The Newman School

The Newman Preparatory School (now known as The Newman School), located in the Back Bay of Boston, Massachusetts is a private, coeducational high-school educating students in grades 9 through 12.

The Newman School provides students with preparation for college in an academically challenging environment. Influenced by John Henry Cardinal Newman's motto, COR AD COR LOQUITUR (HEART SPEAKS TO HEART), Newman's teachers and students work together in a home-like Back Bay townhouse school, forming a close community where growth of intellect and spirit are pursued together.[1]

History

Newman Preparatory School was founded in 1945, the centennial of John Henry Cardinal Newman's conversion to 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 1960's, the school also operated The Newman School for Boys as a separate six-year, grade seven through twelve, college preparatory school.

Now known as The Newman School, and headed by J. Harry Lynch Jr., son of the founder, today Newman provides demanding academics in a disciplined and supportive environment to a diverse group of 220 American and international students. Newman's American student body is comprised of students from all around greater Boston; fifty percent of these students come from the city of Boston itself, representing every major neighborhood. International students, coming to us from Poland, Spain, Vietnam, China, Indonesia, Italy, Germany, Japan, Korea, and Guatemala, comprise 15% of the student body. Academics, sports, activities, service and volunteer opportunities all focus on Newman's unique urban environment, as the school seeks to live out John Henry Cardinal Newman's dictum, "Change is the only evidence of growth." Recent graduates have been accepted to many prestigious colleges and universities, among them Harvard College, Cornell University, the College of the Holy Cross, Wellesley College, New York University, Boston University, Howard University, Simmons College, and Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

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