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Bancroft School
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'''Bancroft School''' is a private, K-12
University-preparatory school preparatory school, located in
Worcester, Massachusetts Worcester,
Massachusetts.
Bancroft School’s current 30-acre campus overlooks
Indian Lake (Massachusetts) Indian Lake
in Worcester. There are separate facilities for the
Lower School (Kindergarten - 5th grade), Middle School (6th - 8th grades) and Upper School (9th - 12th grades).
History
Bancroft was founded in 1900 by a group of Worcester parents interested in providing a rigorous
education for their children. The School was named for
George Bancroft, 1800-1891,
educator, diplomat and writer. He helped to found the
U.S. Naval Academy and wrote the
first comprehensive history of the United States.
From 1902 until 1922, under the leadership of its first headmaster, Frank Robson, Bancroft School taught its students in a converted house at 93 Elm Street in Worcester. In 1922, with the student body growing too large for its small space on Elm Street, the school built new facilities on Sever Street in Worcester. By 1958, the school needed to expand its space and facilities in order to remain accredited by the
New England Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. The Norton Company donated 27 acres of land on Shore Drive in Worcester, where the school was constructed and stands today.
Headmasters & Headmistresses
*1900 - 1915: Frank Robson
*1915 - 1926: Miriam Titcomb
*1926 - 1938: Hope Fisher
*1938 - 1943: Bradford Kingman
*1943 - 1959: Henry Tiffany
*1944 - 1946: Edith Jones (interim)
*1959 - 1960: Elizabeth Vandemoer (interim)
*1960 - 1981: Wyatt Garfield
*1981 - 1992: Marigold (G-G) Tritschler
*1992 - 1998: Theodore G. Sharp
*1998 - 1999: Wyatt Garfield & Edgar Gauthier (co-interim-head)
*1999 - present: Scott R. Reisinger
Notable alumni
Notable
alumni of Bancroft School include:
*
Esther Forbes, Class of 1908, winner of the 1943
Pulitzer Prize for History for a biography on
Paul Revere and the 1944
Newbery Medal for the famous book,
Johnny Tremain
*
Eleni Gage, writer for the
New York Sun and author of ''North of Ithaka''[http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0312340281]
*
Dan Kenary, Class of 1978, founder and owner of
Harpoon Brewery
*
Robert Waring Stoddard, Class of 1923, former editor of the
Worcester Telegram & Gazette and one of the founders of the
John Birch Society[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0DE1DB1338F935A25751C1A962948260]
*
Matthew Scannell,
lead vocalist for
Vertical Horizon.
References
Edgar A. Gauthier, ''Bancroft School, Centennial History'' (1999)
External links
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Bancroft School official website
Category:High schools in Massachusetts
Category:Private schools in Massachusetts
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