Summary: Elite college preparatory boarding school located in Evanston, IL, just north of Chicago. It houses 400-500 students with 30-40 faculty members, plus support staff. Established in 1900, it has served as the premier educational institution of Chicago’s and the Midwest’s elite, preparing them to go on to the nation’s elite universities. It is located near Northwestern University, with many shared faculty and a special post-secondary education program with that institution.
FACILITIES: The campus is composed of five sections. Center campus surrounds an open quad and is surrounded by a perimeter drive that separates it from the other sections.
Center Campus
- Library/Computer center
- Main Classroom building
- Science building
- Arts building
East Campus
- Helios Manor: The ancestral home of the Helios family now serves as the president’s home on campus.
- First floor: Conference facilities and guest services, ballroom, and large group dining room
- Second floor: VIP guest suites
- Third floor: President’s private apartment
- Extensive private gardens
- Hedge maze
- Orchard
- Trails around campus
- Stables and paddock
- Boathouse and Dock
- Chapel
- Garage
North Campus
- Administration building
- Student Services building
- Dining hall
- Small auditorium
- Game room
- Multipurpose rooms
South Campus
- Fieldhouse
- Gymnasium
- Athletics fields
West Campus
- Dorms: 2 co-ed dorms with a male wing and a female wing that face each other over an open grassy commons within a circle drive.
- 2 small bedrooms with shared study/common area
- Communal bathrooms
- Common lounge between male and female floors
- Communal kitchen
- Basement laundry and storage facilities, quiet study lounge
- Faculty apartment in each dorm