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.
From violin to French horn to piano and a host of instruments in between, Indian Springs nurtures and celebrates students’ love of instrumental music.
Students interested in learning or continuing to study an instrument during their time at Indian Springs find incredible support from its talented musical faculty.
Those passionate about instrumental music can take the year-long Music Ensemble course for art credit, or just for fun. Students enrolled in the course learn and perform classical works for ensembles of two or more musicians. The class consists of at least one weekly coaching session with the instructor, as well as daily practice sessions and biweekly musicianship classes. Students study a minimum of four chamber music works and perform in at least two concerts.
Students can also sign up for on-campus private lessons in piano, violin, viola, cello, and voice taught by professional musicians. Many of our music instructors are members of the Alabama Symphony Orchestra.
Indian Springs’ Musical Friday series, held on select Fridays throughout the school year, showcases the artistry of our student musicians. Performances take place in our state-of-the-art Concert Hall during students' break, and all Indian Springs instrumentalists are welcome.