Wichita Collegiate School
Wichita Collegiate School | |
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Proba Te Dignum Prove Yourself Worthy | |
Address | |
9115 East 13th Street [1] Wichita, Kansas, 67206 United States | |
Coordinates | 37°42′26″N 97°13′52″W / 37.707248°N 97.230978°WCoordinates: 37°42′26″N 97°13′52″W / 37.707248°N 97.230978°W |
Information | |
School type | Private, College preparatory |
Established | 1963 |
CEEB Code | 173210 [2] |
Athletic Director | Mitch Fiegel [3] |
Grades | PreK to 12 |
Average class size | 15 |
Campus size | 42 acres |
Campus type | Suburban |
Color(s) |
Royal Blue Gold |
Song | Dear Collegiate |
Athletics | Class 4A,[4] District 11 [5] |
Athletics conference | AVCTL III & IV [3] |
Mascot | Spartans |
Newspaper | The Spartan Voice |
Yearbook | The Collegian |
Communities served | All |
Website | www.wcsks.com |
Wichita Collegiate School, known locally as Collegiate, is a private, co-educational, non-denominational, and non-profit college preparatory day school founded in 1963 currently enrolling 966 students from preschool through 12th grade located at 9115 E. 13th Street, Wichita, Kansas, 67206. The Headmaster is Tom Davis. Wichita Collegiate School has built a statewide reputation for academic excellence.[6] The school motto is: "Proba te Dignum" (Latin for "Prove Yourself Worthy")[7]
History
Wichita Collegiate School was originally conceived in the 1950s as an alternative to Wichita public education. Its name was originally Wichita Independent Day School.[8] The founder and first chairman of Wichita Collegiate, Robert Love, claimed in his book, How to Start Your Own School, that, "Traditional private and parochial schools either eagerly emulate public institutions or are coerced by the state into doing so through acceptance of government accreditation and certification regulations ... Collegiate was independent of both church and state from the beginning for very practical reasons. All of us had already rejected state-run schools as being a restrictive, inefficient way to educate children. To be consistent, we decided against any association with the state in our new education venture. This meant no special legislative favors, no participation in government loan or grant programs, no state accreditation, and no requirement that we hire only certified teachers."[9] Robert Love was also a member of the National Council of the Libertarian John Birch Society but he parted ways with that organization over its support for the Vietnam War.[10]
Contributions
WCS has subsequently received large contributions from John Birch Society philanthropists, including 17 charitable donations totaling $3,343,347 from the Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation between 1986 and 1997.[11][12]
In 2008, Wichita Collegiate was selected by the Malone Family Foundation to receive a $2 million endowment to help make the educational opportunities and experiences accessible to academically talented students entering grades 7-12 whose families demonstrate significant financial need. Malone Scholar Schools are selected by the Malone Family Foundation on the basis of academic caliber; quality of the faculty and staff; excellent accommodations for gifted and talented students; strong AP programs; attention to the individual student’s needs, interests, and talents; financial strength and stability; a commitment to need-based financial aid; and an economically, culturally, ethnically, and socially diverse population. The Foundation’s school selection process concluded in 2013 with 50 Malone Scholars Schools across the country. Wichita Collegiate is the only Malone Scholars School in Kansas. Currently, there are seven Malone Scholars at Wichita Collegiate. Additional Malone scholars will be named as current scholars graduate.
Academics
Wichita Collegiate School is an independent, private school. Because it has not sought the requirements for state accreditation, Wichita Collegiate School is listed as a "non-accredited non-public" school by the Kansas Department of Education.[13] Wichita Collegiate School is one of 82 schools that are members of the Independent Schools Association of the Southwest (ISAS) and the only ISAS member in Kansas.[14] Duke University's Talent Identification Program has designated Wichita Collegiate School as a local partner for its gifted program.[15] The Kansas Board of Regents recognizes Wichita Collegiate School courses as meeting its Qualified Admissions requirements.[16][17][18] Wichita Collegiate School has regularly taken 1st, 2nd or 3rd place statewide in the Science Olympiad for Kansas Division C small schools over a period of many years.[19] The Wichita Collegiate School average enrollment is 60 students per graduating class with an average class size of 15 students; 100% of WCS seniors are accepted to college. The mean SAT test score in 2014 was 1828 compared to a national average in 2013 of 1498.
Faculty
The faculty at Wichita Collegiate School have received many honors. Some recent examples include the selection by The College Board of Science Department Chair Janice Crowley as National AP Teacher of the Year in 2008, and Kansas State Board of Education's official recognition of Wichita Collegiate teacher Jenifer Sinsel, the 2006 National Finalist in science at its July 2007 meeting. Sinsel has since left Collegiate.[20] Sinsel is also the 2007 recipient of the National Science Teachers Association Sylvia Shugrue Award.[21] Sinsel was one of only 20 teachers from throughout the United States to be selected by NASA to be in the first class in the Airspace Systems Education Cohort.[22]
Wichita Collegiate School chemistry teacher Janice Crowley received the Milken Family Foundation Educator Pathfinder Award for leading her students in investigating a carcinogenic source of breast cancer in area fast food restaurants.[23] Crowley also was named in Reader's Digest's "America's 100 Best"[24] and has been designated Regional Outstanding Chemistry Teacher by the American Chemical Society.[25]
Extracurricular activities
Athletics
Wichita Collegiate School's teams, the Spartans, have captured numerous state titles. These include four boys' state baseball championships, five boys' state basketball championships, three boys' state football championships, twelve boys' state golf championships and seventeen boys' state tennis championships; as well as one girls' state basketball championship. The girls' tennis team has won seventeen of the state championships in the past eighteen years, missing only the year '99-'00. Collegiate was moved to 4A after winning almost every athletic state championship in 2009, except boy's baseball and girl's basketball, which placed third. They will be moving back down to 3A in the 2014-2015 season. Girl's Soccer was added to the athletic sports group in the 2013 season.
State championships
State Championships[26] | |||
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Season | Sport | Number of Championships | Year |
Fall | Football | 3 | 1994, 2000, 2009 |
Volleyball | 1 | 2009 | |
Winter | Basketball, Boys | 5 | 1993, 1996, 2007, 2009, 2010 |
Basketball, Girls | 1 | 2006, 2010 | |
Spring | Golf, Boys | 17 | 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014 |
Baseball | 4 | 1994, 1995, 2000, 2001 | |
Tennis, Boys | 19 | 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 | |
Tennis, Girls | 22 | 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 | |
Total | 66 | ||
Notable alumni
- R. C. Buford, general manager for the San Antonio Spurs
- Maurice Evans, NBA player who played for the Washington Wizards, Atlanta Hawks, Los Angeles Lakers, Orlando Magic, Detroit Pistons, Sacramento Kings, and Minnesota Timberwolves
- Raj Goyle, State Representative and 2010 Democratic candidate for Kansas's 4th congressional district
See also
- Wichita Public High Schools
- Wichita East High School
- Wichita North High School
- Wichita Heights High School
- Wichita Northeast Magnet High School
- Wichita Northwest High School
- Wichita South High School
- Wichita Southeast High School
- Wichita West High School
- Wichita Private High Schools
References
- ↑ GNIS entry for Wichita Collegiate School; USGS; October 24, 2008.
- ↑ High School CEEB Code Search
- 1 2 "School Search - Wichita-Collegiate HS". Kansas State High School Activities Association. Retrieved 13 August 2011.
- ↑ KSHSAA School Classification List
- ↑ KSHSAA School District List
- ↑ Malone Foundation http://www.bizjournals.com/wichita/stories/2008/06/23/daily30.html
- ↑ Memories of Wichita Collegiate School http://www.alibris.com/search/detail.cfm?S=R&bid=9248539050&cm_mmc=shopcompare-_-base-_-nonisbn-_-na
- ↑ Robert Love, ch. 3, "How to Start Your Own school" http://downloads.heartland.org/16690.pdf
- ↑ excerpted from Robert Love, pp. 7, 19, "How to Start Your Own school" http://downloads.heartland.org/16690.pdf
- ↑ Robert Love, p. 29, "How to Start Your Own School" http://downloads.heartland.org/16690.pdf
- ↑ Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation http://www.mediatransparency.org/funderprofile.php?funderID=9
- ↑ RECIPIENT GRANTS Wichita Collegiate School http://www.mediatransparency.org/recipientgrants.php?recipientID=1659
- ↑ Kansas Department of Education NONACCREDITED NONPUBLIC ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS Kansas Educational directory 2006-2007, pgs. 247-249.
- ↑ ISAS School Directory Kansas search http://www.isasw.org/member_school_directory/index.aspx?LinkID=85
- ↑ Duke University News "New Enrichment Programs Coming to Local Gifted Youth through Duke TIP, Wichita Collegiate Partnership" http://www.tip.duke.edu/about/news/2007/wichita_collegiate_partnership.html
- ↑ Kansas Board of Regents Approved Curriculum Directory http://registration.kan-ed.org/regents/index.asp
- ↑ QUALIFIED ADMISSIONS APPROVED CURRICULUM REVIEW FORM http://registration.kan-ed.org/regents/profile.asp?userid=14707
- ↑ Profile http://registration.kan-ed.org/regents/profile.asp?userid=14707&year=2005
- ↑ 1996-2007 Kansas Science Olympiad results http://webs.wichita.edu/scienceolympiad/
- ↑ Kansas State Board of Education, "Highlights of the July State Board of Education Meeting" http://www.ksbe.state.ks.us/Default.aspx?tabid=36&ctl=Details&mid=1030&ItemID=250
- ↑ NSTA News Digest "NSTA Honors Educators With Its 2007 Awards" http://www.nsta.org/publications/news/story.aspx?id=53627
- ↑ NASA News http://quest.nasa.gov/projects/asec/docs/TOP_TEACHERS_FINAL_.pdf
- ↑ Milken Educator Awards http://www.mff.org/mea/mea.taf?page=netnews&_function=detail&MEAWebsite_uid1=1079&part=none
- ↑ Reader's Digest "America's 100 Best" 2005 "Best Chemistry Inspiration" http://www.rd.com/content/best-connections-in-best-of-america/1/
- ↑ Science Blog "Wichita high school chemistry teacher wins regional award" http://www.scienceblog.com/community/older/2002/D/2002408.html
- ↑ "State Records & State Champions" (English). Retrieved 2010-02-05.
External links
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- Annual Awards Presentation by Governor Kathleen Sebelius 2004
- Journal of Chemical Education "Classroom Research: GC Studies of Linoleic and Linolenic Fatty Acids Found in French Fries" J. Chem. Educ. 2002 79 824
- Gautum Agarwal, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, "Lithium peroxide based electric propulsion system for an airplane for Mars exploration"
- Edwin G. West, "The Uneasy Case for State Education," Center for Independent Education of Wichita Collegiate School
- University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center, "Inventory of the Robert Love Center for Independent Education Collection, 1968-1971"
- Kansas Association of Chemistry Teachers "2007 Winning HS Scholarship Essay"