| The Howe School | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Howe, IN, USA | |
| Information | |
| Type | Private, Boarding |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Episcopal |
| Established | 1884 |
| Head of School | George Douglass |
| Faculty | 15 |
| Enrollment | 71 |
| Average class size | 8 |
| Student to teacher ratio | 8:1 |
| Campus | 100 acres (0.40 km2) |
| Mascot | Wildcats |
| Website | www.thehoweschool.org |
The Howe School is a private, co-educational, and college preparatory boarding school located on a 100-acre (0.40 km2) campus in Northeast Indiana. The school enrolls students in grades 7-12.
In the fall of 1884, Howe Grammar School,[1] later renamed The Howe School, was established as a preparatory school for young men who were seeking ordination to the priesthood of the Episcopal Church.[1] The school’s formation was largely the result of a bequest of the Honorable John Badlam Howe, who died in 1883. His widow, Frances Marie Glidden Howe, along with the Right Reverend David B. Knickerbacker third bishop of Indiana, and Dr. Charles Spaulding,the first rector at Howe, took the $10,000 bequest left by John Howe and increased it to $50,000 to establish Howe Grammar School for boys.[1] The school opened in the former home of Mr. and Mrs. Howe, built in 1844, with two boys.[1] This was the house in which John B. Howe drafted the 1851 Constitution of the State of Indiana. For many years, the Howe house has been the home of the chaplain who serves The Howe School. From 1986 until 2000 the Rev. Fr. Philip Morgan served as school chaplain.
The school became a military school in 1895,[1] and fully co-educational in 1988,[1] with Company A (Alpha) being the all-female company consisting of day students and those that live on campus full-time.
As of September 2008, Howe was one of 28 military schools in the United States, down from a high of 125 such schools.[1]