Int’l BOARDING SCHOOL
Carissa showing her island
pride at EF’s Culture Fair
Experiences Like No Other!
EF
Academy is a 21st-
century international
boarding school that
attracts diverse students from over
75 countries, including Bermuda!
The school’s mission is to provide
our students with a transformational
education, thorough preparation for
university, and a future that knows
no borders. By adopting some of the
best practices of traditional boarding
schools, including small class sizes and
vibrant community life in co-curricular
clubs, and then immersing their
students in collaborative multicultural
environments in three ideal locations
for academic enrichment and personal
development, they have built a whole
new kind of boarding school. EF helps
students become confident, indepen-
dent global citizens.
Their closest US campus is a quick
2 hours’ flight from Bermuda, and
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their most popular with nearly 700
students in grades 9-12. With a for-
ested campus in suburban Westchester
County, New York, they strike the per-
fect balance between a peaceful study
environment and access to exciting
activities in New York City less than an
hour away by commuter train. Not only
can students play soccer in the brand
new field complex or shoot basketballs
in the remodeled gym, but also they
can visit world-famous museums, Broad-
way shows, and even Saturday courses
at Columbia University, NYU or FIT.
Eleventh graders follow the IB Diploma
Program with the additional option of
pursuing the more flexible American
Diploma from New York State.
EF Academy is thrilled to
announce the opening of its brand
new campus in Pasadena, Califor-
nia, for September 2020. While it’s a
further trip from the island, students
might appreciate the year-round
warmth and proximity to UCLA, Sili-
con Beach, and of course the energy of
the world’s entertainment hub, Holly-
wood. In its opening year, EF Academy
Pasadena will accept students entering
grades 8-11.
Across the pond, note well: EF’s
two UK campuses are not proper old
British boarding schools with centuries’
tradition and compulsory uniforms.
Rather, they are modern global schools
hosted in some of the UK’s most attrac-
tive destinations. While both their
Torquay and Oxford campuses have
higher academic requirements, offer-
ing both the IB and A-Levels curricula
and welcoming diverse students from
several dozen countries, their locations
and size provide two very different
experiences. Their Torquay campus
is nestled on the southwest coast in
County Devon, perched on a hilltop