The school used a prefectorial system of sixth form members elected by the senior class or appointed by the headmaster.

The school was primarily boarding, with some day students commuting from the surrounding region of the central Berkshire Hills.

A 1972 merger with the Bordentown Military Institute was an uncomfortable alliance between two disparate school cultures.

By the following school year, the combined entity was closed, as the Vietnam War had reduced the popularity of military education.

An alumni organization produces a quarterly newsletter and convenes an annual fall reunion in Lenox.