Character
Before Career

A PRINCIPLE THAT SETS
GRAVITAS APART
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Character
Before
Career

A PRINCIPLE
THAT SETS
GRAVITAS APART

Distance
Learning
With a
Difference

SPECIALIZED ACADEMIES
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Distance
Learning
With a
Difference

SPECIALIZED ACADEMIES

From
Wonder
to Wisdom

OUR APPROACH TO ONLINE INSTRUCTION
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From
Wonder
to Wisdom

OUR APPROACH TO ONLINE INSTRUCTION

Ask a Parent
Ask a Graduate

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING”
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Ask a
Parent
Ask a
Graduate

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING

Meet
Gravitas

Online Prep School

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Gravitas is an online school like no other. As an extension of The Stony Brook School, Gravitas provides you online access to an education with a proven reputation for giving students like you:

  • Challenging college prep education
  • Character formation to help you grow as a learner and a person
  • Opportunities to discover and pursue your passions
  • Personalized academic support and college counseling
  • Wisdom to answer the most important questions of life
  • Summer boarding school experiences before you go off on your own
  • A diploma that turns heads in college admissions offices

By joining Gravitas, you get the best of Stony Brook from wherever you are: inspiring teachers and mentors, new friends from around the world, and challenging courses that will push you to become the best version of yourself.

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One
Decision

A Lifetime Of Impact

With one simple decision, you can unlock your potential, open doors, and most importantly, shape your character for a lifetime. Join the school that has made shaping character its mission since 1922.

Gravitas offers something for everyone.

  • Full-time and part-time options
  • Specialized Passion Academies
  • Honors, Advanced (AP prep), and College-Level courses
  • Residential and online summer programs

Character.

College Prep.

You deserve the best
of both.

Meet
Gravitas

Online Prep School

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Gravitas is an online school like no other. As an extension of The Stony Brook School, Gravitas provides you online access to an education with a proven reputation for giving students like you:

  • Challenging college prep education
  • Character formation to help you grow as a learner and a person
  • Opportunities to discover and pursue your passions
  • Personalized academic support and college counseling
  • Wisdom to answer the most important questions of life
  • Summer boarding school experiences before you go off on your own
  • A diploma that turns heads in college admissions offices

By joining Gravitas, you get the best of Stony Brook from wherever you are: inspiring teachers and mentors, new friends from around the world, and challenging courses that will push you to become the best version of yourself.

45%

Accepted
to top 30
Colleges

17

Advanced
and Dual
Credit
Courses

4

Specialized
Passion
Academies

1367

Average
SAT
Score

One
Decision

A Lifetime Of Impact

gravitas_home_spot_ilo_revised

With one simple decision, you can unlock your potential, open doors, and most importantly, shape your character for a lifetime. Join the school that has made shaping character its mission since 1922.

Gravitas offers something for everyone.

  • Full-time and part-time options
  • Specialized Passion Academies
  • Honors, Advanced (AP prep), and College-Level courses
  • Residential and online summer programs

Character.

College Prep.

You deserve the best
of both.

What People
Are Saying

Ask Our Students

YAN, GRAVITAS 2025

"Since I've started my way in the school, Gravitas has become an integral part of my life. I've met lots of cool and smart people. Some of them became my friends. I did fascinating virtual labs in chemistry, explored the speeches of Churchill and Martin Luther King Jr. in rhetoric, discovered right and left-handed limits in calculus class, and even designed my own microlab [for the International Space Station Research Program] with students on campus. Gravitas is also about a high level of moral education. Thanks to the character formation course I've learned what true happiness is, why it is important to be virtuous, and how I can find my way in life. Gravitas became my second family. It is a place where I find myself motivated, strong, and successful."
 
Current Student
Kyiv, Ukraine

YAFFIE, GRAVITAS 2025

"Gravitas is a place of opening minds and thinking outside the box. It's intensive which really pushes you to work really hard and do your best. I love it at Gravitas because they have great professional teachers that look out for students outside and in class. The best part of it is that you get to work with great peers. I would 100% recommend Gravitas for anyone wanting an online education. It's the best!"

Current Student
Uganda

IFRA, GRAVITAS 2024

"Attending Gravitas this year has been nothing short of a remarkable experience. Gravitas has helped me grow as a student and improve my character exponentially. The rigorous courses help me develop my time management, critical thinking, and communication skills. The classes are demanding, but that is what excites me. I've loved working and learning alongside my talented classmates. With the academics and character formation program at Gravitas, I'm only getting closer to achieving the standard I have set for myself."

Current Student
India

JOSEPH, GRAVITAS 2024

"Gravitas is an institution that's not just a school but also a loving family with diverse students and faculty members residing worldwide with unique and rich backgrounds. Gravitas isn't the only school that provides exceptional education, but Gravitas is one of the rare schools where you can broaden your mind and heart with remarkably talented and intellectually curious students who care for the development of their character."

Current Student
New York

PARENT, GRAVITAS

"We decided to enroll our child in Gravitas after considering several local private schools. Most days our child receives 4.5 hours of live instruction and every minute of every lesson is engaging and meaningful. What's impressive about the learning experience is that our child learns more than content, he learns skills. He learns how to consider perspective and analyze sources for reliability. There is a class that is dedicated to study skills, time management and organization - things so important yet never really taught or discussed in most schools. We most appreciate the daily character lesson; this is a daily task that we know is going to help develop the best version of our child.

There is no fluff or filler in any assignment or activity - everything has a purpose. The mission of the school is genuine and cohesive. We know our child will thrive academically, spiritually and emotionally here. This is absolutely, hands-down, one of the best decisions we have ever made as parents."

Current Parent
Niche.com | Sept 2023

PARENT, GRAVITAS

"I have spent the last 15 years in a classical homeschoolsetting but my son needed more rigor. Gravitas is a classical, online private school that has HIGHLY trained teachers. My 9th grader is being challenged and it's great! They also offer many amazing electives that as a homeschool parent I used to shell out thousands for... so this is really incredible!

I was concerned with my son leaving his homeschool community and learning online. Gravitas has solved both issues! Your child won't be able to sit like a bump on a log. They are graded on their participation, oral presentations, oral tests, and homework. Topics are discussed. School is NOT a monologue. Also, kids are NOT in classes 8 hours a day. This was important to me. Gravitas really seeks to build community with the students. The administation/teachers respond quickly to questions and concerns. My son has met other children from all over the world and he has still maintained his local friendships. We love this school!"

Current Parent
Niche.com | November 2022

PARENT, GRAVITAS

"This is my daughters first year at Gravitas. As a parent, I am very impressed with the teachers my daughter has. They are skilled professionals who not only teach (in person online) but are able to create a community with their virtual students. I appreciate her having a live (online) teacher and classmates. I believe it is a more effective way for her to learn and all around healthier for her. This was one of the reasons I selected Gravitas. I did not want my daughter merely reading the information on a computer screen (like most of the other online homeschool programs I investigated) and teaching herself.


I am also a huge fan of Gravitas's Chapel and Character Formation Class. I agree with their motto Character before Career. This course is well designed and guides my daughter into learning about virtues, forming good habits and deepening her faith."

Current Parent
Niche.com | September 2022

PARENT, GRAVITAS

"Llegamos el año pasado a Estados Unidos debido a mi trabajo viajo bastante, mi hija forma parte del colegio Stony Brook online muy buenos profesores, el acompañamiento del área administrativa excelente nos han ayudado mucho, están pendientes nos ayudan y resuelven de cualquier duda que tengamos. Muy recomendado alto nivel de enseñanza, las clases son solo en Ingles en la plataforma online tienen bastante material de apoyo videos y libros de consulta. Estamos muy contentos con el Colegio."

Current Parent (Spanish)
Niche.com | October 2023

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