Wikipedia:WikiProject Schools

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Did you know... ...that the Annenschule high school in Saint Petersburg, Russia was transformed into a Soviet work school after the Russian Revolution, but now houses a lyceum? (26 December 2006) ...that Dougherty Valley High School will be, upon its opening, the first real-estate developer–built high school in the San Ramon Valley Unified School District? (12 May 2007) ...that La Martiniere Boys' College in Lucknow, India is the only school in the world to be awarded a battle honour? (28 June 2007) ...that three years after tying for its final Kentucky State Football championship, Flaget High School closed due to falling enrollment? (29 June 2007) ...that Alexander Pope was expelled from Twyford School for writing a poem that poked fun at one of his school masters? (18 July 2007) ...that Timothy Christian School was forced to move from Cicero, Illinois to enroll African American students? (9 August 2007) ...that in 1973, Margaret Thatcher temporarily saved the Strand Grammar School, famous for its contribution of young men to the British Civil Service, from closure? (26 August 2007) ...that the Nebraska School for the Deaf became nationally known within the Deaf community for its fight against an anti–American Sign Language state bill endorsed by Alexander Graham Bell? (30 August 2007) ...that Kellom Elementary School in Omaha, Nebraska is the alma mater of Fred Astaire, Gale Sayers and Bob Gibson, as well as youth programs once led by Whitney Young? (September 2007) ...that The Harvey School, a rural school in New York, was established to give an education to the founder's handicapped son? (16 September 2007) ...that since 2002, New York's Middletown High School has seen the district superintendent convicted of sexual abuse, had one principal resign and another suspended, had two student walkouts and was ordered to reinstate a teacher? (17 September 2007) ...that Tanjong Katong Primary School has the most diverse student population among all government-operated schools in Singapore, as its students come from 39 countries? (27 September 2007) ...that the England national football team is to train on the football pitch of the Blessed Thomas Holford Catholic College, as it is the only one identical to one in Russia on which they are due to play in October 2007? (28 September 2007) ...that in the early 20th century, when education was segregated in the United States, the Calhoun Colored School (pictured) focused on vocational education for African Americans instead of classical education to protect the school from being closed down? (18 October 2007) ...that St Patrick's Marist College Dundas, the oldest school in Australia run by Marist Brothers, started out as a primary school? (25 October 2007) ...that Ellenville Middle School (pictured) abandoned an experiment with single-sex classes after the school failed to meet No Child Left Behind Act standards? (30 December 2007) ...that Bunscoill Ghaelgagh is the only primary school that teaches only in the Manx language? (9 January 2008) ...that a former principal of Tubman Elementary School received a national award for her work which included a discipline program featuring a due process system for punishment referrals? (11 January 2008) ...that City Academy High School in Saint Paul, Minnesota, became the first charter school in the U.S. when it opened its doors to 30 students on September 7, 1992? (21 January 2008) ...that the Garrison Union Free School in New York traces its origins back to 1793? (?? January 2008) ...that Salisbury Cathedral School was founded over 900 years ago by a saint? (28th January 2008) ...that the radio station of North Community High School in Minneapolis, Minnesota used to be the official broadcaster for traffic reports in the area? (31 January 2008) ...that Gregorio Perfecto High School is named after the politician, Gregorio Perfecto, who signed the 1935 Constitution of the Philippines with his own blood? ...that the rooflines of the newest school in the Cornwall Central School District mimics the surrounding hills in Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York? ...that Gordon Parks High School, an alternative school, is named after the famous photographer, because he dropped out of education locally in Saint Paul, Minnesota? ...that taxpayers of Palenville, New York argued so bitterly over the costs of Rowena Memorial School that some called for it to be demolished? ...that Evergreen Lutheran High School lost its lease in DuPont, Washington in 1988 and has been looking for another site while sharing land at a local church? ... that despite over 85% of American Indian students giving it their support, mascot controversy at Humboldt High School in Saint Paul, Minnesota resulted in the abandonment of its Indians mascot? ...the German School Guayaquil in Guayaquil, Ecuador is the only private school in the city that doesn't offer mandatory catholic religious education and has therefore students with the most diverse religious affiliations in the city? ... that Arts High School in Newark, New Jersey opened its doors to students in 1931 as the first U.S. public high school specializing in the visual and performing arts? (18 August 2008) ... that Holyhead High School, located on the Welsh island of Anglesey, was the first British comprehensive school? (19 August 2008) ... that Rebecca Adlington, British Olympic Gold swimmer, went to The Brunts School? (23 August 2008) ... that the Archdiocesan Classical Gymnasium in Zagreb, Croatia has an observatory (pictured) on school grounds? (30 August 2008) ... that Republican U.S. vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin attended Wasilla High School? (5 September 2008) ... that the headmaster of Shardlow Hall, a school in Derbyshire, played soccer for England? (13 September 2008) ... that the International High School in Paterson, New Jersey, was built with triple-pane windows to keep out noise from Interstate 80, located just 20 feet (6 m) from the school building? (17 September 2008) ... that after 175 years in operation the Red Brick School, one of the oldest single room school houses in the U.S., closed in 2008? (18 September 2008) ... that Diocesan School for Girls students can download whiteboard notes to their laptops? (27 September 2008) ... that Schools Plus, an education policy proposed by New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark, was boycotted by 15 schools? (28 September 2008) ... that the Classical Academy Charter School of Clifton, a chartered middle school that requires students to learn three years of Latin and to study Literary classics, has been recognized as a Blue Ribbon School? (29 September 2008) ... that the Holgate School in Nottinghamshire, England had a Khatchkar (pictured) installed in thanks by the Armenian Government for UK-funded Lord Byron School in Gyumri? (2 October 2008) ... that Bottisham Village College was the second of the Village Colleges established by Henry Morris in his vision for a better education for country people in Cambridgeshire? (28 October 2009) ... that Babe Ruth reportedly signed one of his most lucrative New York Yankees' contracts at Jacob Ruppert's Eagles' Rest estate in Garrison, New York, now Saint Basil Academy? (22 February 2009) ... that a student at Clatskanie Middle/High School organized a statewide food drive in Oregon that earned the student a national award? (21 May 2009) ... that President Franklin D. Roosevelt approved the design for a new elementary school in his native Hyde Park, New York? (28 May 2009) ... that the Japanese American internment during World War II cost Seattle's Lincoln High School the presidents of its two service clubs and the editor of its school newspaper? (28 May 2009) ... that the Charles Sumner School served as the first teachers college for African-Americans in the District of Columbia? (30 May 2009) ... that the Little Red Schoolhouse in Brunswick, New York served as a one-room schoolhouse from the 1830s until 1952? (24 June 2009) ... that Winnetka School District 36 was the subject of a 1919 educational experiment? (7 July 2009) ... that the now defunct Heritage Christian School in Hillsboro, Oregon, once held a chariot race? (19 July 2009) ... that Faith Bible High School in Hillsboro, Oregon, closed for a day after a student received a threatening message on AOL Instant Messenger? (8 September 2009) ... that although Paul W. Bryant High School in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, is named for football coach Paul "Bear" Bryant, a court order prevented the school from using "Bears" as its mascot? (15 September 2009) ... that City View was the first charter school in Hillsboro, Oregon, when it opened in 2004? (20 September 2009) ... that only 1% of students attending Oregon Connections Academy live within the school district? (21 September 2009) ... that Far Rockaway High School in Queens, whose alumni include three Nobel Prize laureates and Bernard Madoff, stopped accepting students in 2008 as part of a planned closure due to declining grades? (9 October 2009) ... that the Franklin Borough School District in rural New Jersey had a baseball field said to have been designed by Babe Ruth and local engineers to match the dimensions of the original Yankee Stadium? (16 October 2009) ... that Harrytown Catholic High School originated as a convent school within the 250 year old Harrytown Hall? (16 January 2010) ... that the former District 10 School outside Margaretville, New York, was demolished in the mid-19th century only to be rebuilt from the same stones three years later? (15 February 2010) ... that between its 1960 closing and its current use as a museum, District School No. 14 in Pine Hill, New York, was a coat factory and a furniture repair shop? (24 February 2010) ... that 92% of students at West London's Villiers High School do not speak English as their first language? (20 March 2010) ... that Gordonstoun School (pictured) is a Scottish boarding school famed for educating three generations of the British Royal Family, including the Duke of Edinburgh and Prince Charles? (4 April 2010) ... that the Goffe Street Special School for Colored Children was built in 1864 to provide educational opportunities for African American children in New Haven, Connecticut? (8 May 2010) ...that Zariphios School, founded at 1875 in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, was one of the most significant Greek educational institutions in the region, attracting teachers from Greece and Western Europe? (10 August 2010) ...that the Flanginian School in Campo dei Greci (pictured), Venice, produced several teachers who contributed to the modern Greek Enlightenment of the 17th and 18th centuries? (21 September 2010) ...that the Evangelical School of Smyrna was the most important Greek educational institution in İzmir, Turkey, possessing an archaeological museum, a natural science collection and a library? (30 September 2010) ...that the New Academy, an 18th-century higher learning institute and center of Greek culture, in Moscopole, Albania, was nicknamed "the worthiest jewel of the city"? (17 October 2010) ...that construction of the Phrontisterion of Trapezous (pictured), a former Greek school in Trabzon, Turkey, has been described as the most impressive surviving Pontic Greek monument of the city? (24 October 2010) ...that the 19th-century Kaplaneios School in Ioannina, Greece, evolved into the most significant intellectual center of the city through the work of Athanasios Psalidas? (12 November 2010) ...that Eugenios Voulgaris, scholar and first director of the Maroutsaia School in Ioannina, Greece, insisted that the Greek intellectual revival should remain theologically and socially conservative? (3 December 2010) ...that with the foundation of the Athonite Academy, near Vatopedi monastery, the monastic community of Mount Athos took a leading role in the 18th century modern Greek Enlightenment? (14 December 2010) ...that Pakistani General Ghulam Jilani Khan founded Chand Bagh School, which was inspired by his own alma mater, the Doon School of India? (15 May 2012) ... that Sarah, Duchess of York, observed a tradition by diving naked into the swimming pool at Hurst Lodge School at midnight on the eve of her last day there?" (30 May 2012) ... that Kick-Ass, Colegio de la Preciosa Sangre de Pichilemu's English debate team, ranked second in a 2011 regional tournament? (28 August 2012)

Did you know?

Did you know...

...that the Annenschule high school in Saint Petersburg, Russia was transformed into a Soviet work school after the Russian Revolution, but now houses a lyceum? (26 December 2006)
...that Dougherty Valley High School will be, upon its opening, the first real-estate developer–built high school in the San Ramon Valley Unified School District? (12 May 2007)
...that La Martiniere Boys' College in Lucknow, India is the only school in the world to be awarded a battle honour? (28 June 2007)
...that three years after tying for its final Kentucky State Football championship, Flaget High School closed due to falling enrollment? (29 June 2007)
...that Alexander Pope was expelled from Twyford School for writing a poem that poked fun at one of his school masters? (18 July 2007)
...that Timothy Christian School was forced to move from Cicero, Illinois to enroll African American students? (9 August 2007)
...that in 1973, Margaret Thatcher temporarily saved the Strand Grammar School, famous for its contribution of young men to the British Civil Service, from closure? (26 August 2007)
...that the Nebraska School for the Deaf became nationally known within the Deaf community for its fight against an anti–American Sign Language state bill endorsed by Alexander Graham Bell? (30 August 2007)
...that Kellom Elementary School in Omaha, Nebraska is the alma mater of Fred Astaire, Gale Sayers and Bob Gibson, as well as youth programs once led by Whitney Young? (September 2007)
...that The Harvey School, a rural school in New York, was established to give an education to the founder's handicapped son? (16 September 2007)
...that since 2002, New York's Middletown High School has seen the district superintendent convicted of sexual abuse, had one principal resign and another suspended, had two student walkouts and was ordered to reinstate a teacher? (17 September 2007)
...that Tanjong Katong Primary School has the most diverse student population among all government-operated schools in Singapore, as its students come from 39 countries? (27 September 2007)
...that the England national football team is to train on the football pitch of the Blessed Thomas Holford Catholic College, as it is the only one identical to one in Russia on which they are due to play in October 2007? (28 September 2007)

...that in the early 20th century, when education was segregated in the United States, the Calhoun Colored School (pictured) focused on vocational education for African Americans instead of classical education to protect the school from being closed down? (18 October 2007)
...that St Patrick's Marist College Dundas, the oldest school in Australia run by Marist Brothers, started out as a primary school? (25 October 2007)
...that Ellenville Middle School (pictured) abandoned an experiment with single-sex classes after the school failed to meet No Child Left Behind Act standards? (30 December 2007)
...that Bunscoill Ghaelgagh is the only primary school that teaches only in the Manx language? (9 January 2008)
...that a former principal of Tubman Elementary School received a national award for her work which included a discipline program featuring a due process system for punishment referrals? (11 January 2008)
...that City Academy High School in Saint Paul, Minnesota, became the first charter school in the U.S. when it opened its doors to 30 students on September 7, 1992? (21 January 2008)
...that the Garrison Union Free School in New York traces its origins back to 1793? (?? January 2008)
...that Salisbury Cathedral School was founded over 900 years ago by a saint? (28th January 2008)
...that the radio station of North Community High School in Minneapolis, Minnesota used to be the official broadcaster for traffic reports in the area? (31 January 2008)
...that Gregorio Perfecto High School is named after the politician, Gregorio Perfecto, who signed the 1935 Constitution of the Philippines with his own blood?
...that the rooflines of the newest school in the Cornwall Central School District mimics the surrounding hills in Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York?
...that Gordon Parks High School, an alternative school, is named after the famous photographer, because he dropped out of education locally in Saint Paul, Minnesota?
...that taxpayers of Palenville, New York argued so bitterly over the costs of Rowena Memorial School that some called for it to be demolished?
...that Evergreen Lutheran High School lost its lease in DuPont, Washington in 1988 and has been looking for another site while sharing land at a local church?
... that despite over 85% of American Indian students giving it their support, mascot controversy at Humboldt High School in Saint Paul, Minnesota resulted in the abandonment of its Indians mascot?
...the German School Guayaquil in Guayaquil, Ecuador is the only private school in the city that doesn't offer mandatory catholic religious education and has therefore students with the most diverse religious affiliations in the city?
... that Arts High School in Newark, New Jersey opened its doors to students in 1931 as the first U.S. public high school specializing in the visual and performing arts? (18 August 2008)
... that Holyhead High School, located on the Welsh island of Anglesey, was the first British comprehensive school? (19 August 2008)
... that Rebecca Adlington, British Olympic Gold swimmer, went to The Brunts School? (23 August 2008)
... that the Archdiocesan Classical Gymnasium in Zagreb, Croatia has an observatory (pictured) on school grounds? (30 August 2008)
... that Republican U.S. vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin attended Wasilla High School? (5 September 2008)
... that the headmaster of Shardlow Hall, a school in Derbyshire, played soccer for England? (13 September 2008)
... that the International High School in Paterson, New Jersey, was built with triple-pane windows to keep out noise from Interstate 80, located just 20 feet (6 m) from the school building? (17 September 2008)
... that after 175 years in operation the Red Brick School, one of the oldest single room school houses in the U.S., closed in 2008? (18 September 2008)
... that Diocesan School for Girls students can download whiteboard notes to their laptops? (27 September 2008)
... that Schools Plus, an education policy proposed by New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark, was boycotted by 15 schools? (28 September 2008)
... that the Classical Academy Charter School of Clifton, a chartered middle school that requires students to learn three years of Latin and to study Literary classics, has been recognized as a Blue Ribbon School? (29 September 2008)
... that the Holgate School in Nottinghamshire, England had a Khatchkar (pictured) installed in thanks by the Armenian Government for UK-funded Lord Byron School in Gyumri? (2 October 2008)
... that Bottisham Village College was the second of the Village Colleges established by Henry Morris in his vision for a better education for country people in Cambridgeshire? (28 October 2009)
... that Babe Ruth reportedly signed one of his most lucrative New York Yankees' contracts at Jacob Ruppert's Eagles' Rest estate in Garrison, New York, now Saint Basil Academy? (22 February 2009)
... that a student at Clatskanie Middle/High School organized a statewide food drive in Oregon that earned the student a national award? (21 May 2009)
... that President Franklin D. Roosevelt approved the design for a new elementary school in his native Hyde Park, New York? (28 May 2009)
... that the Japanese American internment during World War II cost Seattle's Lincoln High School the presidents of its two service clubs and the editor of its school newspaper? (28 May 2009)
... that the Charles Sumner School served as the first teachers college for African-Americans in the District of Columbia? (30 May 2009)
... that the Little Red Schoolhouse in Brunswick, New York served as a one-room schoolhouse from the 1830s until 1952? (24 June 2009)
... that Winnetka School District 36 was the subject of a 1919 educational experiment? (7 July 2009)
... that the now defunct Heritage Christian School in Hillsboro, Oregon, once held a chariot race? (19 July 2009)
... that Faith Bible High School in Hillsboro, Oregon, closed for a day after a student received a threatening message on AOL Instant Messenger? (8 September 2009)
... that although Paul W. Bryant High School in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, is named for football coach Paul "Bear" Bryant, a court order prevented the school from using "Bears" as its mascot? (15 September 2009)
... that City View was the first charter school in Hillsboro, Oregon, when it opened in 2004? (20 September 2009)
... that only 1% of students attending Oregon Connections Academy live within the school district? (21 September 2009)
... that Far Rockaway High School in Queens, whose alumni include three Nobel Prize laureates and Bernard Madoff, stopped accepting students in 2008 as part of a planned closure due to declining grades? (9 October 2009)
... that the Franklin Borough School District in rural New Jersey had a baseball field said to have been designed by Babe Ruth and local engineers to match the dimensions of the original Yankee Stadium? (16 October 2009)
... that Harrytown Catholic High School originated as a convent school within the 250 year old Harrytown Hall? (16 January 2010)
... that the former District 10 School outside Margaretville, New York, was demolished in the mid-19th century only to be rebuilt from the same stones three years later? (15 February 2010)
... that between its 1960 closing and its current use as a museum, District School No. 14 in Pine Hill, New York, was a coat factory and a furniture repair shop? (24 February 2010)
... that 92% of students at West London's Villiers High School do not speak English as their first language? (20 March 2010)
... that Gordonstoun School (pictured) is a Scottish boarding school famed for educating three generations of the British Royal Family, including the Duke of Edinburgh and Prince Charles? (4 April 2010)
... that the Goffe Street Special School for Colored Children was built in 1864 to provide educational opportunities for African American children in New Haven, Connecticut? (8 May 2010)
...that Zariphios School, founded at 1875 in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, was one of the most significant Greek educational institutions in the region, attracting teachers from Greece and Western Europe? (10 August 2010)

...that the Flanginian School in Campo dei Greci (pictured), Venice, produced several teachers who contributed to the modern Greek Enlightenment of the 17th and 18th centuries? (21 September 2010)
...that the Evangelical School of Smyrna was the most important Greek educational institution in İzmir, Turkey, possessing an archaeological museum, a natural science collection and a library? (30 September 2010)
...that the New Academy, an 18th-century higher learning institute and center of Greek culture, in Moscopole, Albania, was nicknamed "the worthiest jewel of the city"? (17 October 2010)

...that construction of the Phrontisterion of Trapezous (pictured), a former Greek school in Trabzon, Turkey, has been described as the most impressive surviving Pontic Greek monument of the city? (24 October 2010)
...that the 19th-century Kaplaneios School in Ioannina, Greece, evolved into the most significant intellectual center of the city through the work of Athanasios Psalidas? (12 November 2010)
...that Eugenios Voulgaris, scholar and first director of the Maroutsaia School in Ioannina, Greece, insisted that the Greek intellectual revival should remain theologically and socially conservative? (3 December 2010)
...that with the foundation of the Athonite Academy, near Vatopedi monastery, the monastic community of Mount Athos took a leading role in the 18th century modern Greek Enlightenment? (14 December 2010)
...that Pakistani General Ghulam Jilani Khan founded Chand Bagh School, which was inspired by his own alma mater, the Doon School of India? (15 May 2012)
... that Sarah, Duchess of York, observed a tradition by diving naked into the swimming pool at Hurst Lodge School at midnight on the eve of her last day there?" (30 May 2012)
... that Kick-Ass, Colegio de la Preciosa Sangre de Pichilemu's English debate team, ranked second in a 2011 regional tournament? (28 August 2012)

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