St. George's School, Newport

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St. George's School
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Sapientia Utriusque Vitae Lumen
Location
Middletown, Rhode Island
USA
Information
Type Private coeducational secondary, boarding
Established 1896
Head of School Eric F. Peterson
Grades 9–12
Enrollment 370
Campus Suburban
Color(s) Red, black, and white
Mascot Dragon
Rival Middlesex School
Affiliation Episcopal
Website
St. George's School—Church of St. George, Little Chapel, and Memorial Schoolhouse
St. George's School, Newport is located in Rhode Island
St. George's School, Newport
Location 372 Purgatory Rd., Middletown, Rhode Island
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Area less than one acre
Built 1910
Architectural style Tudor Revival, Late Gothic Revival
NRHP Reference # 04001235[1]
Added to NRHP November 12, 2004
The Exterior of the St. George's School Chapel

St. George's School is a private, Episcopal, coeducational boarding school in Middletown, Rhode Island, USA, just north of the city of Newport, on a hill overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. The school was founded in 1896 by the Rev. John Byron Diman. It is a member of the Independent School League and is one of five schools collectively termed St. Grottlesex.

History

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In 2016 the school stated that sexual misconduct had previously occurred, dating from the 1970s, and perpetrated by employees and students.[3]

The Hilltop

The school's campus is familiarly known as "The Hilltop", as it is located on a prominent hill just east of Newport. Its oldest buildings are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[4]

  • Memorial Schoolhouse – The main academic building, in which most classes are held, in subjects other than art, music and science.
  • Old School – The oldest building on campus, Old School serves a variety of purposes. The first floor serves as the office of the Head of School, as well as many administrators and admissions counselors. To the east, the Main Common Room serves as a meeting space for various purposes. The Faculty Lounge and kitchen are attached to the Main Common Room. On the second and third floors are the Old School (girls) and Red (boys) dormitories.
  • DuPont Science Building – Hosting all science classes, it houses laboratories for all physical sciences, and is close by the observatory. It also has a large hall used for presentations or examinations.
  • Chapel – A classic Gothic chapel built in 1928, with John Nicholas Brown's donation and designed by Ralph Adams Cram. The whole school congregates in the Chapel for two services weekly, one of which is an Episcopal Church service. There are two additional optional services; a Friday night Compline service, and a Sunday Evening Prayer. In 2005, the Chapel organ was completely renovated. The Chapel now also features a choral practice space. Once a week the chapel choir, consisting of nearly 80 students, sings.
  • Hill Library – Contains more than 40,000 volumes and 75 periodicals.
  • John Nicholas Brown '18 Center – Named in honor of school alumnus John Nicholas Brown, class of 1918, the Brown Center was dedicated in the spring of 2005. It houses the College counseling offices on the main level; deans' offices on the second floor (director of studies, dean of students, dean of faculty); and the bookstore, Geronimo office, mail room and summer school office on the lower level.
  • Sixth-Form House – Originally used as the school gymnasium in 1903, it was converted to classroom use in 1911. Dormitory rooms for school prefects were also once located in the building. Currently the business office, advancement office, and communications office are housed in Sixth-Form House.
  • King Hall – The school's dining hall, it serves three meals daily
  • William H. Drury and Richard Grosvenor Center for the Arts – home to St. George's 450-seat theatre, where drama productions, musical performances, and lectures are held. The building also features a black box theatre, a scenery shop (used by Stage Crew for the drama productions), many soundproof practice rooms, an exhibition gallery, two drawing studios, a painting studio, ceramics and photography studios, and two computer labs.
  • Charles A. and Carol J. Hamblet Campus Center – Named in honor of the 10th headmaster and his wife, the Campus Center was dedicated in the fall of 2004. It includes a grille restaurant open during the off-hours of King Hall, a great room, a game room, and a meeting room.
  • Dorrance Field House – Built in 1987, the Field House includes four indoor tennis courts, three basketball courts, and a ninth-of-a-mile indoor track.
  • Hoopes Squash Center – The Joseph C. Hoopes Sr. Squash Center, housing eight international glass-backed courts, was completed in 1996. Using the German made ASB court system, it serves during the summer months as the home for Mark Talbott's Squash Academy, the official training center of the U.S. Squash Racquets Association. It served as the site for both the National Junior Squash Championships in 1996 and 1998, and the Men's Squash Softball Championships in February 1997.
  • Stephen P. Cabot and Archer Harman Ice Center – The $4.5 million Stephen P. Cabot and Archer Harman Jr. Ice Center, completed in November 2000, features two ice hockey facilities. Originally built in 1954 as an outdoor rink and enclosed in 1968, the Cabot Memorial rink has new boards, a completely new surface (200' X 85') and a new roof.
  • Norris D. Hoyt Pool – The Norris D. Hoyt Swimming Pool is an eight-lane pool with overflow gutters and a Colorado Timing System. Completed in the fall of 2004, the pool holds a large balcony seating area as well as many deck-level glass viewing windows.
  • Ted Hersey Track – The track is all-weather, completed in the fall of 1996. It is a six-lane, 400 meter oval, with an eight-lane sprint chute along the east side. All St. George's field events are held on the inside, with the exception of the javelin throw. It includes the high jump area at the northern end of the oval, the discus throw area at the northwestern corner, the shotput throw area at the northeastern corner, the long and triple jump parallel along the western straight-away, and the pole vault way parallel to the eastern straightaway. The area inside the oval is Redway Field and is large enough for a international-sized soccer field (360 feet by 225 feet). The track is named for the longest-serving (1952–2004) faculty member in school history, who founded the programs in cross-country and track-and-field.
  • The "Hilltop", viewed from Second Beach
    Blazer and Wood Tennis courts – Blazer Tennis Courts are hardcourt-surfaced courts located at the main entrance of the school. Both junior varsity teams host their games on these courts. The Wood Tennis Courts are six hardcourt-surfaced courts located across the street from the main entrance of the school.
  • Playing Fields – The 10 athletic fields include Crocker Field (used for varsity football and girls' varsity lacrosse), Elliott Field (used for varsity baseball), a JV baseball field, two field hockey fields, four lacrosse/soccer fields, and a softball field.
  • There are five boys' dorms and six girls' dorms. Two or three faculty members live with their families in apartments within each of the buildings.

Academics

As of the 2014–15 school year, students are required to take a minimum of four years of English, mathematics through precalculus, three years of a foreign language, two years of laboratory science courses, two years of social sciences, one or two semesters of religious studies, and two semesters of art classes.[5]

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View, from St. George's School, of Sachuest Point

Tuition and Fees

Cost of attendance (2016–2017)[6]

  • Boarding student: $58,000
  • Day student: $39,900

Extracurricular activities

Sports

The school is a member of the Independent School League (ISL) and the New England Preparatory School Athletic Council (NEPSAC).[7][8]

Sailing school vessel

Geronimo is a Ted Hood designed 69-foot fiberglass sloop. Three times during the academic year, Geronimo carries students from St. George's School on six-week-long voyages. She sails year round between Canadian waters and the Caribbean, and she is now making a two year long journey to the Mediterranean. Students are taught nautical science and oceanography/marine biology while on board. Summer trainees range in age from high school to adult.[9][10]

In popular culture

Notable St. Georgians (Old Boys)

See also

References

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Further reading

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External links

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