The historic metropolitan Boston area offers a wide range of academic and cultural activities. Just as impressive is the area's selection of private schools which cater to almost every need.

A fine transportation network and the fact that the Big Dig is finally finished make Boston a wonderful place in which to live and go to school. After graduation, there are thirty-seven colleges and universities to choose from. Head north a few hours and you will find excellent skiing in the winter and a host of recreational activities in the summer. Cape Cod and Martha's Vineyard to the east and south are treasures in their own right. Boston's accommodations and restaurants are decidely world-class. Perhaps one of these fine schools should be on your short list.

• The Advent School, Boston
• Archbishop Williams High School, Braintree
• Arlington Catholic High School, Arlington
• The Atrium School, Watertown
• Bartlett School, Belmont
• Beaver Country Day School, Chestnut Hill
• Belmont Day School, Belmont
• Beverly School for the Deaf, Beverly
• Bishop Fenwick High School, Peabody
• Boston College High School, Boston
• Boston University Academy, Boston
• Brimmer and May School, Chestnut Hill
• Brooks School, North Andover
• Buckingham Browne and Nichols School, Cambridge
• Cambridge Friends School, Cambridge
• The Cambridge School of Weston, Weston
• Catholic Memorial High, West Roxbury
• Chapel Hill-Chauncy School, Waltham
• Charles River School, Dover
• The Chestnut Hill School, Chestnut Hill
• Concord Academy, Concord
• Cushing Academy, Ashburnham
• Dana Hall School, Wellesley
• Dedham Country Day School, Dedham
• Dexter School, Brookline
• The Eliot Montessori School, South Natick
• The Fenn School, Concord
• The Fessenden School, West Newton
• Fontbonne Academy, Milton
• Gann Academy, Waltham
• The Governor's Academy, Byfield
• Jewish Community Day School, Watertown
• The Kingsley Montessori School, Boston
• Landmark School, Prides Crossing
• Lawrence Academy, Groton
• Lesley Ellis School, Arlington
• Lexington Christian Academy, Lexington
• Maimonides School, Brookline
• Malden Catholic High School, Malden
• Matignon High School, Cambridge
• Meridian Academy, Jamaica Plain
• Milton Academy, Milton
• Montrose School, Natick
• Mother Caroline Academy, Dorchester
• Nashoba Brooks School, Concord
• Noble and Greenough School, Dedham
• The Park School, Brookline
• Presentation of Mary Academy, Methuen
• The Rashi School, Needham
• The Rivers School, Weston
• Roxbury Latin School, West Roxbury
• Saint Mary's School, Winchester
• Saint Mary Star of the Sea Catholic School, Beverly
• Saint Theresa School, West Roxbury
• Saint Pius V School, Lynn
• Savio Preparatory High School, East Boston
• Shackleton Schools, Boston
• Shady Hill School, Cambridge
• Shore Country Day School, Beverly
• Solomon Schechter Day School of Greater Boston, Newton
• South Area Solomon Schecter Day School, Stoughton
• Tenacre Country Day School, Wellesley
• Thayer Academy, Braintree
• Torah Academy, Brookline
• Trinity Catholic School, Newton
• Waldorf High School of Massachusetts Bay, Belmont
• The Waldorf School, Lexington
• Walnut Hill School for the Arts, Natick
• The Winsor School, Boston
• The Woodward School, Quincy