Are boarding schools today more focused on mental wellness?

You bet they are—and about time too! Today’s top boarding schools realize that cramming for AP exams while crying into your ramen isn’t the path to success. Mental wellness has become a front-row VIP priority. Yoga classes, mindfulness workshops, access to professional counselors, peer support groups—you name it, they’re serving it up. Some schools even build wellness right into the schedule (because self-care shouldn’t be squeezed between calculus and chem lab). It’s a full mental reboot, not just a sticker that says “it’s okay to not be okay.” And guess what? When students feel good, they perform better, lead better, and dream bigger. It turns out that emotional resilience is the real secret sauce to academic and life success. Who knew?