• Stories around a bonfire
  • Lunch time
  • A student creates artwork
  • The soccer team enjoys a victory
  • Campus lakeshore
  • Students on a trip to Washington DC
  • Students practice culinary arts
  • A science class meets outdoors
  • A student snorkels on the Winter Term trip to BVI
  • A student enjoys afternoon kayaking
  • A student puts the finishing touches on a sculpture
  • A student studies
Quick Facts

Founded in 1929

College preparatory curriculum

  • Located on 42 acres, surrounded by the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore which was voted the most beautiful place in America by Good Morning America in 2011
  • Average class size of 6
  • Total enrollment:   64
  • 98% of students board
  • We have a five-week winter term where you only take two elective courses
  • Ned Hallowell’s Summer Enrichment Camp for kids and adults takes place every July
  • Annual trip opportunities to locations such as the British Virgin Islands and Guatemala.
  • Family Advisory Units (FAU’S) – 3 adults to 7 student mentoring program
  • Individual learning plan for every student

On campus is:

  • The Lanphier Observatory, with a 14” Celestron telescope
  • Large learning Greenhouse where we grow lettuce and greens for our salad bar, and other vegetables, annuals. Students can also participate in a composting program that allows them to see the entire process of the school's kitchen waste turn into a rich garden fertilizer!
 

The Leelanau School One Old Homestead Road Glen Arbor, MI 49636-9720

Phone 231.334.5800 toll free: 800-533-5262 Fax: 231.334.5898

mail:info@leelanau.org

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