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Limited boarding spots are available for the 2026-2027 academic year. Applications for the 2027-2028 academic year are now open. If you’re ready to learn more about North Country School, schedule a call with our Admissions team, submit an inquiry form, or learn more below.

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FAQs About Our Admissions Process

After you submit your inquiry form, you’ll receive a packet of information in the mail that shares more about the North Country School experience. From there, we recommend beginning the application process, a key piece of which includes an interview with a member of our admission team, either during an in-person visit to our Lake Placid campus or via a video call. If you have any further questions throughout the inquiry or application process, don’t hesitate to reach out to us. You can also find more answers to common FAQs here.

Our learning experience is rooted in progressive education and is not your typical independent school setting. Alongside our core academics, our progressive, cross-curricular education model revolves around our signature programs across the arts, outdoors, and our farm and garden. This is a student-driven model—one in which students gain a variety of experiences through a “gradual release of responsibility,” which allows them to gain increasing levels of independence and the ability to drive their own education according to their interests and passions. For our ninth-grade students, their final year culminates with a variety of special responsibilities that instill leadership in our oldest students, as well as privileges and traditions that complement our capstone experience.

Our students go on prepared for life beyond North Country School, whether that’s continuing their academic pursuits in a boarding school or public school setting, and frequently refer back to their time here as foundational to the people they become later in life. You can see the long-term impact of a North Country School education by reading our alumni magazine, Organic Roots.

As Author Jonathan Haidt states in his latest book Anxious Generation, “In this new phone-based childhood, free play, attunement, and local models for social learning are replaced by screen time, asynchronous interaction, and influencers chosen by algorithms. Children are, in a sense, deprived of childhood.” Our philosophy around the use of technology on our campus is intentional and centered on our students and their unique place in the world as one of the first generation of “digital natives.” This creates a space where children can escape screens and instead, form meaningful connections with their peers and adult teachers and mentors. 

In a world where technology is also increasingly integrated into our everyday lives, we must balance allowing our students to use it as a tool while learning the tenets of responsible digital citizenship. This ensures we are imparting lessons to our students that they can carry forth to their personal, academic, and professional lives in the future. Our intentional approach means that we have certain limitations and guidelines in place that dictate how our community can use technology. However, we are not “low-tech”—technology is utilized every day on our campus. Every student and teacher here has access to current, industry-standard computers, high-speed internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, and more. But the way we approach the use of these resources is deeply intentional—from how we set up our classrooms, to our protocols around the use of student Chromebooks and our broader technology policies. 

 

In living, working, studying, and playing together, students assume a shared sense of responsibility for the community of which they are an integral part. One of the first things you’ll learn about our community is that we do everything we can to make it feel like a community. Our residential facilities, which we very purposefully refer to as “houses” and not “dormitories,” play a key piece in this.

These six houses represent another cornerstone of our campus community, around which daily life revolves. Each house is run by a team of houseparents, with support from our Residential Life Coordinator and Dean of Students. Under the guidance of these caring adults, students learn to share space with their peers, take care of themselves and their belongings, take pride in caring for the physical house they call home, and contribute to the family-like environment each house provides. This setting creates a space where students can share and hone their interests and passions to deepen their knowledge and foster emotional intelligence. It’s also a reflection of our values-driven way of life, one where we encourage curiosity, empathy, and respect and deeply value how we create equitable and inclusive spaces for all of our community members.

Watch This Video for a Glimpse into Life at North Country School

Ready to Have a Conversation with Us?

Set up your one-on-one call with a member of the Admissions team or submit your inquiry at the links below. We look forward to speaking with you!

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