Eaglebrook School

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Eaglebrook School is an independent junior boarding school for boys in Deerfield, Massachusetts. It is located on Pocumtuck Mountain near Deerfield Academy and sited on a 750-acre campus which is also preserved by the Deerfield Wildlife Trust. It has a student body of approximately 270 students in grades six to nine (called "forms" 3 through 6). Girls are only allowed to attend Eaglebrook if their parents work or live on campus. Eaglebrook has its own ski mountain complete with chair lift, indoor swimming pool and a state-of-the-art hockey rink arena indoors. Whipple Pond, located in the center of campus, is stocked with trout and bass for fishing in the spring and fall. In the winter the pond serves as the water source for snowmaking. The Chase Learning Center, at the heart of campus, includes classrooms and a multi-purpose assembly area which is called the "Pit". There are two other classroom buildings for science, and for arts, including digital photography, woodworking shops, stained glass and many more.

Eaglebrook School's mission is "to help each boy come into confident possession of his innate talents, improve the skills needed for success in secondary school, and establish values that will allow him to act with thoughtfulness and humanity".

[edit] History

Founded by Howard G. Gibbs in 1922, Thurston Chase, the second Headmaster at Eaglebrook, started a family tradition with O. Stuart Chase being the Headmaster after his father, followed by Stuart's son Andrew C. Chase.

In the 1920's Howard Gibbs asked Roger Langley, the athletic director, to start a skiing program for students winter recreation. It was the first junior ski club in the United States.[1]

The campus has seen massive upgrades since the mid 1990s. The Baines House and Thurston C. Chase Learning Center have been renovated, in addition to the construction of The Schwabb Family Pool, The Lewis Track and Field, and The McFadden Rink at Alfond Arena.