All Girls Advantage

La Pietra's All Girls' Advantage

La Pietra girls put academics first.

La Pietra creates a culture of achievement where her academic journey and experience are equally as important as her academic outcomes. La Pietra enhances academic success in a variety of ways, including a unique block schedule that promotes depth of understanding, greater cross-curricular opportunities, and provides for diverse class offerings from introductory to AP level courses, from student passion projects and creative electives to Women’s and Gender Studies courses.

Data: More than 80 percent of girls' school graduates consider their academic performance highly successful, compared to 75 percent of women from co-ed schools.
Source: UCLA study of more than 20,000 freshmen college women.

La Pietra girls are prepared for college and higher education.

College counseling begins during the transition from 8th to 9th grade and focuses on finding the right college for each girl, with staff personally guiding students and families to define interests, explore options, and make sound decisions. 100 percent of La Pietra graduates accepted to 4-year colleges and universities, with the majority of graduates reporting that they are thriving at the colleges or universities of their choice.

Data: 93 percent of recent girls’ school graduates said they were very or extremely satisfied with how their all girls’ schools prepared them for college. Additionally, more girls’ school graduates consider college a stepping-stone to graduate school (71 percent vs. 66 percent from co-ed schools).
Source: National Coalition of Girls’ Schools (NCGS) Alumnae Survey and UCLA study of more than 20,000 freshmen college women.

La Pietra girls are confident.

La Pietra's vision is to educate young women to lead a life of purpose. Through the individualized education, dynamic and innovative college preparatory curriculum, and supportive learning environment, each girl takes on academic challenges, expresses her thoughts and opinions, and participates in new educational, extracurricular, creative, and leadership experiences. Confidence is the key to turning skills and knowledge into success. La Pietra is where confidence soars.

Data: 82 percent of recent girls' school graduates say they were very or extremely satisfied with how well their schools instilled self-confidence. Additionally, 60 percent of women from girls' schools report self-confidence, compared to 54 percent from co-ed schools.
Source: (NCGS) Alumnae Survey.

La Pietra girls take lead.

Leadership is an acquired skill. That is why La Pietra constantly creates new leadership opportunities in the classroom, science lab, playing field or stage - where valuable life lessons are learned. At La Pietra, all girls can be leaders, and all leaders are girls. From our student body president to our classroom setting, students find their voice and passion to pave their own path.

Data: 84 percent of recent girls’ school graduates give their schools top marks for providing leadership opportunities. Additionally, 93 percent agreed that girls’ schools provide greater leadership opportunities than co-ed schools and 80 percent had held leadership positions since graduating from high school.
Source: NCGS Alumnae Survey and NCGS study conducted by the Goodman Research Group of Cambridge, Mass.

To learn more about the benefits of single-gender education and all-girls’ schools, visit the National Coalition of Girls’ Schools (NCGS) website. La Pietra – Hawaii School for Girls is a proud member of NCGS.

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