Portsmouth Abbey School is a Catholic, co-educational boarding and day school for students in grades 9 through 12.
The school is located on a beautiful 525-acre campus along Narragansett Bay, just a few miles from Newport, RI. For over 90 years, the Abbey`s liberal arts curriculum has prepared students for lives of significance and purpose.
This education is grounded in the Western intellectual tradition and teaches students to solve problems, communicate ideas, work together, and innovate.
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School Notes
The aim of Portsmouth Abbey School is to help young men and
women grow in knowledge and grace. Grounded in the Catholic faith
and 1500-year-old Benedictine intellectual tradition, the School
fosters:
Part of our mission is to live in a community that values each
of its members, and our similarities and differences. This mission
enables our students to better understand themselves and the world
around them. Our students thrive in this environment and take full
advantage of the spiritual, athletic, artistic, and service
opportunities that exist on our campus and beyond. Our sense of
community is strong, vibrant, and easy to feel, although sometimes
challenging to put into words.
We celebrate our achievements, and we offer help to those in
need in an effort to make this a more gracious community. We invite
you to learn more about Portsmouth Abbey School in the following
pages and our website, but most importantly please come and see it
for yourself.
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