Junior Boarding Playbook: The Middle School Path
If your athlete is in 5th, 6th, 7th, or 8th grade, there is a window open right now that closes quietly, and most families never knew it existed. Junior boarding schools like Cardigan Mountain, Eaglebrook, Fay, and Fessenden have spent generations producing the athletes who go on to dominate at Exeter, Andover, Deerfield, etc. They are not widely talked about. They are not on most families' radar. And the coaches and admissions offices at elite prep schools recruit from them first.