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St George's School, Harpenden (also known as St George's) is a day and boarding school in Harpenden, Hertfordshire, England, educating students of both genders between the ages of eleven and eighteen, with an emphasis on its Christian ethos. It was founded in 1907 as one of Britain's first mixed-sex boarding schools. As with the other two local secondary schools in Harpenden (Sir John Lawes School and Roundwood Park School), the students of St George's receive some of the best GCSE and A-Level results, significantly higher than the national average.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 State Boarding Schools Directory — St George's School Profile )〕 == History == The school was founded in 1907 by Reverend Cecil Grant, having relocated his school southwards from Keswick, Cumbria in the Lake District.〔http://www.harpenden-history.org.uk/page_id__279_path__0p4p36p.aspx〕 It was originally a private school until it became a comprehensive voluntary aided school. On 1 July 2012 St George's became an academy, funded by the new St George's School Harpenden Academy Trust. It continues to be supported by the Cecil Grant Founder's Trust, a charity set up after Grant's death in 1946. St George's was one of the first state schools in Britain to provide mixed-sex boarding education.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Ofted Report 2011 — St George's School )〕 This progressive tradition was renewed in September 2010 when a mixed-sex boarding house was opened. The school recently gained International School Status contributing to competitive admission to the boarding houses. Keswick School's motto ''Levavi Oculos — Schola Georgiana'' appears on the uniform badges. It derives from the their School Hymn,〔(Reeves is offside again )〕 ''Assurgit'', which is sung in Latin. ''Levavi Oculos'' means "I have lifted up mine eyes" and alludes to Psalm 121, beginning "I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help; my help cometh even from the Lord, who hath made Heaven and Earth." In the sense of "I have raised my sights" this is equivalent to the English motto ''Aim Higher,'' which appears over one archway at the front entrance of Keswick House. In 1917 a Montessori unit was opened. 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「St George's School, Harpenden」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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