Saint Andrew’s School

Specialties

Recognized as a top private school in the Episcopal tradition, Saint Andrew’s School is both a day and boarding school located in Boca Raton, educating the best Pre-​K though 12 students from across Palm Beach County, Florida, the United States, and throughout the world.

Our mission is to develop every child in mind, body and spirit.

Our goal is to develop creative thinkers. We believe that to be successful in school as well as in life, children must develop skills that allow them to work with others, bring individual perspectives to a challenge, and have a comprehensive and global understanding of historical and current issues. To achieve this, we provide an innovative, international curriculum.

Our philosophy is that children need a balanced approach to education. We believe that arts, athletics, extra-​curricular offerings, service, wellness, and spirituality are complementary and supportive companions to our academic program. In addition to our robust academic offerings, we have 67 sports teams, weekly chapel services, international exchanges, 25 performing arts groups, compulsory service, and numerous activities such as robotics and video production.

Our expectation is a school community environment based on our founding principle of «honor above all.» We believe in developing character and expect our students, parents, and staff to demonstrate honor in the areas of academics, sportsmanship and decorum on or off our campus.

History

Established in 1961.

The Episcopal School Foundation chartered Saint Andrew’s School in 1961. The Rev. Hunter Wyatt-​Brown, Jr. (Headmaster from 1962 – 63) and Eugene Curtis, Jr. (Headmaster from 1964 – 71) led the effort to secure the land and funds necessary to build the school. Many in the community came forward to support the project, most notably Lucy and Alexander Henderson, who gave the majority of the funds needed to start the school.

Founded by people of Scottish heritage, Saint Andrew’s School was named for the patron saint of Scotland, Saint Andrew. Go Scots! is a familiar chant at athletic events lead by Scotty, the school’s new mascot.

Meet the Business Owner

Peter B.

Business Owner

Headmaster Peter B. Benedict II became the ninth headmaster at Saint Andrew’s School in 2013, after serving for seven years as Headmaster at the Miami Valley School, an independent, co-​educational college-​preparatory day school located in Dayton, Ohio. Among his many accomplishments at Miami Valley, Benedict founded sister schools in China and Chile, tripled the school’s endowment, led his school through a capital campaign that resulted in the construction of a black box theatre, turf field, environmental laboratory, and outdoor exploratory center, founded lacrosse, jazz, and Mandarin programs and led the school community in conversations around ethical excellence and adoption of school core values.