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A school (from Greek σχολεῖον - scholeion) is an institution designed to allow and encourage students (or "pupils") to learn, under the supervision of teachers. Most countries have systems of formal education, which is commonly compulsory. In these systems, students often progress through a series of schools: primary school, secondary school, and possibly a university, vocational school or a college. There are also non-governmental schools, called private or independent schools. A school may be dedicated to a particular field, such as a school of economics or a school of dance. Alternative schools and democratic education may provide nontraditional methods and curriculum, or no curriculum, as it were. In homeschooling and online schools, teaching and learning take place outside of a traditional school building. The use of the term school varies by country, as do the names of the various levels of education within the country. More about Schools... Stonyhurst College is an independent, Roman Catholic school in the Jesuit tradition, providing boarding and day education to approximately four hundred boys and girls aged 13-18. It is located on the Stonyhurst Estate near Clitheroe in rural Lancashire, England, where it occupies a Grade I listed building. Founded in 1593, it was originally located at St Omer in the Spanish Netherlands, at a time when penal laws prohibited Roman Catholic education in England. Due to the persecution of the Jesuits, the school was forced to relocate to Bruges in 1762 and Liège in 1773. In 1794, following a relaxation of the law in England, the school finally settled in Lancashire. Under the motto Quant Je Puis (As Much As I Can), Stonyhurst offers a broad curriculum of study, music, art, drama, sport and CCF, together with spiritual guidance and charity work. Notable alumni include three saints, twelve Beati, twenty-two martyrs, eight archbishops, seven Victoria Cross winners, fourteen international rugby players, Charles Carroll of Carrollton, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and Eduardo Lopez de Romaña. The school is also home to a number of treasures including a fragment from the crown of thorns and the remains of St Gordianus. Upper Canada College (UCC) is a private elementary and secondary school for boys in downtown Toronto, Canada. Founded in 1829, UCC is the oldest independent school in the province of Ontario, the third oldest in the country, and is often described as the most prestigious preparatory school in Canada. At least thirty-nine former students have been inducted into the Order of Canada. Template:/box-header April 20th 1999 – Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold embarks on a shooting rampage at Columbine High School, killing 12 students and a teacher, as well as wounding 23 others, before committing suicide. It is the fourth-deadliest school killing in United States history. 23rd 1635 – Boston Latin School, the oldest public school in the United States, is founded in Boston, Massachusetts 2003 – Beijing closes all schools for two weeks because of the SARS virus. 25th 1983 – American schoolgirl Samantha Smith is invited to visit the Soviet Union by its leader Yuri Andropov after he reads a letter in which she expresses fears about nuclear war. WikiProject Schools Wikiproject Education • Wikiproject Education in Australia • Wikiproject Education in Canada • Wikiproject Education in Pakistan • Wikiproject Academics • Wikiproject Alternative education • Wikiproject School Years • School and university projects • Deletion sorting/Schools What are WikiProjects? Accra Academy Arlington Senior High School Auburn High School (Alabama) Barnard Castle School Bath School disaster Benet Academy Benjamin Franklin High School (New Orleans) Briarcliff High School Caulfield Grammar School Chetham's School of Music City of London School Colegio de la Preciosa Sangre de Pichilemu Direct grant grammar school Dougherty Valley High School DuPont Manual High School Garden City High School (Kansas) Gordon Parks High School Hanley Castle High School Hwa Chong Institution Johnson Senior High School (St. Paul, Minnesota) Malvern College North Community High School Norwich School (independent school) Pathlight School Phillips Exeter Academy Library Port Charlotte High School Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney Pūnana Leo Roswell High School (Georgia) Royal Grammar School, Guildford Scarborough Day School School District 53 Okanagan Similkameen Stonyhurst College The Doon School Theodore Roosevelt High School (Kent, Ohio) Union City High School Whitney High School (Rocklin, California) Wisbech Grammar School École L'Odyssée Erin Gruwell Erin Gruwell (born 15 August 1969) is an American teacher. Gruwell began student teaching in 1994 at Woodrow Wilson High School in Long Beach, California. As a student teacher, she was assigned the lowest-performing students in the school. One student, a boy she referred to as "Sharaud", seemed determined to make her life miserable. However, a few months into the school year one of her other students passed a note depicting Sharaud (an African American) with extremely large lips. Infuriated, Gruwell told the class that that was the type of caricature that the Nazis had used during the Holocaust. When only one of the students knew what the Holocaust was, Gruwell changed the theme of her curriculum to tolerance. Holyhead High School translates to Welsh as Ysgol Uwchradd Caergybi High School ... that the first British comprehensive school was Holyhead High School (pictured) on the Welsh island of Anglesey? ... that Republican U.S. vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin attended Wasilla High School? ... that Rebecca Adlington, British Olympic Gold swimmer, went to The Brunts School? ▼ Schools ► Schools by city ► Schools by country ► Schools by type ► Lists of schools ► School accreditors ► Awards given to schools ► School buses ► School districts ► Fictional schools ► Schools programs ► School traditions ► School types ► School stubs Educational institutions by year of establishment List of schools by country List of international schools List of choir schools List of the oldest schools in the world List of the oldest schools in the United Kingdom List of school-related attacks Amador Valley High School The Avery Coonley School Baltimore City College Eastbourne manslaughter History of Baltimore City College The Judd School Plano Senior High School School for Creative and Performing Arts Stuyvesant High School List of Benet Academy alumni List of Boston Latin School alumni List of schools in Cardenal Caro List of schools in Marlborough, New Zealand List of schools in the Northland Region List of Old Guildfordians (Royal Grammar School, Guildford) Books Culture Education Library and information science Literature Science Society University Here are some tasks awaiting attention: Article requests : WikiProject Schools/Article requests Assess : Assessment requests Cleanup : Schools needing cleanup, WikiProject Schools articles to be moved Copyedit : Articles in need of emergency, short term attention, Schools articles needing expert attention Deletion sorting : WikiProject Deletion sorting/Schools Infobox : School articles without infoboxes, UK schools using wrong infoboxes Maintain : Portal:Schools Merge : School articles to be merged Photo : Wikipedia requested photographs of schools Stubs : Stub-Class school articles Other : Join the project and add {{User WikiProject Schools}} to your talk page. 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