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Our Campus
700 acres, the world's largest high school library and a Harkness table in every classroom. Explore.
This is Harkness
At Exeter, Harkness is more than a way to learn. It’s a way of life. It starts in the classroom and extends to field, stage and common spaces.
Exeter Stories
See all the latest on Exeter TodayI am eager to sit at Exeter’s Harkness tables and learn with and from students and teachers. I love that Harkness requires every participant to be responsible to each other, to exchange ideas with respect and humility, and to clarify one’s thinking through active discourse.
Jenny Karlen Elliott, Exeter's next principal
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The Council for Advancement and Support of Education has awarded the Phillips Exeter Academy website with its Circle of Excellence Gold Medal. See the announcement here.