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St. Andrew's School (Delaware)

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St. Andrew's School
File:Standrewsseal.jpg
Location
Map
Middletown
,
Delaware

USA
Information
TypePrivate, Boarding
Motto"Pistis Kai Episteme" ("Faith and Learning")
Religious affiliation(s)Episcopal
Established1929
HeadmasterDaniel T. Roach
Faculty65
Enrollment285 total
Average class size11 students
Student to teacher ratio5:1
CampusRural, 2200 acres
Color(s)Red, Black and White
Athletics21 Varsity Interscholastic Teams
Athletics conferenceIndependent
MascotCardinal
Websitewww.standrews-de.org

St. Andrew's School is a private, Episcopal, co-educational boarding school located on 2,200 acres in Middletown, Delaware. The school enrolls 285 students in grades nine through twelve.

St. Andrew's has an endowment of $200 million. According to Boarding School Review, it is among the top eleven schools (of the 244 schools it tracks) in endowment per pupil, with over $700,000 per student. The tuition is $40,500, although 47% of the students receive some form of financial aid, putting it in the top 31 boarding schools by that measure. It dispensed some $4 million in financial aid in 2007, with an average grant of $30,000.

Admission to the school remains very competitive. St. Andrew's admitted 30% of applicants in 2008.

Educational Philosophy

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, attempt to 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.

Many graduates of St. Andrew's matriculate at American liberal arts colleges, although many students choose larger universities. Many students benefit from the school's strong rowing program to gain acceptance to elite schools. Classes of 2005 - 2008, greatest number of matriculations:

Davidson College: 13 Williams College: 11 University of the South: 9 Harvard University: 8 Middlebury: 8 George Washington University: 8 University of Virginia: 8 Bates College: 7 Hamilton College: 7 University of Pennsylvania: 7

History

St. Andrew's was founded in 1929 by A. Felix duPont (1879-1948), a member of the Du Pont family, which made its fortune in the chemical industry. It was founded to provide a top education to students of all socio-economic backgrounds, regardless of the families' ability to pay. St. Andrew's originally was an all-boys school, but became coeducational in 1974. In the early 2000s, the school created a Gay-Straight Alliance to support gay students, and it remains a popular student organization.

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, winning the state title from 2002-2005, and the varsity tennis teams. The varsity boy's lacrosse team took states in 2004. In addition, the St. Andrew's rowing program is consistently competitive in both national, and world-wide rowing competitions. In 1997, the St. Andrew's women's rowing team won the School/Junior Eights class in the Henley Women's Regatta in England.

St. Andrew's is a member of the Independent Conference. Traditional rivals in conference include the Wilmington Friends School, Tatnall School and Tower Hill School. Every year, the football team battles the Tatnall Hornets for the coveted cannon trophy 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

Winter Varsity Sports

Spring Varsity Sports

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.

Notable alumni

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