Non Sibi Finis Origine Pendet

Phillips Academy's primary motto, Non Sibi, located in the sun, means "not for oneself". The school's second motto, Finis Origine Pendet, meaning "the end depends upon the beginning," is scrolled across the bottom of the seal. Phillips Academy was chartered to educate "qualified youth from every quarter."

Phillips Academy
Phillips Academy (also known as Phillips Andover or simply P.A. or Andover) is a co-educational University preparatory school for boarding and day students in grades 9-12. The school is located in Andover, Massachusetts, north of Boston.

Phillips Academy is the oldest continuously running incorporated boarding school in the United States, established in 1778 by Samuel Phillips, Jr. Phillips' uncle founded Phillips Exeter Academy three years later, starting a rivalry that has continued through the centuries.[1] Phillips Academy's endowment stood around $670 million on June 30, 2006, the third-highest of any American secondary school.[2]

The academy traditionally educated its students for Yale (and to a lesser extent, Harvard and Amherst),[3] but students now matriculate to a wide range of colleges and universities. Among other notable alumni, Andover has educated two American Presidents, George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush, four Medal of Honor recipients, inventor Samuel Morse, and author Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.. The Phillipian, the school's student-run newspaper, is the oldest secondary school newspaper in the US. Likewise, the Philomathean Society is the oldest high school debate society in the nation, established in 1825.

The school's grading system, on a scale of zero to six, is rather unusual. The office of the dean of studies claims that there is no formal equivalent between the zero to six system and a conventional letter grade system. However, a six is considered outstanding and is (ideally) rarely awarded, a five is the lowest honors grade, and a two is the lowest passing grade.

History
Phillips Academy was founded during the American Revolution as an all-boys school in 1778 by Samuel Phillips, Jr., a member of the important revolutionary war family, the Phillips. The great seal of the school was designed by Paul Revere. George Washington spoke at the school in its first year and was so impressed that he recommended that his nephews go there, and they did. John Hancock, the famous signer of the United States Declaration of Independence, signed the school's articles of incorporation.

Phillips Academy's traditional rival is Phillips Exeter Academy, established three years later in Exeter, New Hampshire by Samuel Phillips' uncle, Dr. John Phillips. The football teams have met nearly every year since 1878, making it one of the oldest high school rivalries in the country.
Portions of Andover's campus were laid out by Frederick Law Olmsted, designer of Central Park and himself a graduate of the school. It is dominated by neo-Georgian architecture and centered around the several-acre Great Lawn. Campus structures include the Memorial Bell Tower, which recently underwent a $5 million renovation, Samuel Phillips Hall, Bulfinch Hall, and Pearson Hall.

Paul Revere incorporated bees, a beehive, and the sun into his design of the school's seal. The school's primary motto, Non Sibi, located in the sun, means "not for oneself". The school's second motto, Finis Origine Pendet, meaning "the end depends upon the beginning," is scrolled across the bottom of the seal. Phillips Academy was chartered to educate "qualified youth from every quarter."

Phillips Academy offers a broad curriculum and extracurricular activities that include music ensembles, 30 competitive sports, a campus newspaper, a radio station, and a debate club. The academy raised $208 million through "Campaign Andover," which brought its endowment to around $550 million in 2004.[4]

In 1973, Phillips Academy merged with neighboring Abbot Academy, which was founded in 1829 as the first school for girls in New England and named for Sarah Abbot.

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Non Sibi(Not for Oneself)

Finis Origine Pendet(The End Depends Upon the Beginning)

χαριτι Θεου(By the Grace of God)

Phillips Exeter Academy

Phillips Exeter Academy (most commonly called Exeter, also Phillips Exeter or PEA) is a co-educational independent boarding school for grades 9–12, located on 619 acres[1] in Exeter, New Hampshire, U.S., fifty miles north of Boston.

Origins and philosophy

School was established in 1781 by merchant Dr. John Phillips and his wife Elizabeth. John Phillips was the uncle of Samuel Phillips, Jr., who had founded Phillips Academy in 1778. As a result of this relationship, the schools share a rivalry; the football teams have met nearly every year since 1878. Exeter has a motto: "χάριτι Θεοῦ"—"by the grace of God" in Greek. Exeter's Deed of Gift, written by John Phillips at the founding of the school, warns that "Goodness without knowledge is weak and feeble, yet knowledge without goodness is dangerous. Yet the two combine to form the most noble of character." In an adaptation of a requirement in the Deed that the document be read at every meeting of the trustees, the principal of the Academy speaks on this theme every year at the school's opening assembly.

Since its founding, the Academy has moved progressively away from requiring Christian religious observance among its students, and from the teaching of Christian Theology[2]. Christian religious observances in the Chapel designed by Ralph Adams Cram were ended by Tenth Principal Richard W. Day, who also led the renovation of the room to strip out any religious connotation[citation needed]. Day also ended the requirement that all students take one year of classes in Christian Theology[citation needed].

The student body: "Youth from every quarter"

The Academy lays claim to a tradition of diversity. One of its unofficial mottoes–"Youth from Every Quarter"–is held of the maxim of this dedication. Director of Scholarships H. Hamilton "Hammy" Bissell (1929) worked actively to help qualified students from all over the U.S. attend Exeter.[3]

Currently, 45 states, 26 different countries, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands are represented in the student body of the Academy. Students of non-European descent represent 38% of the Academy. (Asian 24%, Black 8%, Hispanic/Latino 6%, Native American 0.4%) Male and females both represent 50% of student body. Legacy students represent 13% of the student body.

As a result of this tradition, students come from a broad range of socioeconomic origins. Of new students entering in 2006 (a total of 345), 54% attended public school and 46% attended private, parochial, military, home or foreign schools.

Tenth Principal Richard Ward Day believed in the value of students studying outside of the town of Exeter and during his tenure the Washington Semester and foreign study programs were begun. In addition to the year-long programs offered in China, Spain, Italy, and France through the School Year Abroad program, the Academy sponsors trimester-long programs in Stratford, England; Grenoble, France; St. Petersburg, Russia; Göttingen, Germany; and Cuernavaca, Mexico.

A traditional, though informal, association existed between Exeter and Harvard University from the early 19th Century. This traditional association declined throughout the 20th Century, and students now matriculate to a wide range of colleges and universities. Eighty-one percent of the students board, living in on-campus dormitories or houses. The remaining nineteen percent of the student body is composed of day students from the surrounding communities. Phillips Exeter has been co-educational since 1970; in 1996 a new gender-inclusive Latin inscription Hic Quaerite Pueri Puellaeque Virtutem et Scientiam ("Here, boys and girls, seek goodness and knowledge") was added over the main entrance to the Academy Building (see left) to augment the original Huc Venite, Pueri, ut Viri Sitis ("Come hither boys so that ye may become men") to reflect the school's coeducational status. The Academy uses a unique designation for its grades: entering first-year students are called Juniors (nicknamed preps), second-years students are Lower Middle (also called lowers), third-year students are Upper Middle (uppers), while Seniors remain Seniors.