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Portsmouth Abbey School

Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA
Co-Ed, Roman Catholic

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Portsmouth Abbey School is a Catholic, co-educational boarding and day school for students in grades 9 through 12. The school is located on a beautiful 525-acre campus along Narragansett Bay, just a few miles from Newport, RI. For over 90 years, the Abbey`s liberal arts curriculum has prepared students for lives of significance and purpose. This education is grounded in the Western intellectual tradition and teaches students to solve problems, communicate ideas, work together, and innovate.

The aim of Portsmouth Abbey School is to help young men and women grow in knowledge and grace. Grounded in the Catholic faith and 1500-year-old Benedictine intellectual tradition, the School fosters:
- Reverence...for God and the human person
- Respect...for learning and order
- Responsibility...for the shared experience of community life

Part of our mission is to live in a community that values each of its members, and our similarities and differences. This mission enables our students to better understand themselves and the world around them. Our students thrive in this environment and take full advantage of the spiritual, athletic, artistic, and service opportunities that exist on our campus and beyond. Our sense of community is strong, vibrant, and easy to feel, although sometimes challenging to put into words.

We celebrate our achievements, and we offer help to those in need in an effort to make this a more gracious community. We invite you to learn more about Portsmouth Abbey School in the following pages and our website, but most importantly please come and see it for yourself.

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285 Cory's Lane
Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA 02871

(401) 643-1248

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Director of Admissions: Steven Pietraszek
Admissions Phone:(401) 643-1248Fax:401-643-1355
Email: [email protected] Website:
www.portsmouthabbey.org


  • Application Deadline: January 31
  • Application Fee: $50
  • International Application Fee: $110
  • Accepts SSAT Standard Application Online (SAO): Yes
  • Accepts Gateway to Prep Schools Application: No
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  • Founded: 1926
  • Campus Size: 525 acres
  • Grades Offered: 9th-12th
  • Accredited by: NEASC
Student Body
Boarding
Grades 9th-12th
Day
Grades 9th-12th
Total
Girls     101 53 154
Boys     125 49 174
Total     226 102 328

Tuition and Financial Aid
  • 7-Day Boarding: $65,570
  • 5-Day Boarding: N/A
  • Day Tuition Fee: $41,000
  • Payment Plans: Offered
  • Need-Based Aid: Offered
  • Students Receiving Aid: 40.00%
  • Average Awarded: $38,000
School Finances
  • Merit Scholarships: Not Offered
  • Students Receiving Merit Scholarships: 0.00%
  • Average Merit Scholarship: $0
  • Current Endowment: $47,000,000
  • Per Student Endowment: $143,293
 

Summary: At Portsmouth Abbey, you enter a new landscape full of new ideas, new people, new relationships, and revelations. Imagine these next four years. What do you see? In what direction do you want to grow? Your high school years reveal so much about your future self, the adult you are becoming. And the place in which you spend those years imbues you with certain enduring qualities. Students undergo a definite transformation during their time at Portsmouth Abbey. And it's a transformation they never forget.

Department Director: Nick Micheletti

Average Class Size: 13

Full Time Teachers: 50

Teachers Holding Advanced Degrees: 80.00%

Student/Teacher Ratio: 7/1

Summer Programs Offered: Offered

Academic Schedule: Trimester

Saturday Classes: Most or All

Number of Advanced Placement Courses Offered: 16

Advanced/Enrichment Programs
  • AP Courses
Support Programs
  • College Counseling
  • Evening Study Assistance
  • Peer Tutoring
  • Study Skills Assistance
  • Technology Center
English:
  • Creative Writing
  • Literature
History:
  • European History
  • Medieval History
  • United States History
Foreign Languages:
  • Chinese-Mandarin
  • French
  • Spanish
  • Greek
  • Latin
Religion/Philosophy:
  • Theology
  • Faith and Church; Faith and Life
Humanities/Social Sciences:
  • Economics
  • Humanities
Sciences:
  • Biology
  • Chemistry
  • Environmental Science
  • Marine Biology
  • Physics
  • Green Chemistry
Math:
  • Algebra
  • Calculus
  • Honors Math
  • Geometry
  • Statistics
Computer Studies:
  • Computer Science
Music:
  • Music Theory
  • Orchestra
Performing/Visual Arts:
  • Art
  • Art History
  • Ceramics
  • Dance
  • Debate
  • Photography
  • Public Speaking
  • Drama Workshop
Special Programs:
  • Community Service
  • Independent Study
AP Courses Available:
  • Art History
  • Biology
  • Calculus AB
  • Calculus BC
  • Chemistry
  • Computer Science A
  • Computer Science AB
  • English Literature
  • European History
  • French Language
  • Latin: Vergil
  • Music Theory
  • Physics C
  • Spanish Language
  • Spanish Literature
  • Statistics
  • US History
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Summary: If you are a student and want your high school experience to be the best imaginable, the Abbey can make your high school years fun, challenging, and meaningful.

Department Director: Paula Walter

Dorm Life

Number of Dorms: 8

Average Students Per Dorm: 28

No. of Girls Dorms: 4

No. of Boys Dorms: 4

Dorm Amenities:

  • Laundry Facilities
  • Lounge
  • Wireless Internet
  • Vending Machines
  • Television in each Common Room

Dress Code: Formal

Student Life

Facilities

  • All-weather track
  • Baseball field(s)
  • Basketball court(s)
  • Fitness Center
  • Technology Center
  • Football field
  • Indoor basketball court(s)
  • Squash Center
  • Turf Field

Clubs and Organizations

  • Amnesty International
  • Asian Club
  • Community Service
  • Debate Club
  • Diversity Club
  • Dorm Proctors
  • Drama Club
  • Environmental Club
  • Foreign Language Clubs
  • Gardening
  • Habitat for Humanity
  • Honor Council
  • Horseback Riding
  • International Clubs
  • Literary Magazine
  • Math Club
  • Mock Trial
  • Model UN
  • National Honor Society
  • Newspaper
  • Peer Tutoring
  • Photography
  • Quiz Bowl
  • Sailing Club
  • Student Activities
  • Student Government
  • Student Publications
  • Student Radio Station
  • SADD
  • Theater
  • Yearbook
  • Young Democrats
  • Young Republicans
  • Radio Station
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Summary: For Portsmouth Abbey School student-athletes, the rewards of athletics participation are immediate and enduring. Our co-curricular athletics program provides a balance to the academic and spiritual life on campus and helps to promote a sense of community.

Students who want to pursue the arts at Portsmouth Abbey have every opportunity to do so. Anchored by a lively drama department and the stunning, sun-lit McGuire Fine Arts Center, Abbey arts uphold the Benedictine tradition of valuing and sharing beauty. Whether you are a singer, an actor, a dancer, a photographer, or a sculptor, you can find your niche at the Abbey and develop your emerging talents over your years here.

Arts Department Director: Jay Bragan

Athletics Department Director: Al Brown

Arts
  • A Cappella Group
  • Art Club
  • Chamber Choir
  • Chamber Ensemble
  • Chamber Orchestra
  • Choral Music
  • Dance
  • Drama Club
  • Rock Band
  • String Ensemble
  • Tech Crew
  • Theater
Interscholastic Sports
  • Baseball
  • Basketball
  • Cross-Country Running
  • Field Hockey
  • Football
  • Golf
  • Ice Hockey
  • Lacrosse
  • Sailing
  • Soccer
  • Softball
  • Squash
  • Tennis
  • Track and Field
  • Volleyball
  • Wrestling
Recreational Sports
  • Dance
  • Equestrian
  • Weight Lifting
 

Summary: It is the mission of the College Counseling Office at Portsmouth Abbey to guide and support students and their families through the college search and application process. We endeavor to work with students as individuals, to understand who they are beyond the classroom and to help them find a college that will provide a challenging and comfortable environment for them on all levels. True to the Catholic Benedictine tradition of Portsmouth, we treasure the spiritual and intellectual diversity and individualism of our students and understand that their lives will take them in many directions.

Department Director: Corie McDermott-Fazzino

College Information

Percentage of Graduates Who Attend College: 100.00%

Colleges attended in the past 5 years by our graduates:

American University 4 graduates
Boston College 15 graduates
Brown University 4 graduates
Carnegie Mellon University 2 graduates
College of the Holy Cross 5 graduates
Cornell University 2 graduates
Duke University 1 graduates
Emory University 4 graduates
Fordham University 5 graduates
Georgetown University 11 graduates
Johns Hopkins University 6 graduates
Middlebury College 2 graduates
New York Univsersity 6 graduates
Northeastern University 5 graduates
Northwestern University 4 graduates
Princeton University 1 graduates
Stanford University 1 graduates
Tufts University 2 graduates
United States Military Academy - Army 1 graduates
United States Naval Academy 5 graduates
University of Chicago 4 graduates
University of Michigan 2 graduates
University of Notre Dame 5 graduates
University of Pennsylvania 4 graduates
University of Virginia 3 graduates
Wake Forest University 6 graduates
Washington and Lee University 1 graduates
Williams College 2 graduates
Yale University 1 graduates

Middle Percentile of SAT Scores

25th percentile 75th percentile
Critical Reading 630 720
Mathematics 630 730
Writing 0 0

Notable Alumni

Christopher Buckley (Class of 1970) American political satirist, son of William F. Buckley Jr.. Graduated Yale, Skull and Bones member. Once managing editor of Esquire magazine, later chief speechwriter to Vice President George H. W. Bush. Author of Thank You for Smoking (Fox Searchlight Pictures, 2006), The White House Mess, and Florence of Arabia.

Terrence F. McGuirk (Class of 1969) Former Vice Chairman of Turner Broadcasting; longtime right hand man of Ted Turner; Currently managing remaining sports teams owned by Time Warner – including Atlanta Braves.

John Pepper (Class of 1956) Former Chairman, CEO and President Proctor & Gamble Corp.; Currently Vice president for Administration & Finance at Yale University

John Gregory Dunne (Class of 1950) Novelist, screenwriter, and literary critic. Husband of Joan Didion, younger brother of Dominick Dunne

Peter M. Flanigan (Class of 1941) former Chief Domestics Policy advisor to President Nixon

Benedict Fitzgerald (Class of 1967) American screenwriter. Son of Latin and Greek translator Robert Fitzgerald. Co-wrote the Aramaic, Hebrew, and Latin screenplay for The Passion of the Christ (2004) with Mel Gibson. Also Truman Capote's In Cold Blood (1996) and Flannery O'Connor's Wise Blood (1979).

E. J. Dionne (Class of 1969) author, political commentator, Washington Post columnist, Fellow at the Brookings Institute

Hugh Tovar (Class of 1941) Director of Special Ops for the CIA during the Vietnam War

Charlie Day (Class of 1994) Actor, known for the role of Charlie Kelly on FX's network It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, for which he is also a writer and executive producer.

Robert Merrick (Class of 1989) Silver medalist in sailing at the 2000 Olympics


 

Summary: The Portsmouth Abbey Summer Program will provide your child with a month full of fun experiences, new friends, and academic skills, all while living on our beautiful campus on the shores of Narragansett Bay in Rhode Island.

Beyond traditional courses that emphasize reading, writing and public speaking, students may participate in hands-on enrichment activities including Environmental and Marine Sciences and Landscape Painting. Whether in seminars, exploring marine environments, or trying new painting techniques, students will explore subjects with instructors who are passionate about what they do and who will share that enthusiasm with your child.

Sail a boat in Newport...visit Rhode Island's world-class beaches...walk the historic Freedom Trail in Boston...meet students from around the world...feast on a real New England clambake in Martha's Vineyard...and ride the roller coaster at Six Flags...all while discovering the joy of learning in the classroom and through enrichment activities.

At the Abbey's Summer Program, learning has never been so much fun!

Department Director: Cat Caplin

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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