Grier is an all-girl boarding school with full-time boarders and some day students. Therefore, a complete schedule of trips is offered off campus each weekend. Girls can take trips to nearby stores or restaurants. Every few weeks a trip is scheduled to places as distant as New York City, Pittsburgh, or Washington.
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Weekends at Grier offer students the option of having a quiet, relaxed schedule or a busy one, depending on what the student herself chooses to do.
Some of the off campus trips for students to choose from may include:
Shopping at the local mall
Dinner and Movies
A dance with a boys' boarding school
Hershey Park
Book Club outings
Altoona Curve Baseball Game in the spring
Downtown State College shopping and dinner
Church in the local community
Wal-Mart or Target Shopping trip
Skiing Trip in the winter
Washington, DC
King of Prussia Mall
Hagerstown Outlets
Fly Fishing in warm weather
New York shopping and Broadway show
Dinner cruise in Philadelphia
Horse shows
Six Flags in Baltimore
All-girls Education
"Well, being in an all-girls school was a very liberating experience. It allowed girls to experience freedom - physical, spiritual and emotional. Because there were no male students, we had the freedom to be who we want to be emotionally. Physically we were not limited in sports nor in the classroom and nor were we expected to spiritually adopt the "female" norms in school. The experience gave us a confident voice and the belief that we can do whatever we want to do because we are women. The growth and independence at an all-girls school is just phenomenal. Plus, the experience is essential for every girl to become a self-assured and self-respected woman."
(Written by a student, after completing three years at Grier.)
The coffee barn is a relaxing place for snacks and drinks
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