At Indian Springs School, we believe in individualizing the educational experience. This allows students to construct their own unique, rigorous curriculum and to learn to explore their passions.
Our graduates may attend the most prestigious colleges around the country and across the world, but our approach to academics means that they discover something even more valuable—how to grow as a scholar, an individual, and a citizen.
Boarding has always been at the heart of Indian Springs School. Today, this experience continues to foster friendships, enhance personal responsibility, and create diverse educational opportunities. Learning through Living embodies potential. You can explore these possibilities through immersing yourself in on-campus life.
Whether you prefer an extra hour in the library, laughter over a dinner with friends, or both, boarding at Indian Springs School means making a choice to slow down, and to step up—to take the time to engage with people, with a place, and with a sense of purpose.
Set on 350 idyllic acres, Indian Springs School is a resource as much as a retreat. Our Fertile Minds Learning Garden and top-quality sports facilities help feed the body. Our sustainably designed facilities help feed the mind.
Emphasizing the quality of student life, our environment embodies the values of community, responsibility, and opportunity. Whether you are on campus for the day or make it your home for the year, this is a space for exploration, education, and engagement.
Louis “Doc” Armstrong, Springs’ founding director, suggested that our important work is “to bridge the gap between what is and what might be” in the ways we learn, think, act, and participate in the wider world. This work is undergirded and extended by the generosity of all who share our mission.
Every gift makes a difference. Regardless of your age or situation, we have a means of giving to the school that suits your circumstances. Our Advancement staff stands ready to help.
Lucy Gardner ’22, Sofia Monteleone ’22 Nationally Recognized for Writing
Indian Springs seniors Lucy Gardner ’22 and Sofia Monteleone ’22 have received national gold medals in the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, among many other honors.
Lucy and Sofia advanced to the national Scholastic Arts & Writing competition after receiving numerous awards at the regional level. Lucy won a gold medal for her flash fiction story entitled “Moody Orange,” and Sofia won a gold medal and a silver medal for her poems entitled “Despair in the Quiet” and “Wasted Time.” Gold medals are awarded for “the most outstanding works in the nation,” and the winners are recognized at a national ceremony.
Lucy also received the American Voices Medal, a “Best in Show” award that recognizes originality, technical skill, and the emergence of a personal voice or vision. A panel of esteemed judges selects only one writer from each region for this award.
Sofia also received the New York Life Award, which provides six scholarships of $1,000 to students whose work explores personal grief, loss, and bereavement, and exemplifies how the arts can act as a positive outlet to cope with these issues.
In addition to the Scholastic Awards, Lucy was recognized in the Alabama Writer’s Forum High School Literary Art Awards for the second year in a row. She received a Poetry Certificate of Merit and the Judge’s Special Recognition in the categories of fiction and creative nonfiction. She also received the Marvin Lee Paul and Helen Scott Paul Senior Portfolio Scholarship.