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The Newman School is a private school in the Back Bay district of Boston, Massachusetts.
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The Newman School
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The Newman School was founded as Newman Preparatory School in 1945, the centennial of John Henry Cardinal Newman's conversion to Roman 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 1960s, the school operated The Newman School for Boys as a separate four-year (grades nine through twelve) and then six-year (grades seven through twelve) college preparatory school. Walter J. Egan was head of the School for Boys during most of its existence. In 2020, Michael Schafer took over as head of school and has since attempted to expand the schools sports programs and boarding school.
Now known as The Newman School, Newman provides a liberal arts education to a diverse group of approximately 200 American and international students. The student body is composed of students from the Greater Boston area with 50 percent of them coming from the city of Boston itself. International students come from Albania, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ethiopia, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, India, Iran, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Mexico, Russia, Scotland, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand and Vietnam among other countries. [citation needed] The school provides dormitories for students, located down the street from the school building. In 2024, the school bought a new property on Newbury Street for $8.5 million. This property will serve as a Dormitory from the 2025-26 academic year.[3]
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Academics
In addition to a traditional curriculum, The Newman School offers an International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme[1] that students may take advantage of in their junior and senior years. The school also offers the IB Middle Years Programme for grades 7-10, and the IB Diploma Programme for grades 11-12.
Extracurriculars
The Newman School offers several clubs which take place both during the school day and through after school programs including Model United Nations, Newsman, Chess Club, Environmental Club, Debate, Robotics and Yearbook.[4]
Athletics
Newman competes in Division B of the Massachusetts Bay Independent League. Their team has traditionally had rivalries with Commonwealth School and Boston University Academy due to its proximity to both, despite being much lower ranked than them.
Sailing
The sailing team sails out of the CBI boathouse on the Charles River.
Tennis
The Newman tennis team has access to courts affiliated with the Winchester Tennis Club.[5]
AAA Basketball
Since 2022 the school has operated an AAA Basketball which is NEPSAC’s only boarding school in Boston. In 2024/25, the school won the NEPSAC AAA Championship. Jackson Johnson has served as head coach for the team since its founding, with John Carroll also having a role.[6]
Other Sports
The school also has AA and Varsity Basketball teams for boys and girls, varsity Soccer teams for boys, girls and a mixed gender Middle School team, recreational sports and varsity cross country.[7]
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Tuition
Tuition for the 2025-2026 academic year is $68,000 for boarding students, and $34,000 for day students.[8]
Alumni
- Marty Walsh, 6th Executive Director of the National Hockey League Players’ Association, former Secretary of Labor under Joe Biden and former mayor of Boston
- Charles Taylor (Liberian politician), 22nd president of Liberia
- Joe Moakley, Democratic Chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Rules
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