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Stewart's Melville College (SMC) is a private school situated in Edinburgh, Scotland. Classes are all boys in the 1st to 5th years and co-educational in 6th (final) year. It has a roll of about 750 pupils.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=SCIS - Stewart's Melville College )〕 About 3% of pupils board on site, and the rest are day pupils.〔 The school is twinned with the Mary Erskine School (MES), an all-girls private school approximately one mile (1.6 km) from Stewart's Melville College. Together the combined Erskine Stewart's Melville Schools (ESMS) have a co-educational Junior School which is split between the two campuses and caters for pupils from 3 to 12 years old. The two schools share a Principal, and most extra-curricular activities, such as performing arts, are run jointly. Both SMC and MES are managed by the Merchant Company of Edinburgh, which is also responsible for the co-educational George Watson's College. ==History== Stewart's Melville College originated following the merger of two schools — Daniel Stewart's College and Melville College — in 1972 to become Daniel Stewart's and Melville College. After the merger Melville's bright red trim replaced the dark red and yellow trim on the black Daniel Stewart's blazer for general use and the red blazer of Melville College was adopted for those awarded colours (for sporting and other achievements).〔 Melville College was founded in 1832 by Rev. Robert Cunningham in George Street but soon moved to Hill Street in the centre of Edinburgh with a teaching emphasis on modern subjects, such as science, rather than classical subjects - unusual at that time. The school moved a short distance to 8 Queen Street which was purchased in 1853〔 and then to Melville Street in the city's West End in 1920. Originally named "The Edinburgh Institution for Languages and Mathematics", its name changed to Melville College in 1936〔 about the same time as the caps and blazers of the boys were changed to bright red. Daniel Stewart's Hospital was opened in 1855 by the Merchant Company of Edinburgh. Daniel Stewart (whose wealth came from India and was Macer to the Court of the Exchequer), upon his death in 1814, left a sum of money and instructions that, once it had reached £40,000 it should be used to create a hospital for needy boys within the city. The hospital was located on the current Queensferry Road campus (designed by David Rhind).〔 The hospital was transformed into "Daniel Stewart's College" in 1870. The school uniform from 1924 onwards was a cap with red, yellow and black stripes and a black blazer with red and yellow trim.〔 The school now has in its possession a medal dated 15 July 1870 presented to a John Stewart〔Mrs Rose Connolly.〕 The medal was gifted to the school by a Mrs Rose Connolly of Glasgow whose birthday is coincidentally also on 15 July. In 1974 the link with another nearby Merchant Company school, the all-girls Mary Erskine School, was formalised and The Mary Erskine and Stewart's Melville Junior School was formed. Nursery to Primary 3 are housed on the Mary Erskine campus, with Primary 4 to 7 on the Stewart's Melville campus. The sixth (final) form of both senior schools is coeducational〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Structure of the Schools )〕 and girls are also awarded the bright red blazers for sporting or other distinctions.〔 In 2013, Stewart's Melville was voted the Scottish Independent School of the year by the Sunday Times newspaper〔Macaskill, Mark (17 November 2013) (Giffnock school is top of the class ) The Sunday Times (requires subscription), Retrieved 8 March 2014〕〔Leonard, Sue (2013) (Success is Catching in and out of the Classroom ) The Sunday Times, Retrieved 8 March 2014〕 and Mary Erskine School was voted the Scottish Independent School of the year in 2012.〔Allardyce, Jason (17 November 2012) (Mary Erskine and Boroughmuir top our schools guide ) The Sunday Times (requires subscription), Retrieved 8 March 2014〕 In 2014 the combined Erskine Stewarts Melville school, with over 2,700 pupils,〔(2014) (Erskine Stewarts Melville Schools ) Scotland's Boarding Schools, Scottish Council of Independent Schools, Retrieved 8 March 2014〕 claimed to be the largest independent school in Europe.〔(2014) (Erskine Stewart's Melville School ) The Tatler Schools Guide 2014, retrieved 8 March 2014〕 ==Sport== The school is involved in a wide variety of sports, most of which are coached by mixture of staff from general departments as well as the physical education department staff. Winter sports include Rugby Union, field hockey, and curling, whilst in summer pupils take part in athletics, cricket and tennis. A number of pupils have been selected to represent district and national teams.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.stewmelrugby.com/the-club/club-history/13/ )〕 Stewart's Melville College has won the Brewin Dolphin Scottish Schools Cup Under-18 rugby championships three times: in 1999 (in their first year of entering), 2006 and 2011. The Former Pupils Rugby club also play in Division 1 of the Scottish National Premier League.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.stewmelrugby.com/the-club/club-history/ )〕 There is also a school rugby club available to pupils and non-pupils of Stewart's Melville, named the ''Stew Mel Lions'', although the majority of players within the club were pupils at the school. This club is for young teenagers keen on rugby and is held at the school's sports ground at Inverleith. The development rugby squad (consisting of fourth and fifth year students) go abroad on tour every second year. Past trips have been to South Africa, Argentina, Chile and Australia. "Ravelston Sports Club", a large on-site sports centre opened in 2000. The sports centre is mainly used by pupils for physical education lessons and sports training (such as swimming, basketball, badminton, short tennis and table tennis) but is also open to members of the public for a monthly membership fee.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.esms.org.uk/sports.aspx )〕 Extensive rugby pitches, cricket pitches and athletics facilities are also located at the school's sports grounds in Inverleith, two miles north of the school. 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「Stewart's Melville College」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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