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The Pennington School is a selective, private (independent), coeducational college preparatory school for day and boarding students in sixth through twelfth grades, located in Pennington, a small community midway between New York City and Philadelphia in the northeastern United States in Mercer County, New Jersey. The Head of School is Dr. William S. Hawkey, who assumed the position in July 2014.〔Stratton, Jean. ("Core Values of Honor, Virtue, and Humility Continue to Guide The Pennington School" ), ''Town Topics (newspaper)''. Accessed May 4, 2015. "'I think what attracts most families to private school education is the intimacy of our education,' notes William S. Hawkey, PhD who became headmaster in July."〕 As of the 2013-14 school year, the school had an enrollment of 486 students and 80.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 6.1:1.〔(School Data for The Pennington School ), National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed May 4, 2015.〕 Pennington is a member of the National Association of Independent Schools,〔(The Pennington School ), National Association of Independent Schools. Accessed June 19, 2011.〕 the New Jersey Association of Independent Schools,〔(School Search ), New Jersey Association of Independent Schools. Accessed June 19, 2011.〕 the Association of Delaware Valley Independent Schools,〔(Listing of ADVIS member schools ), Association of Delaware Valley Independent Schools. Accessed June 19, 2011.〕 and the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry of the United Methodist Church.〔(Pre-Collegiate Schools ), General Board of Higher Education and Ministry of the United Methodist Church. Accessed June 19, 2011.〕 The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools since 1930.〔(Pennington School ), Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools. Accessed June 19, 2011.〕 == History == The Pennington School was founded in 1838 during the Second Great Awakening as the Methodist Episcopal Male Seminary, a college preparatory school for boys, in order to secure “the education of the physical, the training of the mental, and the grounding of the soul in character.” Pennington officially became a coeducational institution, The Pennington Seminary and Female Collegiate Institute, in the fall of 1854. In March 1910, Pennington would again become a school for boys, reverting to the name Pennington Seminary. Shortly afterwards,〔("The Pennington School" ), ''The Independent'', July 20, 1914. Accessed August 23, 2012.〕 the school's name evolved to its present form, sometimes with the addition of "for Boys." It was not until 1972 that Pennington once again became a coeducational institution. In 1975, the Center for Learning, one of the nation's leading secondary school programs for bright children with learning disabilities, was created within the school to serve a small number of college-preparatory students. 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「The Pennington School」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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