Secondary School Counseling
The experienced team in Cardigan’s Secondary School Counseling Office guides ninth graders and their families through the process of finding the right-fit school.
The process begins in the spring of eighth grade with intentional programming and a secondary school fair. Working with students, families, teachers, advisors, coaches, and dorm parents, counselors compile a list of target schools for each student in June. This list is shared with families during the summer before the student’s ninth-grade year. During the fall, more than 80 secondary school representatives visit Cardigan to meet and talk with interested students.
Matriculation History
Over the past five years, Cardigan graduates have most commonly attended these secondary schools.
Class of 2023 Matriculation
Members of Cardigan’s Class of 2023 will attend 36 different secondary schools in the United States and Canada.
St. Andrews School (DE) (2)
Austin Preparatory School (MA)
Avon Old Farms (CT)
Berkshire School (MA) (2)
Blair Academy (NJ) (3)
Brooks School (MA) (2)
Carolina Day School (NC)
Choate Rosemary Hall (CT)
Deerfield Academy (MA) (4)
Dublin School (NH)
Episcopal High School (VA) (2)
Gould Academy (ME)
The Governor’s Academy (MA)
The Hill School (PA)
Holderness School (NH) (2)
The Hotchkiss School (CT) (3)
Kent School (CT) (3)
Kimball Union Academy (NH)
The Loomis Chaffee School (CT) (2)
St. Mark’s School (MA) (6)
Middlesex School (MA) (3)
Milton Academy (MA)
Northfield Mount Hermon School (MA)
New Hampton School (NH) (2)
St. Paul’s School (NH) (2)
The Peddie School (NJ)
The Pennington School (NJ)
Phillips Academy Andover (MA) (3)
Phillips Exeter Academy (NH)
Pomfret School (CT)
Proctor Academy (NH) (3)
Stevenson School (CA)
Suffield Academy (CT) (2)
The Taft School (CT) (4)
The Thacher School (CA)
Westminster School (CT) (2)
Working with Cardigan’s secondary school counseling team was pragmatic, structured, and motivating! We always kept in mind that the secondary environment must be a fit for our son and a place where he continues to strengthen cognitive and social growth and stability, not just academics. Because of our active relationship with our counselor, who helped us refine our overall strategy and engaged in realistic and transparent discussions, Carter ’22 found his next adventure at The Hotchkiss School.
George Davis P’22
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