Hillside School

Marlborough
, MA
Location
Junior (Through Grade 9)
Age
College Prep
Focus
Male Only
Gender
140
Students
60%
Boarding
Formal
Dress Code From most to least formal:
Uniform, Formal, Casual, Informal.
18
Sports
1901
Year Founded

Description

Hillside School provides a structured, supportive and challenging academic environment for boys in grades 4 – 9. Boarding and day students enjoy an engaging, multi-sensory, boys centric curriculum along with 16 competitive athletic offerings. Hillside’s unique academic and leadership program, “Shades of Blue,” builds character while holding students accountable to the school’s core values. Our purposely small population of 140 boys is diverse representing 8 countries and 10 states.  Academic classes average 10 boys, easily allowing teaching faculty to meet the individual needs of each boy’s learning profile and differentiate instruction when necessary.  Hillside consistently graduates confident, responsible leaders who are well equipped to navigate the secondary school world. Our alumni know how to self-advocate having gained a keen awareness of what will help them thrive academically, athletically, artistically, and socially. Matriculation includes but is not limited to St. Mark’s, Middlesex, Avon, Tabor, St. George’s, Pomfret, Concord Academy, Kent, Lawrence Academy, Loomis Chaffee.

Unique Characteristics

Hillside offers several tutorials and can support students with ADHD, executive function difficulties, dyslexia, and other language based learning differences.

Innovation Lab – students have access to 3D printers and a laser cutter. They learn coding, program robots, and design apps!

School Matriculation These are the handful of schools or colleges where students have most frequently matriculated.

  • Avon Old Farms School
  • Holderness School
  • Kent School
  • Northfield Mount Hermon
  • Pomfret School
  • St. George’s School
  • St. Mark’s School
  • Tabor Academy
  • Middlesex School
  • Governor’s Academy
  • Andover Academy

Academics

Trimesters
Schedule
ESL Programs
No Summer Programs
No Saturday Classes

Admissions

No SSAT Required
Rolling Application Deadline
Preferred Application Platform
SSAT SAO
School-Specific

Student Body

140
Students
Male Only
Gender
Boarding
0%
International
0%
Students
of Color
0%
International Students From The countries with the largest number of students at the school.

China, Hong Kong, South Korea, Japan, Australia, Chile, Canada, Mexico, United
Kingdom, Taiwan, Russia, Bermuda, and Spain. Czech Republic.

Location

Address404 Robin Hill St., Marlborough, MA 01752
Nearby Airports

Logan International Airport (40 miles)

Manchester-Boston Regional Airport (55 miles)

Campus Size150 Acres

Contact Information

Sean Hayes
Admissions Director
Ed Chase
Head of School
508-303-5709
Phone