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| Faribault, MN, USA | |
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| Type | Private, Boarding |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Episcopal |
| Established | 1858 |
| Faculty | 95 |
| Enrollment | 434 total |
| Average class size | 12 |
| Student to teacher ratio | 7:1 |
| Campus | 250 acres (1.0 km2) |
| Color(s) | Maroon , Black , and White |
| Athletics | Hockey, Figure Skating, Soccer, Lacrosse, Basketball, Volleyball, Tennis, Golf, Baseball, Fencing |
| Mascot | Sabres |
| Website | [4] |
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Phelps Library, Shattuck School
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| Location: | Off Shumway Ave. |
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| Nearest city: | Faribault, Minnesota |
| Governing body: | Shattuck-St Mary's School |
| NRHP Reference#: | 75001021 |
| Added to NRHP: | April 4, 1975 |
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Shumway Hall and Morgan Refectory--Shattuck School
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| Location: | Off Shumway Ave. |
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| Nearest city: | Faribault, Minnesota |
| Architect: | Wilcox & Johnston |
| Governing body: | Shattuck-St Mary's School |
| NRHP Reference#: | 75001023 |
| Added to NRHP: | April 4, 1975 |
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Shattuck Historic District
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| Location: | Shumway Ave |
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| Nearest city: | Faribault, Minnesota |
| Governing body: | Shattuck-St Mary's School |
| MPS: | Rice County MRA |
| NRHP Reference#: | 82003018 |
| Added to NRHP: | April 6, 1982 |
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St. Mary's Hall
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| Location: | 4th St., NE and 4th Ave. NE |
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| Nearest city: | Faribault, Minnesota |
| Architect: | Clarence H. Johnston, Sr. |
| Governing body: | Shattuck-St Mary's School |
| MPS: | Rice County MRA |
| NRHP Reference#: | 82003019 |
| Added to NRHP: | April 4, 1982 |
Shattuck-St Mary's School (also known as SSM) is a coeducational Episcopal Church-affiliated boarding school in Faribault, Minnesota, and is known for its Centers of Excellence hockey, soccer, music and figure skating programs.
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In the last decade, SSM has attracted national attention in areas the school refers to as "Centers of Excellence," namely ice hockey, soccer, figure skating, and the arts.[1]
National Championships for SSM include the 2011, 2008, 2007, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2001, 1999 and 1997 18U Boys Hockey teams and the 2007 19U Girls Hockey team. The 2007 win for the 19U girls was their third straight National Championship. The 2007 16U Boys team placed second in nationals and the 14U Boys were also in the 2007 National tournament but lost in the Semifinals. On the ladies side the 16U team was also in the 2007 Nationals but failed to win a game.[2][3] The Girls U19 team in 2009 won the National Championship to regain their highly established reputation.
A federal- and state-listed endangered species, the Dwarf Trout Lily, was initially discovered on the school's campus by a St. Mary's biology instructor in 1871.
On June 3, 1858, in a small rented building in Faribault, Minnesota, The Rev. Dr. James Lloyd Breck established the Episcopal mission school and seminary from which Shattuck-St. Mary's School has developed and prospered. When the school first opened, there were 45 young girls and boys and six divinity students, both Native American and white. About this time, the newly established Episcopal Diocese of Minnesota selected Henry Benjamin Whipple as its first Bishop. Bishop Whipple established his home in Faribault and, in 1860, took over the reins of the school, changing Breck's ambitious plan for "Bishop Seabury University" into something more realistic, namely "an honest school."
In 1864, when Seabury Hall was completed, the school moved to its present site on the bluffs above the Straight River. With this change, the institution became a boarding school for young men and boys. In 1865, Tommy Crump, an English divinity student recently returned from the Civil War, started the boys drilling with sticks, thus beginning a military program that would last for more than a century; during this time the campus was known as Shattuck Military Academy.
By 1866, more room was needed and largely through the efforts of Dr. George Cheyne Shattuck, Shattuck Hall was built specifically for the boys. Soon the grammar school itself became known as "Shattuck." That same year, Bishop Whipple opened a school for girls, St. Mary's Hall, in his home in downtown Faribault. The girls remained there until 1872 when the Bishop moved to a new house and St. Mary's Hall was turned over to a board of trustees. In 1872, the Chapel of the Good Shepherd was built through the generosity of Augusta Shumway of Chicago. Though she lost all her property in the great Chicago Fire, she kept her promise to build a chapel for "the Bishop's boys' school" by sending Whipple her insurance checks. With its rare all-stone spire, the chapel became the focal point of the Shattuck campus.
By 1883, St. Mary's had also outgrown its downtown facilities, and a grand, ornate building, often referred to as "the Castle on the Rhine," was built on the bluffs, less than a half mile south of Shattuck. That unique building burned in 1924, and the limestone structure that stands today was built less than a year later.
Both schools saw rapid growth during the next few years. Dr. James Dobbin, who had succeeded Dr. Breck in 1866 and who served as Rector of Shattuck School until 1914, was responsible for the construction of many beautiful limestone buildings, including the first Whipple Hall and the present Shumway Hall. In 1901, Dr. Dobbin founded St. James School for younger boys about a half mile north of Shattuck. In 1932, Seabury Theological Seminary merged with Western Theological Seminary and moved to Evanston, Illinois.
In 1972, the three schools, Shattuck, St. Mary's and St. James, were joined into what is known today as Shattuck-St. Mary's School. In 1974, the military program was discontinued, and the St. James campus was sold.
In 1988, the residential and academic programs were reconfigured so that the Middle School students (grades 6-8) were at the St. Mary's campus and the Upper School students (grades 9-12) were at the Shattuck campus.
In the early 1990s, facing serious financial concerns and declining enrollment, Craig Norwich was hired to save the school, a decision was made that would permanently change the course of the school. Craig was the visionary of the Shattuck model and is one of the main reasons for the success of the school. The school owned the only ice arena in Faribault and Craig decided to use that to its competitive advantage to create a world-class hockey program. This model, known as a 'center of excellence', has been expanded to include soccer, figure skating, the Center for Academic Achievement, and the Preconservatory Strings program. The School has grown 50% in the last 6 years, with students from 19 countries and 35 states. SSM's total enrollment in the 2009-2010 school year was 435.
In mid-2009 the Saint James campus was reacquired; it is currently being used for faculty housing and part of it is being rented out to the Cannon River Stem School for grades K-8.
In January 2011 the school broke ground for its STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) building.
Craig Norwich/ NHL Alumni/ Former Head Coach
Craig Norwich, Head Coach
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