CAMPUS SETTING
The Masters School’s extensive wooded and lawned 96-acre campus is on a hilltop in Dobbs Ferry*, a historic New York village with a sloping geography and beautiful waterfront on the Hudson River. A five-minute walk from the campus lookout over the Hudson brings students down to the heart of town, and a 30-minute train ride from there brings faculty and students to the artistic, cultural, historical, economic, intellectual, and government resources of New York City. The campus itself is impressively serene, with park-like spaces, woods, paths, athletic fields and, in general, lots of space. Here students find a sense of community and security, and they enjoy an environment that is conducive to learning.
*Dobbs Ferry, NY is less than one hour from three international airports (LaGuardia, JFK, Newark).
ACADEMICS
The Harkness method of teaching encourages students to participate in their education by taking an active role and responsibility for their own learning. Based around large oval tables, classes are taught in seminar format. The principle of teaching around tables is to engage students in the learning process by inspiring them to prepare thoroughly, participate daily, solve problems collaboratively, explore divergent ideas, challenge assumptions, and when appropriate, lead class discussions. In all courses, teachers inspire analytic thinking as well as creative approaches, which means that students learn facts plus high competence and intellectual flexibility.
STUDENTS & TEACHERS
At The Masters School, boarding students from 16 countries join students from 15 American ?states in feeling fully at home. The teachers come from all over the world, too. Students and teachers together represent an impressive variety of cultural, ethnic, religious, linguistic, and socioeconomic backgrounds and comprise a community distinctive in its diversity and in its acceptance of each person in it.
FACULTY AND ADVISORS
90 full-time faculty members
70% have advanced degrees
Average class size - 14 students
Faculty/Student ratio - 1:6
COLLEGE PLACEMENT
Students engage as fully in the college search process as they do in all other aspects of their life at The Masters School. Beginning in sophomore year, and accelerating through junior and senior years, the School’s full-time counselors work closely with individual students to guide them through this period of self-exploration. The counselors help them articulate their interests, skills, and aspirations and link these with a range of appropriate colleges and universities.
Today’s college application process is complex and competitive. Each Masters School counselor provides students and their parents with detailed information and expert guidance from the early days of research and exploratory college visits to the day when the satisfied student makes the final choice of which college to attend. Although acceptance at a college or university that matches the student’s educational, social, geographic, and financial priorities is a significant end product, the self-discovery that occurs along the way is yet another hallmark of the teaching and learning that takes place at The Masters School.
10 Most Commonly Attended Universities from 2008 and 2009 (alphabetical order):
Carnegie Mellon University
University of Chicago
Cornell University
The George Washington University
Georgetown University
Hamilton College
Harvard University
John Hopkins University
New York University
Tufts University
Percentage of graduates who go on to colleges, universities, or service academies: 100
CO-CURRICULAR OPPORTUNITIES
Drama, Music and Dance
- Dobbs 16 (coed a capella)
- Orchestra
- Dohters (female a capella)
- Phoenix (Drama Club)
- Glee Club
- Positive Rhythm
- Jazz Band
- The Naturals (male a capella)
- MUSE Dance Company
- Urban Connection
Other Clubs (partial listing)
- Community Government
- Onyx
- Computer Club
- Outdoor Club
- Dobbs Athletic Association
- Pamoja
- Film Club
- Panache (Literary Magazine)
- French Club
- Peer Leaders
- Gaming Club
- Poetry Club
- Gay Straight Alliance
- Spanish Club
- Gold Key Ambassadors
- Student Activities Committee
- International Club
- Tower Newspaper
- Mathematics Club
- Urban Connection
- M.I.S.H. (Community Service)
- Yearbook
- Model United Nations
- Zetetics
ATHLETICS
Fall: Cross-Country, Field Hockey, Soccer, Volleyball
Winter: Basketball, Fencing
Spring: Baseball, Golf, Lacrosse, Softball, Tennis
2009
- Multiple Individual League Champions – Varsity Fencing,
- League Champions - Boys’ Varsity Basketball
2008
- Multiple Individual League Champions – Varsity Fencing,
- League Champions & State Champions – Boys’ Varsity Basketball
The Masters School
Office of Admission
49 Clinton Avenue
Dobbs Ferry, NY 10522
Phone: 914-479-6420
Email: admission@mastersny.org
Web: www.mastersny.org