Our Mission
We nurture each child’s potential through a broad, balanced, and challenging program that establishes the foundation for a meaningful life.
We envision a world where our students are intrinsically motivated and passionate young people who make a positive impact in the world. To this end, we see it as our mission to create opportunities and a learning ecosystem where our students can broaden and enhance their global, social and sustainable literacy to better understand their role in the world to make valuable contributions no matter what pathway they create.
Underpinning everything we do since we start are three pillars:
- Students Come First - because we were founded by parents who wanted the best for their children and believe this means designing learning environments with the needs, talents and wellbeing of our students as the focus.
- One Family of Schools - because we see the value of building a community for our students and providing a truly international education with unparalleled resources and learning experiences.
- Pioneering Spirit - because we know that for our students to thrive in a rapidly-changing world and gain transferable skills that can be applied in diverse contexts, we must consistently seek to improve and innovate ourselves and our educational offering.
Our students are already beginning to make a difference as they enter the worlds of medicine, law, business, technology, the arts and public service. We can't wait to see their future.
Our Philosophy
Spruce Education is a community built on five core values: academic excellence; honourable conduct; dedicated service; earnest effort; and wellness of mind, body, and spirit. Spruce Education provides a broad and challenging program that empowers students to discover their talents, develop their intellectual abilities, establish essential academic skills and knowledge, and define their moral character. Earnest effort has been emphasized throughout the School’s history, as enshrined in our motto, Poteris modo velis (“You can if you will”).
Spruce Education is dedicated to educating children to their full potential in high school years by helping them recognize and develop their intellectual, aesthetic, physical, social, and emotional capabilities. We teach our students essential, enduring skills: to read well, to write and speak clearly and coherently, to reason soundly, to question thoughtfully, and to study effectively. These skills support their ability to lead, to collaborate, to create, and to solve problems.
Love of learning brings us together, and we encourage our students to be curious, creative, and open to new ideas. Sruce Education’s safe and supportive environment allows students to take risks and encourages them to learn from mistakes, within the context of high expectations regarding academic performance and ethical conduct. Our teachers know their students as individuals and help them come to know themselves. As Spruce Education students grow, they develop an understanding and acceptance of their own challenges and strengths as learners.
Honesty, respect, responsibility, empathy, and kindness inform our conduct. The development of manners, civility, and integrity are hallmarks of our school. At every grade level, we emphasize an obligation to help ensure the well-being of others. As a home for boarding students from many cultures and backgrounds throughout the United States and around the world, Spruce Education is an inclusive community that recognizes, respects, and celebrates the full range of human diversity.
In all these ways, Spruce Education prepares our students to lead productive and fulfilling lives that make a positive difference in the world.
Our Team
Andrew Rosenthal
Managing Partner