ESSO is a free service program offered by Exeter students to members of the local community. Since 1967, ESSO has built on the Academy’s founding principle of non sibi, or “not for oneself,” by sending students out into the community to serve as volunteers.

An Exeter experience encourages you to discover your passions and purpose, to forge connections and friendships, and to unlock new ways to reach your ultimate potential — every day. Why Exeter? Academic Excellence

Phillips Exeter Academy was founded in 1781. It has been guided by 18 principals over the course of nearly 250 years and grown from an initial student body of 56 students to almost 1,100 today.

Now a coeducational residential school with more than 1,000 high school students from the U.S. and dozens of foreign countries, Exeter has a centuries-old tradition of academic excellence and a commitment to empowering Exonians to find their place in the world.

Academic excellence is a signature strength of Phillips Exeter Academy. In every discipline and at every level within our curriculum we inspire students to develop critical thinking skills and seek complex truths.

Aug 27, 2024 · Some of Exeter's mottos have been permanently and publicly displayed as inscriptions that are carved into building facades. When the current Academy Building was dedicated in 1914, a Latin inscription was added over the main doorway: "HUC VENITE PUERI UT VIRI SITIS" ("Come hither, boys, that ye may become men").

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Exeter seeks to foster in young people ambitions and actions inspired by their interest in the world around them; to stimulate an appetite for knowledge and goodness. Service to others is indispensable to that mission.

Our current Trustees share a passion for Exeter’s mission, a belief in the potential for transformation and discovery within all of our students, and a vision for Exeter’s ongoing excellence and leadership in secondary school education.

Week-long trips, led by Exeter faculty, offer programming a variety subjects and interests: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Visit Ellis Island and discover how immigration has shaped the city of New York and its collective culture.