Frazer School, The

We are a school focused on competitive academics. Though many of our students will make great individual achievements, our focus is on collaboration and teamwork. We want kids to work together to achieve a common goal. We expect kids to learn to work in harmony with those who might be very different from them in many ways. Some of those ways could be race, gender, political party preference, and religion, but we recognize there all types of differences beyond these. Every kid in grades 6-12 is expected to find at least one academic passion and to work with others who share that passion in a group setting to achieve high goals.

We believe grades should be earned and not given so we expect our grades to be lower than most schools where grade inflation has run rampant. We believe the best thing we can do for our kids to improve their mental health is to keep them off screens as much as possible. We have a very strictly enforced policy against any screens on campus during the school day. Our only exception to that is laptops for classes where the teacher requires that, but the laptop can only be used for educational purposes. We believe kids should interact as much as possible physically and not through screens. We try to enter as many competitions as possible that are physically based and not online. These tend to be more expensive because charter bus rentals are required and sometimes hotel fees. We feel it is worth it.