"Cor Ad Cor Loquitur"

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  • "Heart Speaks to Heart"

    Newman provides opportunity for students from broadly diverse backgrounds to pursue serious studies in a welcoming and supportive environment where self and community are paramount.

Our Mission

The Newman School provides a supportive environment where students from diverse backgrounds engage in a vibrant program inspiring them to achieve their potential in academics, arts, and athletics, nurturing personal growth beyond the classroom to our shared humanity in the global community.

Students are able to achieve their potential when pursuing their studies in an environment of:

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  • Mutual Respect

  • Integrity

  • Seriousness of Purpose

  • Civic Responsibility

A vibrant program of activities and sports provides students with opportunities for personal growth beyond the classroom.

Head of School, Michael J. Schafer

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  • Our Leadership

    The Newman School celebrates over 75 years, in the heart of the Back Bay of Boston, as a welcoming, vibrant learning community.
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History of Newman School

The Newman School was founded in 1945 by the  late Dr. J. Harry Lynch and a group of colleagues, all alumni of Boston College.  Naming their school after the greatly admired John Henry Cardinal Newman, the founders started out by educating young men returning from military service at the end of World War II, and gradually expanded to serve young men and women in their high school years.

In 1948, Newman accepted its first international student, a young man from Korea who was homeless. Sponsored by a group of Boston College alumni who were friends of Newman’s founders, Thomas Song became Newman’s first international student.

Newman’s commitment to international education began in these early years of the school’s existence, and led to the development of the English as a Second Language program.

Today these commitments are carried forward through the school’s participation in the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program, which provides intellectual challenge and a dynamic learning environment for students of broadly diverse backgrounds.

Since 1985 under the leadership of J. Harry Lynch Jr., the school developed its curriculum in the liberal arts tradition embraced by John Henry Newman, using the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program as the foundation for learning. A vibrant program of sports (eleven teams) and activities rounds out the experience of the students.

The school continues to attract students from all over the world as well as students from the neighborhoods of Boston and surrounding cities and towns. 
Newman's Motto: "Cor ad Cor Loquitur"  (Heart Speaks to Heart)
Newman provides opportunity for students from broadly diverse backgrounds to pursue serious studies in a welcoming and supportive environment where self and community are paramount.
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