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The Newman School | |
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Address | |
245-247 Marlborough St, Back Bay, Boston, MA 02116, USA | |
Coordinates | 42°21′11″N71°04′48″W / 42.3531°N 71.080°W |
Information | |
Former name | Newman Preparatory School |
Type | Preparatory School |
Motto | Cardinal Newman’s motto, "Cor ad Cor Loquitur" [1] (Let Heart Speak to Heart) |
Religious affiliation(s) | None |
Patron saint(s) | John Henry Newman |
Established | 1945 |
Founder | J. Harry Lynch |
CEEB code | 220330 |
NCES School ID | 00603971 [2] |
Headmaster | Michael Schafer |
Key people | Walter J. Egan |
Grades | 7 to 12 |
Website | www |
The Newman School is a private school in the Back Bay district of Boston, Massachusetts.
The Newman School was founded as Newman Preparatory School in 1945, the centennial of John Henry Cardinal Newman's conversion to Roman Catholicism, by Dr. J. Harry Lynch and a group of Catholic laymen, for the purpose of providing college preparation to veterans returning from service to their country in World War II. Over the years, Newman Prep evolved into a co-educational, diploma-granting program, and eventually began to accept younger students into the ninth grade. During the 1960s, the school operated The Newman School for Boys as a separate four-year (grades nine through twelve) and then six-year (grades seven through twelve) college preparatory school. Walter J. Egan was head of the School for Boys during most of its existence.
Now known as The Newman School, Newman provides a liberal arts education to a diverse group of approximately 200 American and international students. The student body is composed of students from the Greater Boston area with 50 percent of them coming from the city of Boston itself. International students come from Australia, Brazil, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Iran, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Mexico, Russia, South Korea, Spain,. Switzerland, Thailand and Vietnam among other countries. [ citation needed ] The school provides dormitories for students, located down the street from the school building.
In addition to a traditional curriculum, The Newman School offers an International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme [1] that students may take advantage of in their junior and senior years. The school also offers the IB Middle Years Programme for grades 7-10, and the IB Diploma Programme for grades 11-12.
Newman competes in Division B of the Massachusetts Bay Independent League. Their team has traditionally had rivalries with Commonwealth School and Boston University Academy due to its proximity to both, despite being much lower ranked than them.
The sailing team sails out of the CBI boathouse on the Charles River.
The Newman tennis team has access to courts affiliated with the Winchester Tennis Club. [3]
Tuition for the 2025-2026 academic year is $68,000 for boarding students, and $34,000 for day students. [4]
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