|
Randolph School is an American independent private kindergarten-through-12th-grade college preparatory school chartered in 1959 in Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama. It started in an antebellum home on Randolph Avenue in downtown Huntsville with just a few elementary classes. A few years later it moved to a much larger campus on Drake Avenue, where it is now located, gradually adding grade levels until having a graduating high school class in the early 1970s. In 1998, the school purchased of land on Garth Road, less than one mile (1.6 km) from the present location of the main campus. After only expanding the athletic facilities there, in 2006, the Board of Trustees finally gave approval for the construction of a new campus for the high school, something which had been discussed since 1997. According to the plans, the second campus will more than double the square footage of available facilities, and allow continued increase in enrollment. The new high school opened for the 2009–2010 school year. For the Fine arts, the new school includes a new theater with stadium seating, a workshop for stagecraft, band and choral rooms, and new restroom facilities. For athletics, The Shields-Jones Athletic Complex on the new Garth Campus has six spacious locker rooms, two health and human performance classrooms, a state-of-the-art athletic training room and a 2,200-square-foot weight and fitness room with cardio machines and Hammer Strength weight equipment. In total, Randolph has two gymnasiums, six tennis courts, two practice fields and professionally maintained fields for football, baseball, softball and soccer. For the academic year 2015–2016, tuition and fees averaged about $16,000, though the school offers need-based tuition assistance to help meet the needs of our families who might not otherwise be able to attend Randolph. Admission decisions are made separately from tuition assistance decisions. In order to assess a family’s financial need, the School partners with the School and Student Service for Financial Aid, a service of the National Association of Independent Schools. In 2014, Randolph received a grant from the Edward. E. Ford Foundation to help the School begin to address the long-term sustainability of a robust tuition assistance program. ==Academic awards and other recognition== During the 2001–02 school year, and again in 2003–04, Randolph School was recognized with the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education,〔(Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 1982–1983 through 1999–2002 (PDF) ), United States Department of Education. Accessed May 11, 2006.〕〔(Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 2003 through 2006 (PDF) ), United States Department of Education. Accessed September 25, 2007.〕 the highest award an American school can receive.〔(CIBA cited as one of the best by Education Department ), ''Journal Inquirer'', November 16, 2006. "The Blue Ribbon award is given only to schools that reach the top 10 percent of their state's testing scores over several years or show significant gains in student achievement. It is considered the highest honor a school can achieve."〕〔Viers Mill School Wins Blue Ribbon; School Scored High on Statewide Test; ''The Washington Post''. September 29, 2005 "For their accomplishments, all three schools this month earned the status of Blue Ribbon School, the highest honor the U.S. Education Department can bestow upon a school."〕 Between a fifth and a third of each graduating class is identified as a Commended Scholar, Semi-Finalist, or Finalist in the National Merit Scholarship competition. Virtually all graduates go on to attend four-year college. 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「Randolph School」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|