Perkiomen School

Summary: Perkiomen School’s history of providing an exceptional boarding school experience is long and proud. Our commitment to boarding students remains strong and the majority of students reside on campus. Day students actively participate in evening study groups and weekend social activities. Students reside in five dormitories. Boys are housed in Kriebel Hall and Schulz Hall. Girls live in Duyckinck Hall, Fritz Cottage, Christman House and Ruhl Hall. All dormitory rooms are doubles. Faculty members live in and supervise the dormitories. All members of the school community dine in Parents Hall, which has a large open dining room. Breakfast, lunch, and weekend meals are buffet style and offer lots of choices. Weeknight dinner is family style Monday and Thursday with tables headed by a faculty member. This meal offers two entrée choices, one of which is vegetarian. Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday dinner are buffet style. Sodexho, the world’s largest dining provider, operates the food service. The students and staff rate our food service with superior marks.

On-campus life is highlighted by theater, fine arts, and musical performances, as well as athletic events, Student Senate social activities (movies and dances), and multicultural club activities. Home basketball games pack the gym with students cheering for Perk and the annual student talent show and faculty variety show highlight community talents. Students travel off campus every weekend both locally and regionally (Philadelphia, New York City, Baltimore, Washington D.C.) for trips to the movies, malls, restaurants, museums, and sight-seeing.

Summary: Perkiomen offers its student the support of an outstanding college counseling program.
The defining strength of this program is the truly exceptional degree of personal
attention the school’s counselors are able to provide to each student. As one of our
counselors says, “Our graduating classes total just 70 or 80 students, and we know and
work closely with every single one of them.”
The college counseling process begins early—as students start their upper school
careers. Later, as they prepare for the SAT or ACT, students can take advantage of
excellent on-site test preparation services. They also benefit from Naviance®,
a state-of-the-art software system that helps organize the college application process.
In addition, they can meet with representatives of 100 selective colleges and
universities that visit campus each year, thanks to the careful relationship-building
work of the Perkiomen college counseling staff.
The result of this process is an impressive list of college destinations—a list that reflects
a determined effort to help each graduate find a school that represents a true fit for his
or her unique strengths and aspirations.

Summary: At Perk, our idea of a summer program goes beyond the expected. It’s a group
of student actors and visiting professionals staging a full-scale musical in one
week. It’s international students learning English as they also learn to build
rockets and discover American culture. It’s kids going through the college
search process with world-class counselors—all as a warm-up, before the real
action of senior year begins. It’s trips to baseball games and historic sites,
college campuses, and the Jersey shore.
At Perk you will find a wide range of choices for your summer, an opportunity
for everyone. All of them give you the chance to have fun and make friends—
and also to do something more: to grow as a person, hone a skill, explore an
interest you’ve never explored before.
Next fall, when friends ask you what you did for the summer, have a great
answer ready: “I put on an amazing play.” “I built my strength and speed for
a new season of sports.” “I sharpened my learning skills for a new year of
school.” “And—I had a blast.”

Department Director: Tim Gaiser

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