St. Andrew's School (Delaware)
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| St. Andrew's School Scholae Sancti Andreae |
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| Middletown, Delaware USA |
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| Type | Private, Boarding |
| Motto | "Pistis Kai Episteme" ("Faith and Learning") |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Episcopal |
| Established | 1929 |
| Headmaster | Daniel T. Roach |
| Faculty | 76 |
| Enrollment | 310 total |
| Average class size | 12 students |
| Student to teacher ratio | 5:1 |
| Campus | 2200 acres |
| Color(s) | Cardinal Red and White |
| Athletics | 21 Varsity Interscholastic Teams |
| Athletics conference | Delaware Independent School Conference |
| Mascot | Cardinal, Saint, & Griffon |
| Average SAT scores (2012) | 1320 verbal + math |
| Endowment | 197 million |
| Website | www.standrews-de.org |
St. Andrew's School is a private, Episcopal, co-educational boarding school situated on 2,200 acres (8.9 km2) in Middletown, Delaware. The school enrolls 310[1] students in grades nine through twelve. Following the tradition of other boarding schools, students refer to their "form" instead of their "grade." Freshmen are III formers while, seniors are VI formers. All students board, living in dorms on campus separated by sex and form (freshman boys on one dorm, freshman girls on another, etc.). Seniors live in underclassmen dorms, acting as residential leaders in charge of the dorms and dorm life.
The school had 41% students of color and 17% international students at the start of the 2015-2016 school year.[1]
The school admitted 28% of its applicants with a 58% yield rate and a median SSAT of 83% during the 2015-2016 school year.[2]
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Educational philosophy
St. Andrew's offers a full course curriculum in the liberal arts. The culmination of a student's English career is the Senior Exhibition. In the Senior Exhibition, a student will read a work of literature provided by his or her instructor, attempt to develop a thesis on that work of literature in the form of a 10–15 page paper and defend the thesis before members of the English department. The senior exhibition process has been compared to a university thesis defense, except with a very short paper instead of a 100-300 page thesis, as would be typical of college level work. The senior exhibition aims to build off of the skills that have been developed through the students' English career, and especially on the ability to think critically.
Tuition and financial aid
St. Andrew's has an endowment of $170 million. The tuition at the school is $55,000. Roughly 46% of the students receive some form of financial aid. St. Andrew's dispensed approximately $6.1 million in financial aid in 2015, with an average grant of $42,688.[1]
History
St. Andrew's was founded in 1929 by A. Felix du Pont (1879–1948), a member of the du Pont family, which made its fortune in the chemical industry. It was founded to provide a top education to boys of all socio-economic backgrounds, regardless of the families' ability to pay. St. Andrew's originally was an all-boys school, but became coeducational in 1973. The school also has a student-run SDLC,or Student Leadership Diversity Conference, which addresses issues of racial and ethnic diversity, and a Gender and Sexuality Alliance, which has provided social support to gay students and their allies since the early 2000s. A notable feature of the school is an original N.C. Wyeth mural in the dining hall, which depicts the founders of the school, early trustees and headmasters. The background shows classic English cathedrals, paying homage to the school's Anglican inspiration and architecture. The founder, A. Felix du Pont is seen standing with a Bishop Cook, gazing towards the realization of his dream for the school depicted on the opposite side of the painting. The left side of the mural shows students standing around the Alma Mater - which was rumored to have been modelled after Irenee du Pont - with some in formal dress and others in athletic clothes. One boy is holding an oar from a crew shell bearing the red and white St. Andrew's Cross seen on the emblem of the school as well as the oars used by the rowing team.[3]
The Irene duPont Library at St. Andrew's School was given by and named for the founder's sister, Irene Sophie duPont. The Library was built in October 1956 and completely renovated in 1997. It contains 32,000 volumes and over 120 periodicals. The library also offers one of the school's' computer labs, a periodical room, a reference room, and several study rooms ranging in sizes able to accommodate a full class down to single person use. The library also provides technology resources which are available for loan to students for academic and personal use, such as laptops, tablets and video cameras.[4][5]
Buildings, Facilities and Grounds
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St. Andrew's is located on 2,200 acres (8.9 km2) of land, much of it dedicated nature preserve. The school also leases tracts of land to farmers, with the contractual agreement that they will farm the land in a sustainable, environmentally conscious way. In the center of this land is Noxontown Pond, which is used for crew in the spring, and is open to fishermen.
The main campus is formed by a small cluster of buildings. The most recognizable of these is Founders Hall, which is the center of the school and houses boys dorms, the dining hall, classrooms, the chapel and offices. Much of Founders Hall is original, given at the inception of the school by A. Felix du Pont, before which it had been his mansion. There have been a handful of additions to Founders Hall, including the addition of the Irenee du Pont library, which was built in 1956.Other classrooms are found in Amos Hall, named for William Amos, including a biology lab, a physics lab and a chemistry lab. Recent additions to the campus are the O'Brian Arts Center and the Sipprelle Fieldhouse.
Athletic Facilities and Fields
The main building serving athletics is the Sipprelle Fieldhouse, a LEED Gold certified building with basketball, volleyball and squash courts, as well as a weight training and general purpose gym and the offices of the athletic trainers.
St. Andrew's has 11 multi-use athletic fields on campus, a 5k cross-country course along with many miles of trails going all throughout the school's property. The school also has 4 multi-use courts, which can be set up for different sports such as basketball and volleyball, an indoor track,[6] a six-lane swimming pool, 9 squash courts, a wrestling room, 2 dance studios, 17 tennis courts, 2 paddle-tennis courts, and a boathouse which houses both men's and women's crew with around 20 shells.[7][8]
Athletics
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St. Andrew's is a member of the Delaware Independent School Conference. Traditional rivals in conference include the Wilmington Friends School, Tatnall School and Tower Hill School. Every year, the football team battles the Tatnall Hornets for the coveted cannon trophy and often the conference title in the Cannon Game. Athletic rivals in other sports include the Hill School, Sanford School, Salesianum, Middletown High School and Westtown School.
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Film appearances
The 1989 film Dead Poets Society starring Robin Williams was filmed almost entirely on the school grounds. The school was known as Welton Academy in the movie.
It served as the shooting location for young Bartlet's boarding school in The West Wing episode entitled "Two Cathedrals" (#44).
Notable alumni
- Bulent Atalay (1958) - Physicist and author
- Dennis C. Blair (1964) - former Director of National Intelligence for President Barack Obama and former United States Navy four-star admiral
- Eric Boateng (2005) - Professional basketball player, former center for Arizona State Sun Devils, 2005 McDonald's All-American and Gatorade State Athlete of the Year[9]
- William R. Brownfield (1970) - Assistant Secretary of State, United States Ambassador to Chile, Venezuela, Colombia
- Erin Burnett (1994) - host of Erin Burnett OutFront on CNN[10]
- Ruby Cramer (2008) - BuzzFeed News Political Writer[11]
- Roy Foster - Irish academic, educator and historical writer
- Cristina Stenbeck Fitzgibbons (1995) - Swedish-American businesswoman[12]
- Hume Horan (1951) - American diplomat and ambassador to five countries
- Chris Klebl (1990) — Cross-country skier, 11-time U.S. National Champion, Paralympic Gold Medalist
- Steven Naifeh (1970) - Pulitzer Prize winning author and artist
- John Seabrook (1976) - American author and journalist for The New Yorker
- Peter Salett (1987) - American singer\songwriter and composer
- Dominic Seiterle (1994) - Canadian rower, Olympic Gold Medalist[13]
- Kirk Varnedoe (1963) - American art historian and writer
- Loudon Wainwright, Jr. - Life (magazine) columnist
- Loudon Wainwright III (1965) - American songwriter, folk singer, humorist, and actor
- George Welch (1936) - first pilot to break the sound barrier (before Chuck Yeager)
- William H. Whyte (1935) - Sociologist, author of The Organization Man
References
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- ↑ http://libraryweb.standrews-de.org/
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External links
- St. Andrew's School website
- Irene duPont Library Website
- Irene duPont Library Archives
- Famous Movie Locations: St. Andrew's School From 'Dead Poets Society' (Middletown, DE)
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