Who We AreSt. Giles's School is an independent boarding school for boys in grades nine through twelve. The School was founded in 1824 by Dr. Ethan Sharp, founder the Sharp Farm - originally a thriving berry bog, later the site of the School. Since then, St. Giles's has grown to encompass some 438 acres on which approximately 220 lads and 65 faculty fellows live and learn together. A school of the highest academic aspirations, St. Giles's also values close human relationships and the quality of the total experience the Boys, affectionately known as "Old Sharpies" have in their daily lives-in the classrooms, in their houses, on stage, and on the athletic field. As a Calvinist school, St. Giles's enjoys an historical affiliation with the idiosyncratic religion; at the same time, the School supports the beliefs of its patron saint, Giles, in that all people who are crippled, either literally or figuratively, deserve a chance to flourish in a nurturing environment. Students come from a wide variety of racial, ethnic, religious, geographic, and economic backgrounds. |
