We often feel good about the short-term successes that result from our involvement in our children’s lives because it validates our efficacy as parents. But are we zooming out to focus on our children’s long-term development of life skills that will allow them to enter adulthood with confidence, self-advocacy skills, and a sense of adventure? 

Spending the 4th of July in Andover, New Hampshire should be a prerequisite to those studying the value of living in community. Our little town of 2,500 people bursts at the seams as thousands of visitors flock to the village green in the heart of Proctor’s campus. 

We each find Proctor for a specific reason, however, it is the constellation of programs, sense of place, and people at Proctor that allow our students to blossom. It is in the messy, beautiful arc of adolescent growth that we find our institutional why. 

Each year approximately 20% of the Proctor Academy's graduating class goes on to compete in collegiate athletics. The Class of 2025 has contributed significantly to Proctor’s afternoon programs over the past four years!

A sincere thank you from all of us at Proctor (not just our Development Office, but all of us) to the 1,689 donors who have already contributed to this year’s Proctor Fund. To those who have not yet jumped in, there’s still time!

Indira '26 and Will '26 reflect on how Mountain Classroom's most meaningful moments often come not from destinations visited, but from quiet moments and deep connections formed with classmates who become like family.

Each young person works to establish an island of competence on which they can stand. We see this in children of all ages - they flock to activities where they find success, and in that success, they begin to form their identities. Read more in today's blog! 

As Proctor en Segovia students bid farewell to their Spanish home and returned home at the end of the spring term, the impact of their linguistic and cultural immersion experience came into sharp focus.

As we bid farewell to this year’s group of retiring and departing educators, we know their impact on Proctor will live on in future generations of employees and students.