PRESS RELEASE: For Immediate Release Contact: Susan Carpenter Far Hills Country Day School T. 908.766.0622 ext. 427 September 16, 2015 Email: [email protected]

Far Hills Country Day School to Host Annual Secondary School Fair

Far Hills, NJ – Far Hills Country Day School (Far Hills) will be hosting its annual Secondary School Fair on Thursday, September 24, 2015 at 3:45 p.m. This event is free and open to the public and is the largest secondary school fair on the east coast. Nearly 120 secondary schools will be in attendance, representing the finest day and boarding schools in the country.

Local NJ day schools: Delbarton School, Gill St. Bernard’s School, Immaculata High School, Kent Place School, Montclair Kimberley Academy, Morristown-Beard School, Oak Knoll School of the Holy Child, Oratory Preparatory School, Pingry School, Princeton Day School, Rutgers Preparatory School, Saint James School, and The Wardlaw-Hartridge School.

Local NJ Boarding Schools: Blair Academy, The Hun School, The Lawrenceville School, Peddie School, Pioneer Academy, and Princeton International School of Mathematics & Science.

US Boarding Schools: Andrews Osborne Academy, Avon Old Farms School, Baylor School, Berkshire School, Brewster Academy, Buxton School, The Canterbury School, Cate School, Chapel Hill-Chauncy Hall School, Chatham Hall, Cheshire Academy, Choate Rosemary Hall, Christchurch School, Colorado Rocky Mountain School, Concord Academy, Cushing Academy, Darlington School, Darrow School, Deerfield Academy, Dublin School, EF Academy International, Emma Willard School, Episcopal High School, The Ethel Walker School, FlexSchool, Foxcroft School, Fryeburg Academy, Garrison Forest School, George School, The Governor's Academy, Grand River Academy, Groton School, The Gunnery, Hebron Academy, The Hill School, Hoosac School, The Hotchkiss School, Hyde School, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Kent School, Kents Hill School, The Knox School, Lawrence Academy, The Linsly School, The Marvelwood School, Mary Baldwin College Early College, The Masters School, Mercersburg Academy, Middlesex School, Millbrook School, Milton Academy, The Masters School, Miss Hall's School, Miss Porter's School, Moravian Academy, New Hampton School, Northfield Mount Hermon, Oakwood Friends School, Oldfields School, The Perkiomen School, The Phelps School, Phillips Academy – Andover, Phillips Exeter Academy, Pomfret School, Portsmouth Abbey School, Proctor Academy, The Putney School, Randolph-Macon Academy, Ross School, Salisbury School, Sandy Spring Friends School, Shady Side Academy, Solebury School, South Kent School, St. Andrew's School (Rhode Island), St. Mark's School, St. Paul's School, St. Thomas More School, St. Timothy's School, Stoneleigh-Burnham School, The, Stony Brook School, The Storm King School, Suffield Academy, Tabor Academy, The Taft School, The Thacher School, Trinity- Pawling School, Valley Forge Military Academy, Vermont Academy, Walnut Hill School of the Arts, Western Reserve Academy, West Nottingham Academy, Westminster School, Westover School, The White Mountain School, Wilbraham & Monson Academy, The Williston Northampton School, The Winchendon School, Woodberry Forest, Wyoming Seminary.

Prospective students and their parents can visit booths for each school and speak one-on-one with admission representatives about their schools of interest.

Far Hills Director of Secondary School Counseling, Ed Thompson, encourages prospective boarding and day school families from New Jersey to attend this valuable event: “Admissions Directors are looking forward to coming to the fair to meet and form relationships with local families. This is a wonderful opportunity to begin planning for high school and explore the best day and boarding schools from across the country.”

For additional information visit www.fhcds.org or contact Ed Thompson, Director of Secondary School Counseling at [email protected], or (908) 766-0622, ext. 434.

Far Hills Country Day School is a PK-Grade 8 independent school that is guided by a dual mission to provide each child brilliant beginnings for success in the modern world through academic excellence and character development. The school is situated on 54 acres in Far Hills, New Jersey. The campus includes learning gardens, age specific computer labs and media centers, a state-of-the-art Performing Arts Center, a large Athletics Center including a climbing wall, outdoor fields and tennis courts, a ropes course, meadows, ponds, and woodlands.

For additional information about the school, please visit our website at www.fhcds.org or contact Susan Carpenter, Director of Strategic Marketing & Communications at [email protected] or 908.766.0622 ext. 427.