Yes
  • Native English teachers Yes
  • Languages taught Mandarin, Spanish
  • Examinations available Advanced Placement - AP

Courses

www.hyde.edu/academics/overview/course-catalog/


Use of technology in the classroom

www.hyde.edu/blog/hyde_school_blog/hyde-goes-all-in-on-steam/


Learning Support

Building on Hyde's unwavering commitment to helping students realize their unique potential in all areas, Hyde's Academic Support Program emphasizes student ownership of the learning process. The program combines the most current knowledge of strategies for students with specific learning challenges with Hyde's focus on developing independent learners and thinkers. This combined approach helps students to build both academic confidence and competence, important strengths for college and beyond.

School Life

  • Bus service No
  • Sports teams available Yes
  • School start time 08:00
  • School end time 15:15
  • Most common nationality US
  • Uniform required No
  • Average class size 12

Schools Facilities

Hyde is located on the original Hyde family estate of shipbuilder John S. Hyde on 145 beautiful acres in Bath, Maine. Facilities include: the historic Hyde Mansion and Chase Academic Wing, home to classrooms, offices, and the library the Carriage house, home to classrooms and offices an all-inclusive Athletic and Student Life center, "The Joe" a Dining Hall and Theatre an Art Barn a Health Center a Spiritual Center a Family Renewal Center with 20 cozy hotel-like rooms, 4 conference rooms, a Great Room, and kitchen the Merritt House, providing overnight accommodations and space for functions The campus features a ropes course with zip line, state-of-the-art music recording studio donated by Michael McDonald of the Doobie Brothers and Steely Dan, an indoor climbing wall, cross country ski trails, two athletic fields, a football field and track and practice field, and two ponds.


Sports Teams

Basketball, Cross Country, Dance, Football, Lacrosse, Soccer, Swimming, Tennis, Track and Field, Winter Track, Wrestling


Religion at School

A spiritual center is available to students.


University Relations

  • University counseling Yes
  • Percent that pursue university 100