Valley Forge Military College was founded in 1928 and is located in Pennsylvania. The following is a detailed introduction to the school:

School Overview

School Nature: It is a boys' boarding school.

Education Stage: It provides courses from the first grade of junior high school to the second grade of college.

Cultivation Goals: It strives to cultivate students in five aspects: learning ability, personality education, self-confidence, physical training and leadership, and focuses on cultivating the qualities that young people need to succeed in the future.

Military Management: It adopts the management method of West Point Military Academy and combines the American education curriculum system. Only 10% of the students in the school continue to develop military paths after graduation.

Course Setting

Academic Courses: It provides honors courses including science, mathematics, social studies, world languages, English, and AP courses such as literature, American history, European history, biology, physics B, statistics, language and writing.

English Language Courses: Because there are students from all over the world, the school specially offers English language courses to help international students integrate into the learning environment more quickly.

Teaching advantages

Small class teaching: The teacher-student ratio is 10:1, with an average of 13 students per class. Small class teaching helps students concentrate, and there is teacher supervision during evening self-study, which is beneficial for students to achieve academic success.

Military management: The organized and disciplined military management system can help students enhance their leadership skills, cultivate good qualities, etc., and also enable them to learn to arrange time reasonably, improve their thinking ability and sense of responsibility, improve life skills, and achieve comprehensive development.

Campus life

Sports activities: Baseball, basketball, boxing, cross-country sports, equestrianism, fencing, rugby, ice hockey, lacrosse, rugby, soccer, swimming, tennis, track and field, winter track and field, wrestling and other sports activities are offered.

Social activities: There are astronomy clubs, chess clubs, environmental protection clubs, horse riding clubs, fencing clubs, mock courts, radio stations, skateboard clubs, literary magazines, debate clubs and other social organizations to cultivate students' leadership and expressiveness.

Campus facilities: The campus covers an area of ​​120 hectares. The school provides students with a variety of sports facilities, including 8 sports fields, 6 tennis courts, horse trails, racecourses, tennis courts, basketball courts, volleyball courts, swimming pools and other sports centers. It is also equipped with churches, high-tech computer rooms, and resource-rich libraries. It also provides excellent accommodation. There are 4 male dormitory buildings, each with a public lounge and a study center.

Admissions

99% of students are admitted to prestigious universities, such as Princeton University, New York University, Columbia University, the United States Naval Academy, West Point Military Academy, and the Royal Military Academy of the United Kingdom.

Famous alumni

J.D. Salinger, the author of "The Catcher in the Rye", graduated here. In addition, there are Pulitzer Prize winners, famous playwright Edward Albee, famous musicians, 14-time Grammy Award winner Jimmy Sturr, and Bulgarian Prime Minister Simeon.