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Northshore October 2025

Penguin Hall: An All-Girls Preparatory High School

The private school in Wenham empowers and enlightens the North Shore’s young women.

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"So, as you can see, it's not school as usual," says Dean Tsouvalas, while stepping onto a balcony overlooking the pristine, lush green grounds of Penguin Hall. No, it’s definitely not school as usual. The resemblance to Harry Potter’s Hogwarts is so obvious that it’s hardly worth mentioning. As Tsouvalas, Penguin Hall’s director of advancement and communication, says, “When you walk through that door, it ups your game.” Indeed, crossing the enchanting threshold into Penguin Hall, through the ornately sculpted front door adorned with spiderwebs and dragonflies, is to step into 1929, into a world created by a confident, independe
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