Top 10 Reasons to Recommend Miss Hall’s
One of the first girls’ boarding schools in Massachusetts, Miss Hall’s is recognized internationally for its leadership-centered curriculum and inclusive community
Welcome to Miss Hall’s School!
Here, girls learn and live alongside friends from around the world, hold leadership positions, develop autonomy, and are immersed in an academic environment that is invigorating, supportive, and fun.
Miss Hall’s looks different every year because the students are different every year. Our girls have the opportunity to energize around their ideas and projects. Throughout our 124-year history, each student has changed the School while they are here.
10 reasons to recommend Miss Hall’s:
10. GIRLS ARE EVERYTHING HERE
We hold all the leadership roles, ask all the questions, solve all the problems, play all the positions, sing all the parts. We are excited to run the show.
9. EACH STUDENT CREATES THEIR OWN PATH
Guided by an Academic Counselor starting in 9th grade, each student builds a strong foundation, selects electives, and personalizes her learning with highest-level Hallmark courses that develop 21st century skills: collaboration, critical and analytical thinking, and cross-cultural competency.
8. WE MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD
Skills, confidence, vision. A commitment to the common good. This describes Ubah Ali ’16 — a social activist from Somaliland and listed by the BBC as one of the world’s 100 most influential women — and all Miss Hall’s graduates.
Our students are bold and creative global citizens, practicing the change they want to see in the world.
7. OUTSTANDING TEACHERS
Care for the intellectual, physical, and mental wellness of each student is provided by dedicated, best-in-their-field faculty who challenge, nurture, and inspire students to discover their passions and excel.
6. 150 LEADERSHIP POSITIONS, 100 PROFESSIONAL INTERNSHIPS
Our signature Horizons program is interdisciplinary, experiential, and woven into the fabric of our school. Every student participates each week in programming that includes community learning and internships at more than 75 professional offices, businesses, nonprofits, and arts organizations in the Berkshires.
5. SKILLS FOR SUCCESS
Most boarding schools have a goal of inclusivity, but their academic support often comes with extra costs — as much as $12,000, plus fees for evaluations. The Leonhardt Academic Skills Center at Miss Hall’s provides assistance with executive function and study skills, as well as subject-specific support, fee-free to all students.
Our program benefits everybody, because everybody can benefit from thinking about who they are as learners, how they learn, and what works for them.
4. EXPRESSIVE ARTS
Encouraging "bold and creative" students is part of the Miss Hall’s mission.
From theater, vocal, and instrumental ensembles to multi-level courses in painting, photography, and ceramics, to Garment and Textile Design and Gallery and Arts Administration, visual and performing arts are great strengths.
3. ACCESS TO THE BEST COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES
Our graduates attend some of the finest colleges around the globe. Members of the Class of 2022 are headed to Harvard, Princeton, Penn, NYU, Emory, RISD, Dickinson, UVM and more! They move forward having developed and practiced the competencies they need to thrive.
2. THE MISS HALL’S MAGIC
What’s the Miss Hall’s Magic? See for yourself.
1. 180 STUDENTS from 24 COUNTRIES
At Miss Hall’s, all girls — from 24 countries around the globe — are known, cared for, and honored for who they are. Our brilliantly diverse student body self-identifies as:
From the U.S.: 60%
International: 40%
White: 38%
Asian: 32%
Black: 13%
Hispanic/Latino/a/x: 9%
Bi/Multiracial: 7%
Other: 2%
We lift all voices.
If you are looking for an inclusive and personalized learning environment; if you know students who are ready to change the world, think Miss Hall’s.
Learning and Living at MHS
A place of action, collaboration, and adaptation, where life-changing experiences are tailored to the needs of each student and the demands of our world.