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  Exeter Alumni/ae | Phillips Exeter stuns rival Andover
Exeter jumped ahead 4:23 into the game as Dantley hit Breaux with a nifty 19-yard strike to the back left corner of the end zone, capping a seven-play, 63-yard drive.
Andover seized momentum early in the third quarter, recovering a fumble at the Exeter 35, and Jerrell Smith zipped 35 yards on the first play from scrimmage for the first of his two touchdowns on the day to cut the lead to 14-6.
EXETER - Following the lead of Harvard, Princeton and other colleges and universities in making their educations more affordable, Phillips Exeter Academy announced this week that it would eliminate student loans as part of its financial aid program, replacing them with outright grants.
exeter.thomascochran.com /module/blog/blog.php?id=12   (845 words)

  
 Phillips Exeter Academy Launches a Cage-Free Egg Policy
New Hampshire-based Phillips Exeter Academy is switching to cage-free shell eggs in its dining facilities, a move that The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) praised as an important step for animal welfare.
Phillips Exeter Academy has chosen to eliminate the use of shell eggs from caged birds from its dining facilities, effective immediately.
Phillips Exeter Academy joins a growing list of schools decreasing their use of eggs from caged birds.
www.hsus.org /press_and_publications/press_releases/phillips_exeter_academy.html   (500 words)

  
 Phillips Exeter Academy - Peterson's In-Depth Description
Phillips Exeter Academy was founded in 1781 by John and Elizabeth Phillips.
Phillips Exeter Academy is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges.
The multidenominational Phillips Church is the center of religious worship at Exeter, where students from eleven of the world’s religions gather to express their faith.
www.petersons.com /PSchools/code/IDD.asp?orderLineNum=596579-2&inunId=1775&typeVC=InstVC&sponsor=1   (2646 words)

  
 Phillips Exeter Academy - Description - Peterson's
The 400-acre Phillips Exeter Academy campus is located in the town of Exeter, Colonial capital of New Hampshire, which is in the heart of the state’s seacoast area.
Exeter is proud of its outstanding academic and athletic facilities.
Admission to the Phillips Exeter Academy Summer School is competitive and is based on academic achievement and motivation.
www.petersons.com /summerop/sites/inc/017407so.asp?mode=print   (1164 words)

  
 Phillips Exeter shuts down Bennett, Brooks - The Boston Globe
Exeter emerged victorious over Brooks, 1-0, in a Class A quarterfinal yesterday at Exeter, N.H., after a 4-2 loss Sept. 15 and faltering in last year's NEPSAC Class A semifinals.
Having seen Brooks numerous times in her 24 years at the helm, Exeter coach Hillary Coder knew what was coming -- an aggressive, straight-forward attack -- and adjusted accordingly.
Exeter's semifinal opponent Saturday is Loomis-Chaffee, which has allowed two goals all season.
www.boston.com /sports/schools/soccer/articles/2006/11/16/phillips_exeter_shuts_down_bennett_brooks   (264 words)

  
 Phillips Exeter Academy Reunions
These events culminate a year or more of planning by classmates and the alumni/ae affairs office and include informal and formal gatherings, family activities, music, meals and plenty of time to reconnect with old friends and discover new ones.
Exeter is always glad to welcome its alumni/ae back to campus.
There are also things to do with children in Exeter when you are not attending reunion activities.
phillips.exeter.edu /classes/reunions.html   (279 words)

  
 Three Libraries - Phillips Exeter Academy Library
The Exeter Library (1972) is among the renowned masterworks of Architect Louis Kahn.
It evidences an unassuming contextualism in a traditional colonial-style campus and a strong focus upon centrality of space and clearly defined materials (concrete, brick and wood) revealed by light.
In the case of Exeter, the design intent to create a serene central space is achieved, especially evident during sunny hours in which a small band of sunlight does penetrate the interior, mostly noticeable by reflection on the major beams that form a diagonal cross at the atrium ceiling.
www.arch.ced.berkeley.edu /vitalsigns/workup/rpi/watson_exeter.html   (986 words)

  
 Mystery donor aids Phillips Exeter Academy - The Boston Globe
The recent $25 million donation to Phillips Exeter Academy by a benefactor who desires no credit is one of the largest of its kind ever bestowed upon an independent school, experts say.
Previously, the largest single-donor gift to the Exeter, N.H., boarding school was $15 million, which has been received on several occasions, according to Jim Theisen, the school's director of alumni affairs and development.
As one of the oldest and largest US boarding schools, Phillips Exeter Academy is a fund-raising juggernaut.
www.boston.com /news/education/k_12/articles/2005/01/23/mystery_donor_aids_phillips_exeter_academy   (433 words)

  
 Phillips Exeter Academy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Exeter's endowment as of 30 June 2005 was $706 million.
Exeter's seal was designed by Paul Revere and features the symbols of bees, a beehive, and a sun.
Phillips Church - Renovated and reopened in the Winter of 2003, the church is a place of worship for students to all faiths.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Phillips_Exeter_Academy   (2444 words)

  
 Exeter, New Hampshire
It was first known as Squamscott, and was given the name Exeter by the settlement's managers, the "Exeter Combination," a group of English colonizers.
Exeter is home to the Phillips Exeter Academy, endowed by Colonel John Phillips in 1781, and the American Independence Museum.
Exeter's population increased by a total of 8,394 residents, going from 5,664 in 1950 to 14,058 residents in 2000.
www.nhes.state.nh.us /elmi/htmlprofiles/exeter.html   (347 words)

  
 Phillips Exeter Academy | Home
Program covers visit of the Chief Justice of Iraq to campus, Exeter's "unique style of teaching" and a tour of the library More...
2006 was a banner year for Exeter football – the first year a female player scored for Big Red.
“I’ve wanted to play football since I was in second grade,” says Tori, a lower, who made Exeter history in October when she scored a point during the JV football game against Northfield Mount Hermon.
www.exeter.edu   (225 words)

  
 Charity Navigator Rating - Phillips Exeter Academy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Founded in 1781 by Dr. John Phillips, a graduate of Harvard and resident of Exeter, Phillips Exeter Academy is a co-educational residential school serving 1,000 students in grades 9-12, and post-graduate level.
Exeter's academic offerings are unrivalled: 350 courses in 19 subject areas.
An Exeter education prepares students to use the skills learned at school in all life's endeavors.
www.charitynavigator.org /index.cfm/bay/search.summary/orgid/4327.htm   (206 words)

  
 Exeter News-Letter Local News: PEA joins cage-free animal movement
Phillips Exeter Academy is switching to cage-free shell eggs in its dining facilities, a move that The Humane Society of the United States praised as an important step for animal welfare.
Phillips Exeter Academy has chosen to eliminate the use of eggs from caged birds from its dining facilities.
"Phillips Exeter Academy has taken a positive step for animal welfare by ending its use of eggs from caged birds," said Paul Shapiro, Factory Farming Campaign manager for The HSUS.
www.seacoastonline.com /news/exeter/03142006/news/92550.htm   (303 words)

  
 Phillips Exeter Academy - Boarding School Profile
Exeter is known as one of the leading boarding high schools in the United States because it provides a stimulating environment where students can learn to question, to think, and to understand.
Students worldwide choose an Exeter education for a host of reasons, primarily because of academic excellence.
An Exeter education can go a long way toward shaping a student's character, providing the foundation for a productive life.
www.boardingschoolreview.com /school_ov/school_id/6   (264 words)

  
 Portsmouth Herald Local News: Phillips Exeter top chef earns culinary medal
Phillips Exeter Academy’s Dining Services Executive Chef Pat Brideau, seen here in the Elm Street dining hall, won a bronze medal in the 2006 Northeast Regional Culinary Challenge.
And this year, that love and talent earned a bronze medal in the Northeast Regional Culinary Challenge for the executive chef for Phillips Exeter Academy’s dining services.
Menu specials are offered to students and faculty on Friday by Phillips Exeter Academy’s dining service.
www.seacoastonline.com /news/05142006/news/102709.htm   (764 words)

  
 Exeter Alumni/ae | Barnes & Noble now running Exeter Bookstore
EXETER – Barnes & Noble College Booksellers, a subsidiary of the nationwide chain, this past week took over the Exeter Bookstore on the Phillips Exeter Academy campus.
Fellows said he expects the same to hold true for the Exeter Bookstore.
The same four employees will maintain their jobs through the transition, and there was no interruption in business.
exeter.thomascochran.com /module/blog/blog.php?id=15   (1111 words)

  
 Students at Phillips Exeter Academy - Picture - MSN Encarta
Students at Phillips Exeter Academy - Picture - MSN Encarta
Founded in 1781, Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, New Hampshire, is one of the oldest and best-known private schools in the United States.
Known for its academic rigor, the school attracts students from around the world.
encarta.msn.com /media_461550904/Students_at_Phillips_Exeter_Academy.html   (63 words)

  
 Proposed Computer Science Diploma Requirement - Phillips Exeter Academy - 2003
The reasons for the change to diploma requirements are enumerated (Section 1), and then explained by defining and exploring the nature of algorithms and algorithmic thinking (Section 2), and the perfect fit between algorithms and computers.
As part of an Exeter education every student should, for one term, learn algorithmic thinking by learning how to invent algorithms and express them as computer programs.
It is time for Phillips Exeter Academy to provide each of its graduates with knowledge and training in this modern subject that has become a basic ingredient in personal productivity, scientific advance, and public policy.
compsci.exeter.edu /mbrenner/csreq.html   (2720 words)

  
 Phillips Exeter Academy | Copyright
This site and its contents are copyright © 2006 the trustees of Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, New Hampshire 03833-2460.
Use of this site is governed by Phillips Exeter Academy's Website guidelines, by the Digital Millenium Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. 512, as amended) and by US copyright guidelines.
Phillips Exeter Academy prohibits copying of content or images from the Exeter site.
www.exeter.edu /copyright.aspx   (127 words)

  
 TIME.com: Exeter's 150th -- Jun. 15, 1931 -- Page 1
(His school later became "Phillips Academy at Andover" to distinguish it from his uncle's school at Exeter.) Exeter and Andover have flourished mightily, until today they are the twin giants of prep schools in size and in prestige.
Last week Thomas William Lament, outstanding Morgan partner, went back to Exeter, whence he was graduated in 1888, strolled about the elm-shaded Yard, greeted friends and classmates, some 2,000, who like him had come back to the old school to celebrate her 150th birthday.
Lamont had scarlet fever at Exeter.* But he could see the modest basement offices of the school paper, the Exonian, where his sons, Corliss and Austin ("Egg"), spent much of their time while at Exeter.
www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,846896,00.html   (666 words)

  
 Phillips Exeter Doesn’t Report Rank… 95% of the time at the Sam Jackson College Experience
Phillips Exeter Doesn’t Report Rank… 95% of the time
Second, Cum Laude is actually the top 20% of the class, but the top 5% of the class is inducted early because they are practically guaranteed to be in the top 20% at the regular induction ceremony in June.
So Exeter does report rank 20% of the time, although by then it’s too late to make any difference in the college process.
www.samjackson.org /college/2006/10/15/phillips-exeter-doesnt-report-rank-95-of-the-time   (1279 words)

  
 Phillips Exeter Academy - Exeter, New Hampshire - NH - school overview
Phillips Exeter Academy - Exeter, New Hampshire - NH - school overview
Student-teacher ratio and ethnicity breakdown for Phillips Exeter Academy.  
An opportunity for the principal at Phillips Exeter Academy to speak about curriculum, special programs, activities, goals and more.
www.greatschools.net /cgi-bin/nh/private/552   (176 words)

  
 Boston Globe: Phillips Exeter Big Sibling Program
She helped each family connect with a member of Exeter's Korean Society, which hosted activities for the families such as kite making and cooking lessons.
Sur said the activities allowed the Korean students at Exeter to reach beyond campus and to help parents who were desperate to learn more about their children's birthplace.
Sur writes the family letters when she is home in Korea during the summers, and the Beaulieus try to attend her music concerts at Exeter.
web.mit.edu /~shaslang/www/adoption/BosGlart.html   (843 words)

  
 Phillips - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lee H. Phillips (1930-1950), USMC, Medal of Honor recipient, killed in action in the Battle of Chosin Reservoir
Samuel Phillips (1721-1790, Germany-Southern Wales-Pennsylvania), formerly Shmuel HaLevi who emigrated with brother Moshe to Wales from Germany.
Phillips Cycles, a respected British manufacturer of bicycles and mopeds, taken over by Raleigh Industries, part of the Tube Investments group in the 1960's
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Phillips   (298 words)

  
 "Phillips Exeter Academy" - Shopping.com
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 Kalistos Chamber Orchestra - Phillips Exeter Academy Residency Picture page
Kalistos Chamber Orchestra will be in residency giving masterclasses, joint rehearsals with student instrumentalists and giving a concert at Philips Exeter Academy.
Exeter students waiting off stage to join Kalistos for the Vaughn Williams
Forged from the fires of musical passion, Kalistos has emerged as the newest Chamber Orchestra to beat its heart in harmonic motion.
www-personal.umich.edu /~cyoungk/exeterpics.htm   (220 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Phillips Exeter Academy, United States (Colleges, U.S.) - Encyclopedia
Phillips Exeter Academy, Colleges, U.S. Related Category: Colleges, U.S. Phillips Exeter Academy[ek´sutur] Pronunciation Key, at Exeter, N.H.; coeducational; chartered 1781, opened 1783 by John Phillips.
It has been an influential preparatory school and has a notable school library.
Founded as a school for boys, it became coeducational in 1970.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/P/PhllpsEx.html   (196 words)

  
 NAIS - Resources and Statistics - Learning Goes Green at Phillips Exeter Academy (NH)
Fourteen Phillips Exeter Academy faculty members, three visiting environmental educators and one tortoise, all of whom took part in a colloquium on environmental education on the Academy's campus from June 14-17, 2005
Key to the greening of Exeter has been the revitalization of the environmental proctor program, now more than 80 students strong.
Initiated by modern language instructor Mark Trafton in association with the New Hampshire Estuaries Project and the Exeter River Watershed Advisory Committee, these labels are part of a larger water pollution prevention initiative.
www.nais.org /resources/isprogram.cfm?ItemNumber=147351   (1682 words)

  
 PEA Science Department
The Science Department's primary mission is to provide for all students a foundation of excellence in the study of science.
The Science Department believes that successful scientific inquiry requires the integration of observational ability, quantitative skills, and analytical thinking; in all courses students will be challenged to reason creatively and to think critically.
In keeping with the program broadly outlined above, the Phillips Exeter Academy Science Department strongly encourages students to take all three basic courses -- biology, chemistry, and physics -- as a minimal preparation for college.
science.exeter.edu   (271 words)

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