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Northfield Mount Hermon, commonly referred to as NMH, is a selective, independent, co-educational college-preparatory boarding and day school for students in grades 9–12 and postgraduates. The school is located on the banks of the Connecticut River in Gill, MA, adjacent to the town of Gill, Massachusetts. NMH is a secular institution that supports religious diversity. Originally two neighboring schools—the Northfield School for Girls, founded in 1879, and the Mount Hermon School for Boys, founded in 1881—NMH merged into a single institution in 1972 and consolidated on one campus in 2006. NMH is a member of the Eight Schools Association, established in 1973 comprising Phillips Academy (known as Andover), Phillips Exeter Academy (known as Exeter), Choate Rosemary Hall (known as Choate), Deerfield Academy, Hotchkiss School, Lawrenceville School, and St. Paul's School.〔Taylor Smith, "History of the Association," ''The Phillipian'' (Phillips Academy), February 14, 2008〕 NMH’s mission is to provide students with an education “for the head, heart, and hand,” engaging their intellect, compassion, and talents and empowering them to act with humanity and purpose. == Present day == NMH offers a balanced, multi-dimensional academic experience, with nearly 200 courses, including AP and honors classes in every discipline. Each semester, students take three major courses, each of which is 80 minutes long, as opposed to five 50-minute classes which are more typical of high schools. This “College Model Academic Program” allows students to spend more time with their teachers and immerse themselves more deeply in academic subject matter. NMH employs 95 teaching faculty members, 66 percent of whom have advanced degrees. The average class size at NMH is 11 students; the student-to-teacher ratio is 7 to 1. Each student works with his/her faculty advisor—as well as teachers, coaches, dorm advisor, and college counselor—to chart an appropriate path through the curriculum and meet NMH’s requirements in English, mathematics, the sciences, world languages, the arts, and religious studies and philosophy. An international education center serves both NMH’s international students, who make up 25 percent of the student body, and also students enrolled in interdisciplinary courses with travel components. These programs recently have included study trips to Brazil, Russia, China, India, New Zealand, Uruguay, and Turkey. NMH’s Model U.N. program also sends students abroad, with regular trips to conferences in Qatar, Italy, and the Czech Republic. Students are required to participate in co-curricular activities every semester; the options include athletic teams, performing-arts ensembles, volunteer work on and off-campus, and activities such as working for one of the school’s four student publications. There also is an extensive array of extracurricular clubs, organizations, and affinity groups that students may join. Students involved in visual and performing arts courses, as well as NMH’s dozen performing ensembles, are supported by the Rhodes Arts Center, a 65,000-square-foot (6,000 m2) Gold LEED-certified facility that opened in fall 2008. The RAC houses two concert performance spaces, a black-box theater, two dance studios, an art gallery, art classrooms/studios, music practice rooms, and offices. In early 2013, NMH announced that it would build a new facility to house its science, math, and technology programs. The facility will contain laboratories, classrooms, and lecture and common spaces. The project is expected to cost at least $45 million, with construction slated to begin during the 2015–16 academic year. With more than 60 athletic teams in 21 interscholastic sports, NMH offers one of the broadest athletic programs among secondary schools in the U.S. and currently holds the national prep championship title in boys’ basketball and New England championship titles in girls’ crew, wrestling, and numerous individual swimming and track and field events. NMH offers an extensive outdoor education program in addition to its competitive teams. Each student is required to hold a job on campus, working four to five hours a week for a total of 120 hours each school year. This contribution to the operation of the school stems from the school’s founder, Dwight Lyman Moody, and his desire for students to understand the value of manual labor. The “workjobs” that students hold include washing dishes and preparing food in the dining hall kitchen; managing sports teams or performing arts groups; tutoring peers in various disciplines; leading campus tours for visitors; doing administrative office work; and caring for animals and performing other chores on NMH’s working farm, such as making maple syrup and apple cider. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Northfield Mount Hermon School」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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