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Noble & Greenough covers grades 7-12. Members of the twelfth grade are known as members of Class I, on down to seventh grade students who are known as members of Class VI, or more informally as the "sixies." Middle schoolers, in 7th and 8th grade, are housed in the Pratt Middle School, while the Upper School (grades 9-12) are housed in the main building, known as the Shattuck Schoolhouse.
The school covers 187 acres (0.76 km2) in Dedham, Massachusetts. The grounds include nine athletic fields, two gyms, and a sizeable length of the Charles River, upon which the school's crew team practices.
Nobles alumni have been prominently featured in recent news coverage. Sarah Parsons '05 scored 4 goals in the 2006 Winter Olympic Games for the USA's Olympic women's hockey team. Helen Resor '04 was also on this team. Ayla Brown '06 was on the American television show American Idol as one of the final 13 contestants. Andrea Ross '09 sang in the Concert for Diana and is currently on tour performing in a musical produced by Andrew Lloyd Webber.
In September 2006, Nobles completed a state of the art, $20 million dollar, 40,000-square-foot (3,700 m2) Arts Center, which houses theatrical productions as well as musical performances. The theatre was funded by the Viniks; thus the new venue was named the Vinik Theatre. This was part of an $86 million dollar capital campaign ending in 2008 that significantly improved faculty compensation as well as other aspects of the school. In total, there are three theaters in the school, Lawrence Auditorium in the main building, Vinik Theatre in the Arts building and Towles Theater in the Baker science building.
Students also dine in a historic castle, designed by the architect Henry Hobson Richardson, who also designed Trinity Church in Boston.
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