Classical High School

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Public magnet school in Providence, Rhode Island, US

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::summary Public magnet school in Providence, Rhode Island, US ::

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FieldValue
nameClassical High School
logoClassicalHighSchoolLogo.png
logo_size150px
mottoCertare, Petere, Reperire, Neque Cedere
motto_translationTo Strive, to Seek, to Find, and Not to Yield
address770 Westminster Street
cityProvidence
stateRhode Island 02903
countryUnited States
typePublic, Magnet
established
principalScott Barr
faculty64.00 (FTE)
ratio17.39
grades9–12
genderCoeducational
enrollment1,113 (2022-23)
mascotLady Purple/Athena
communitiesProvidence, Rhode Island, United States
website
picture[[File:Classical High School in Providence.jpg
campusUrban
colorsPurple & white
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| name = Classical High School | logo = ClassicalHighSchoolLogo.png | logo_size = 150px | motto = Certare, Petere, Reperire, Neque Cedere | motto_translation = To Strive, to Seek, to Find, and Not to Yield | address = 770 Westminster Street | city = Providence | state = Rhode Island 02903 | country = United States | type = Public, Magnet | established = | principal = Scott Barr | faculty = 64.00 (FTE) | ratio = 17.39 | grades = 9–12 | gender = Coeducational | enrollment = 1,113 (2022-23) | mascot = Lady Purple/Athena | communities = Providence, Rhode Island, United States | website = | picture = [[File:Classical High School in Providence.jpg|240px|Cahir Street View|center]] | campus = Urban | colors = Purple & white | alumni website = | athletics website = Classical High School, founded in 1843, is a public magnet school in the Providence School District, in Providence, Rhode Island. It was originally an all-male school but has since become co-ed. Classical's motto is Certare, Petere, Reperire, Neque Cedere, a Latin translation of the famous phrase taken from Tennyson's poem "Ulysses", "To Strive, to Seek, to Find, and Not to Yield". Classical High School stands roughly at the intersection of the Federal Hill, West End, and Upper South Providence neighborhoods.

Architecture

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Classical High School's current building was finished in 1970 and is one of few buildings in the area created in the Brutalist architectural style. The original school buildings had become outdated by the 1950s and after several fires and years of study, the city launched a competition for a new education complex in 1963. The winning design was by noted local architects Harkness & Geddes in collaboration with Walter Gropius, who founded The Architects Collaborative (TAC), the famous Boston architectural firm.

William McKenzie Woodward, a well-known architectural historian and staff member of the Rhode Island Historical Preservation & Heritage Commission, does not agree aesthetically with the building, going so far as to write in his Guide to Providence Architecture, "It's no wonder Modernism has gotten such a bad reputation in Rhode Island because it smells very bad there." In 1986 McKenzie had however admitted in his survey for the Preservation Commission that "The new complex, the first of its kind in Providence built to serve a stable rather than expanding population, was well received as an ample and functional facility." Quoting John Ware Lincoln, then chairman of the Division of Design at Rhode Island School of Design as having noted: "The new Classical buildings are fine architecture, by the old standards, but they are also exemplary of the new concept of the architect as an environmental planner, working with social and civic sciences, demography, transportation engineering, building technologies, and, in this case, education philosophy."

The previous building, designed by Martin & Hall, was a yellow brick building with a peaked roof (under which was the study hall). It was considerably smaller and was bounded by Pond Street, which was consumed in the creation of the new campus. When the old building was razed the yellow bricks were sold to students and alumni.

Alumni

References

References

  1. "Classical High School". National Center for Education Statistics.
  2. [http://www.publicschoolreview.com/school_ov/school_id/71681 Classical High School – Providence, Rhode Island/RI – Public School Profile]
  3. Woodward, William McKenzie. (2003). "PPS/AIAri Guide to Providence Architecture". Providence Preservation Society.
  4. William McKenzie Woodward and Edward F Sanderson; Providence, a Citywide Survey of Historical Resources; Rhode Island Historic Preservation Commission, 1986
  5. "Distinguished Alumni Awards - Classical Alumni Association".
  6. (February 16, 1966). "Washington C.H. Record-Herald from Washington Court House, Ohio on February 16, 1966 · Page 10".
  7. [https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/3958ceca Andy Coakley biography at the SABR Baseball Biography Project]
  8. Coolidge (Class of 1956), Clark. (2010). "Clark Coolidge Chronology". Buffalo University.
  9. "Distinguished Alumni".
  10. Fish (Class of 1956), Stanley. (June 7, 2010). "A Classical Education: Back to the Future". [[The New York Times]].
  11. Koch, Bill. "Classical receiver Galloway commits to Boston College".
  12. (1868). "Annual Report of the School Committee of the City of Providence". Hammond, Angell & Co..
  13. "Classical High School Alumni Association - Providence, RI".
  14. Harvard. (1922). "Harvard College, Class of 1892. Thirtieth Anniversary Report". Privately published for the class.
  15. "Encyclopedia Brunoniana".
  16. (24 March 2022). "The Providence moment that set Ketanji Brown Jackson's path toward Supreme Court nominee". The Providence Journal.
  17. http://blogs.wpri.com/2010/11/17/taveras-taps-classical-high-chum-damico-for-key-post/ {{Webarchive. link. (October 23, 2013 >)

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