Several dozen private schools in the northeast offer rowing as a sport. Many have been doing it for years and compete regionally and nationally in the spring and fall regattas.
"As a school for boys, we take great pride in knowing how boys think, act, and develop as individuals and in a group. Here boys study, think, and achieve in the classroom without embarrassment or apology in a risk-free environment. Belmont Hill enrolls just over 420 boys in grades 7 through 12. Most are day students living in within commuting distance of the School. We also offer a limited, five-day boarding program."
"The Berkshire boys' crew team completed its first full year under head boys' coach Jared Courtney in 2006-2007, and has ambitions to continue its marked improvement in the coming years. Berkshire Girls' Crew trains and races in both the fall and spring seasons. Students may row for either season or for both. During the fall season the team competes at several area head races such as the Riverfront Regatta, the Head of the Housatonic, Head of the Connecticut, and Head of the Charles. The spring season, our primary competitive season, features 1500 meter sprint races against scholastic competition such as Taft, Deerfield, Gunnery and Pomfret. The spring season culminates at the prestigious NEIRA Championships in Worcester."
"Brewster crew began in 1989 as a recreational program. Since then, it has evolved into a multi-level competitive program. Because of school size, Brewster primarily races fours. The goal of the program is to develop student athletes into cohesive crews to be competitive in the New England Interscholastic Rowing Association (NEIRA) and U.S. Rowing Association junior team ranks."
"Rowing at Brooks School on beautiful Lake Cochichewick has a rich and successful history. Established when the school first opened in 1926, the boys crew program instantly became a strong force and continues to be a leader in the interscholastic league. Our rowers often go on to row in college and among our alumni we have several national team and Olympic rowers."
"The Crew program operates in the fall and the spring. The fall program is generally limited to two 8-man boats with a few extra students training with the team. Only upper class men are eligible to try out for the fall program. The spring program is open to all interested students and there is always a large contingent of freshman and sophomore novice rowers."
"In the 1890's our crew program started on the Charles River putting us among the oldest interscholastic high school crews in the country. The 1929 Crew was the first United States schoolboy crew ever to win at Henley Royal Regatta in England winning the Thames Cup."
"Founded in 1915 and still guided by lay Roman Catholics, Canterbury is a college preparatory, coeducational boarding and day school for students in grades 9-12."
"Fall rowing at Choate is an intramural offering that allows rowers and coxswains the opportunity to develop their abilities without the hectic pace of a varsity season. Practices are right after classes, and take place at either our 2000 meter lake in North Guilford, or in our 16 ergometer workout room on campus. Fall crew is open to experienced rowers and novices. The spring season is open to both experienced and novice oarsmen as well.'
"Convent of the Sacred Heart consistently fields highly competitive Middle School and Upper School junior varsity and varsity teams in a variety of sports. In fact, in both the Middle and Upper Schools, Convent of the Sacred Heart has established a strong record in recent years, typically winning competitions and placing at or near the top in league standings in cross-country, field hockey, tennis, basketball, swimming, squash, golf and lacrosse."
"The sycamore tree now towering in front of the Academy building still bore the bare branches of a New England winter on March 1, 1797, when Governor Samuel Adams signed a bill granting a charter for the founding of an Academy in Deerfield. The school's trustees pledged the Academy to 'the instruction of youth, and the promotion of piety, religion, and morality.'"
