Canterbury School

Welcome
Our Mission
The mission of Canterbury School is to maximize the potential of young people by providing a challenging, enriching, and supportive learning environment in which students build the foundation for a life of purpose, passion, and meaning.

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Admissions
100 Percent Acceptance to College
Commitment to a college preparatory education is integral to Canterbury faculty and to the students who attend school. 100 percent of our seniors graduate and are accepted to college.

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Academics
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Canterbury School strives to provide a college preparatory curriculum that balances a challenging academic program with opportunities for creativity, curiosity and critical thinking to flourish.

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Arts
All Inclusive Arts
From age 2 through Grade 12, Canterbury students have every opportunity to experience the arts in a variety of ways. From vocal and instrumental music to drama and dance to visual art and photography, fine arts courses are an important part of the school curriculum.

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Athletics
Every Student Makes the Team
At Canterbury, every student makes the team. The interscholastic sports program encourages individual participation and achievement by giving every student an opportunity to learn and play sports competitively. This policy of inclusion is at the core of Canterbury athletics.

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Support
A Community of Philanthropy
As an independent school, we design our own programs and curriculum and operate without reliance on local, state or federal taxes. Canterbury School relies on tuition income, Canterbury Fund contributions, endowment income and other fundraising activities to support our thriving college preparatory environment.
Events

House Program

Goals of the House system are to help freshmen and students new to the school feel comfortable in their new surroundings, to promote bonding among the student body as a whole, and to encourage students to support each other by attending school events such as sports, concerts and plays. Each “House” is named after a founding family of Canterbury: Cast, Paflas, Parrott, Randall, Smith, and Spindler. At the beginning of the school year, the High School students are placed into each house and compete for points. Additionally, throughout the year there are house events that can pit house against house. At the end of the year the house with the most points wins the Poesther Cup, named for the seventh founding family.

Points are given for being on the Headmaster and Honor lists, being on athletics teams, going to extracurricular events, participating on the speech team and other academic teams, and random events that are instituted as house activities such as the canned food drive, a gong show, pumpkin carving and snowman building.