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The Purnell School is a Progressive private all-girls boarding high school located in Pottersville, within Bedminster Township, New Jersey, about an hour and one-half west of New York City, and two hours north of Philadelphia. Purnell School is a member of the New Jersey Association of Independent Schools.〔(Member Directory ), New Jersey Association of Independent Schools. Accessed July 23, 2012.〕 The school has been accredited since 1973 by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools.〔(Purnell School ), Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools. Accessed July 23, 2012.〕 As of the 2014-2015 school year, the school had an enrollment of 75 students and 18.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 5.2:1.〔(Purnell School ), National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed July 23, 2012.〕 ==History== In December 1963 that a not-for-profit corporation, Purnell, was established by: Lytt Gould, President, Sis Gould, Secretary, Hap Johnson, Treasurer, and Ethel Stringfellow as the corporation's original Vice President. Carroll's contacts within the Bernardsville community led to the purchase of the Bassett Farm in Pottersville. After renovations, primarily by the Gould family, the Founders and their friends, began recruiting the first students to Purnell. The new Headmaster hired eight teachers. In September 1965, Headmaster Lytt Gould and Associate Head Sis Gould greeted the first entering class of 18 student and Purnell celebrated its first graduation in June 1968. Today Purnell has over 1,375 alumnae. 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「Purnell School」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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