Campus Life
Residential Life
Ten small, bright “cottage” dormitories, that hold a maximum of 18 students, help to provide a positive atmosphere that encourages intellectual, emotional and social growth.
A Legacy of On-Campus Living
From an old farm building “that didn’t leak” to 10 recently remodeled (2024-2025) dormitories with air-conditioning and brand new student furnishings, boarding life has always been a priority at Church Farm School. The vast majority of young men who have attended CFS since that dry barn housed our first students in 1918 have lived on campus for at least nine months per year. And at the height of our farming days, boys even spent half of their summers here tending the crops and the livestock. Our cottages, as they came to be known, have always been and still are where memories are made and lifelong friendships are born; where life lessons are learned and life-skills are taught. The heart of Church Farm School beats in these 10 historic cottage dormitories named Disston, Catherwood, Taylor, St. Martin's, Woodside, Garrett, Cushman, Good Shepherd, Rhinelander and Pew. Which cottage(s) will you make your memories in?
Duty of Care
The role of adult caregivers for residential students has always been of utmost importance. Today, two professional House Supervisors reside in individual on-site apartments in each cottage, sharing responsibility each week for 24/7 student safety and support when school is in operation. Some House Supervisors are also part-time classroom teachers and/or athletic coaches while others assist in school day support roles such as substitute teaching, student transportation or skilled office roles. The entire Residential Life Faculty is supervised by the Dean of Residential Life, who also resides on campus. The Residential Life program is part of the larger Student Life Office, and is also supported by a dedicated team of nurses in our Health Center as well as our School Counselor and School Chaplain.
The Most Beautiful Private High School in PA
Since April 1, 1918, when the first 15 students moved into an old cannery building on the farm then known as Glen Loch, Church Farm School has been a home away from home for most of our students, and for some, the best home they had ever had. Over the prevailing years, buildings have been built, demolished and/or renovated; land has been gifted, bartered, bought and sold; campus maps have been drawn and redrawn; and farming has gone from crops, meats, milk and eggs to gardens, greenhouses and solar energy. The one thing that has never changed is the absolute beauty of our rural, now suburban, location in Chester County, Pennsylvania, something that generations of adult and student Aggies and Griffins have come to appreciate and which Architectural Digest deemed worthy of the title “Most Beautiful Private High School in Pennsylvania” in 2018.
Cottage faculty work with students in the cottages throughout the academic year assisting them to accomplish the following:
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Foster appreciation and respect for differences in individuals -
Help students develop study skills and attitudes necessary to be academically successful -
Encourage conscious moral reasoning and a desire to be honest, just, courageous and considerate -
Build a sense of community and cooperation -
Facilitate each student’s active engagement in action to improve society -
Help each student show concern and respect for all members of the community, including himself -
Help students develop self-confidence as they learn to live honestly with their abilities and limitations -
Promote self-discipline and responsible decision-making
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Church Farm School | 1001 E. Lincoln Hwy. | Exton, Pennsylvania 19341
Phone: 610.363.7500 | Fax: 610.363.5367 | Admissions: [email protected]
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Phone: 610.363.7500 | Fax: 610.363.5367 | Admissions: [email protected]
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The Church Farm School is an independent boarding and day school for boys in grades 9-12 located in Exton, PA. Founded in 1918 to provide an excellent education to young men from limited means, Church Farm School now serves boys from a range of socio-economic circumstances who are seeking an extraordinary educational opportunity. The school offers a challenging college preparatory curriculum and an exceptional level of personal attention, with class sizes averaging between just 7 and 12 students.
