Admissions+Brochure

The purpose of Girls Prepped is embedded in its motto: //Prepared for College//. //Prepared for Life.// A comprehensive, co-curricular program, Girls Prepped prepares a girl for a balanced life by promoting self-awareness, self-confidence, independence and active global citizenship. As we began to apply these goals, we recognized that the students we teach, regardless their age, have three basic questions to which they must respond: “What should we know about ourselves?” “What should we know about each other?” “What should we know about our world?” To this end, the program is centered around two primary objectives: The 4 categories that we believe to be the most critical for our girls to lead a balanced life are Wellness, Relationships, Safety, and Life Skills. A conscious effort to determine and record the scope and sequencing of these goals and objectives has resulted in a program that spans all grades. Aspects of this program are evident in the classroom, throughout the campus, within our extracurricular offerings, and during our appointed Girls Prepped time. Girls Prepped touches all GPS girls across the curriculum and outside it. The faculty designs in every subject area lessons and units that help meet the primary objectives of the program. Still, the comprehensive nature of these objectives demands that all of school life be infused with opportunities to meet them. To that end, we have created a broad range of co-curricular and extra-curricular options through which //every// student will have the chance to experience the critical aspects of this initiative. Each year’s program is designed around a theme consisting of a pair of concepts that are complementary in some way. For example, the sixth grade Girls Prepped curriculum focuses on **Explorer/Citizen**. Students come to understand the meaning and importance of good citizenship in the classroom, in the community, and in the nation --- but they also come to realize how critical it is to step //outside// their zone of comfort to explore foreign places and ideas. At the other end of the spectrum, the senior class explores aspects that will prepare them to live independently at college as they concentrate on the concept pairing of **Freedom/Responsibility**.
 * GIRLS PREPPED **
 * To promote in our students greater self-awareness and self-confidence and
 * To graduate students who are less provincial and who have a greater global perspective
 * Girls Prepped: Middle School ( **//__ need a sentence about each one __//** ) **
 * Sixth Grade -- Explorer/Citizen **
 * Seventh Grade -- Individual/Community **
 * Eighth Grade -- Changes/Choices **

Below are examples of opportunities that exemplify the spirit of the Girls Prepped initiative.
 * Girls Prepped: Upper School ( **//__ need a sentence about each one __//** ) **
 * Ninth Grade -- Questions/Answers **
 * Tenth Grade -- Passion/Compassion **
 * Eleventh Grade -- Leadership/Service **
 * Twelfth Grade -- Freedom/Responsibility **