Austin Preparatory School

Austin Preparatory School is an independent Augustinian Catholic middle and high school in Reading, just north of Boston, serving boys and girls in grades 6 through 12. Its mission is to inspire hearts to unite, minds to inquire and hands to serve. The curriculum includes interdisciplinary courses such as American Experience, in which sophomores combine English, history and hands-on learning, recently studying the Salem Witch Trials, and seniors take part in a MEDscience collaboration at Harvard Medical School.

Athletics compete in the New England Preparatory School Athletic Council, and some graduates go on to play at Division I, II or III colleges. Last year’s graduates received a seven-figure total in scholarship offers. The school highlights students like softball player Emily Sgro, a Reading native who earned a varsity spot as a freshman, became a starter as a sophomore and has verbally committed to Saint Anselm College.

What to Know

• The MEDscience collaboration, now in its third year, gives seniors clinical, laboratory and biomedical learning.
• Austin Prep is a private, nonprofit school.
• The softball program is led by head coach Michele Brewer and has traveled to Florida for games.