Indian Springs School in Indian Springs, Alabama, brings together a diverse cohort of around 340 boarding and day students in the 8th-12th grades on a 350-acre campus where nature serves as both inspiration and laboratory. Students from more than 11 states and 16 countries work together with Springs’ 40 accomplished teaching faculty members in a shared governance model. Students discover their passions by participating in everything from athletics to our renowned choir to student-run scholastic, service, and special-interest clubs. Our broad curriculum, idyllic setting, innovative independent study and cross-curricular learning opportunities, international community, cutting-edge, Silver LEED-certified classrooms (opened in 2015), and a brand new Community Commons (opened Fall 2022) all enhance the dynamic and collaborative learning and teaching environment that opens doors to new ideas and new possibilities. Founded in 1952 and led for its first 20 years by forward-thinking educator Dr. Louis E. “Doc” Armstrong, Springs has roots in the progressive educational philosophy of John Dewey, who inspired our motto: Learning through Living. Our mission is to develop in students a... love of learning and creativity, a sense of integrity and moral courage, and an ethic of participatory citizenship with respect for individuality and independent thought. From the earliest writings that brought our school into being, we have referred to ourselves as the “school community,” conspicuously linking teachers and students into a passionate and welcoming academic village where learning is both an individual pursuit and a collective endeavor in which we seek to understand our world and one another. One of our best-known alumni, author and educator John Green ’95, has said that Springs is where “all at once, I became a learner ... because I found myself in a community of learners.” As members of this passionate community, Indian Springs students are ready for college and prepared for the world. Visit our website: www.indiansprings.org.