Honor System
The heart of the Woodberry experience is the honor system. Since 1899 Woodberry boys have been pledging to not lie, cheat, or steal. These pledges create a system of brotherhood and safety — if a boy leaves a bicycle, laptop, or wallet somewhere on campus, it will be there when he returns —but the honor system is about far more than protecting possessions. The real goal of the honor system is to create a moral community based on trust, one where a boy is taken at his word. It allows students to be trusted completely by teachers and classmates and lets the whole school build a community of fairness to further strengthen our top boarding school for boys. The honor system assures that Woodberry values character development as much as academic rigor.
We hold this high standard of behavior to encourage the transformation of boys into Woodberry men.