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ACADEMICS

The best of ancient wisdom and modern research

WE BUILD BOLD AND CURIOUS MINDS

Our top-notch faculty members are experts in teaching girls.

Montrose teachers are curious, lifelong learners​; experts in their fields​ and expert at teaching girls.  

They engage students in our academic program of core texts of the liberal arts, including advanced math and science offerings that encourage in-depth study and learning that goes beyond AP. Our students learn to reflect, ask good questions, seek critical context, and consider an ethical frame of reference in every subject.

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MIDDLE SCHOOL

Our nationally recognized character & leadership program offers MORE at a critical age for girls’ learning, uniquely building a solid foundation for future success in high school, college and beyond.

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UPPER SCHOOL

Upper school students build a solid core of academic strength, studying carefully curated texts that reflect the best of both ancient wisdom and modern research. Our signature character and leadership program is infused into everything we do. Students graduate with the good habits of mind, heart and character needed to thrive in college and beyond.

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UNIQUE AND ENGAGING CURRICULUM

Our outstanding faculty engage students in our rich liberal arts curriculum in a setting that encourages curiosity and a lifelong love of learning. Young women will encounter the best of literature, theology, philosophy, history, science, math, technology/computer science, world languages, and fine and performing arts. They graduate with the enduring habits they need to flourish — coupling academic excellence with enduring habits of mind, heart, and character.

Accelerated Study Options

  • Accelerated Math: The accelerated track starts in middle school, with options for new 9th graders to take two math classes to accelerate. Math can culminate in Calculus (including Multivariable) or Statistics, with AP options in all.
  • Double-up in Science: Throughout upper school, students can take two science classes at the same time, including AP options.
  • Specialize in Art: Our rigorous training in art is a four-year program that moves a student through drawing, painting and a full-credit Art Portfolio Prep course, finishing with AP 2-D Art & Design.
  • Humanities: All humanities course in upper school are all accelerated because middle school students double-up in English.

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ACCELERATED STUDY OPTIONS

Montrose currently offers 19 AP Courses

  • Biology
  • Physics 1
  • Physics 2
  • Calculus AB
  • Calculus BC
  • Chemistry
  • Comparative Politics
  • Computer Science A
  • Computer Science Principles
  • English Language and Composition
  • English Literature and Composition
  • European History
  • U.S. Government & Politics
  • U.S. History
  • French Language and Culture
  • Spanish Language and Culture
  • Statistics
  • Latin
  • Studio Art: 2D Design

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AP COURSES

COLLEGE GUIDANCE

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LEARNING SUPPORT

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STUDY ABROAD

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THINK LIKE A SCIENTIST

6th, 7th and 9th graders apply the principles of the scientific method and imitate the peer review process as they engage with our campus wetlands.

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Sample Core Texts

6th

Anne of Green Gables (Montgomery)

A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Shakespeare)

Hammurabi’s Code

7th

Little Women (Alcott)

Much Ado About Nothing (Shakespeare)

Excerpts from The Analects of Confucius

8th

To Kill a Mockingbird (Lee)

Animal Farm (Orwell)

U.S. Constitution

Excerpts from Aristotle’s Politics

9th

Jane Eyre (Bronte)

The Odyssey (Homer)

The Aeneid (Virgil)

10th

Beowulf

A Room with a View (Forster)

Othello (Shakespeare)

11th

The Scarlet Letter (Hawthorne)

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

The Republic (Plato)

12th

Heart of Darkness (Conrad)

The Picture of Dorian Gray (Wilde)

Purgatorio (Dante)

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COLLEGE GUIDANCE

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AVERAGE CLASS SECTION SIZE

6

INTERNATIONAL STUDY PROGRAMS

100%

GRADUATES ATTENDING FOUR-YEAR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES

$17M+

AWARDED IN MERIT SCHOLARSHIPS TO CLASS OF 2025

“An hour of study, for a modern apostle, is an hour of prayer.” St. Josemaría Escrivá, The Way

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