St. Andrew's School (Middletown, Delaware)
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St. Andrew's School | |
"Pistis Kai Episteme" ("Faith and Learning") | |
Established | 1929 |
School type | Private, Boarding |
Religious affiliation | Episcopal |
Headmaster | Daniel T. Roach |
Location | Middletown, Delaware, USA |
Campus | Rural, 2600 acres |
Enrollment | 275 total |
Faculty | 58 |
Average class size | 11 students |
Student:teacher ratio |
5:1 |
Average SAT scores (2005) |
1320 verbal + math |
Athletics | 21 Varsity Interscholastic Teams |
Color(s) | Red, Black and White |
Mascot | Cardinal |
Conference | DISC |
St. Andrew's School is a boarding school located in Middletown, Delaware. It currently is coeducational and enrolls students in grades nine through twelve.
St. Andrew's was founded in 1929 by A. Felix duPont (1879-1948), a member of the prominent Du Pont family. A small Episcopal preparatory school, St. Andrew's originally was a school for young men of all socio-economic classes but has evolved to about 270 students of all races and both sexes. The school has an endowment of 163 million dollars with over $600,000 per student. Still, it is socio-economically diverse, having dispensed 3.1 million dollars in financial aid in 2005.
It offers an average class size of eleven and state-of-the-art facilities, including the new O'Brien Arts Center, constructed in 2004. It has an acceptance rate of 30% and tuition of $33,000.
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[edit] Educational Philosophy
The purpose of St. Andrew's School is to provide secondary education of a definitely Christian character at a minimum cost consistent with modern equipment and highest standards.
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, develop a thesis on that work of literature in the form of a 7-12 page paper and defend the thesis before members of the English department.
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[edit] Athletics
All St. Andrew's students are required to participate in a sport at the thirds, junior varsity or varsity level. Teams that frequently win state championships include the varsity girls' lacrosse team, recently winning the state title from 2002-2005, and the varsity tennis teams. The varsity boy's lacrosse team took states in 2004. St. Andrew's traditional, conference rivals include the Wilmington Friends School, Tatnall School and Tower Hill School. Every year, the football team battles the Tatnall Hornets for the coveted cannon 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.
Fall Interscholastic Sports
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Winter Varsity Sports
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Spring Varsity Sports |
[edit] Film Appearances
The 1989 film Dead Poets Society starring Robin Williams was filmed almost entirely on the school grounds.
The episode of The West Wing entitled "Two Cathedrals" (#44) was partly filmed at the school.
[edit] Notable Alumni
- William H. Whyte (1935) - author of The Organization Man
- George Welch (1936) - First pilot to break the sound barrier (before Chuck Yeager)
- John Witwer (1958) - State of Colorado representative
- Admiral Dennis Blair (1964) - Retired Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Pacific Command; President & CEO of the Institute for Defense Analyses
- Loudon Wainwright, Jr. - Life Magazine columnist
- Loudon Wainwright III (1965) - American songwriter, folk singer, humorist, and actor
- Gardner A. Cadwalader (1966) - Rowed at 1967 Pan American Games and the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City
- Edward Strong (1966) - Producer of Tony-winning musicals Jersey Boys, Titanic and Big River
- William R. Brownfield (1970) - Current United States Ambassador to Venezuela
- Michael J. Whalen (1984) - Emmy award-winning composer
- Eric Boateng (2005) - Former Duke basketball player recently transferred to Arizona State
- Phil Wilson (2006) - Looks like Ray Charles
- Erin Burnett CNBC Anchor
- Michael Zimmer Columbia University Heavyweight Rowing Head Coach