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The Savannah Country Day School (SCDS) is an independent college preparatory school founded in 1955 in Savannah, Georgia. The co-educational school serves students from pre-kindergarten through to twelfth grade, and has 921 students enrolled. == History == Savannah Country Day School originates from the founding of the Pape School by Nina Anderson Pape in 1905. Savannah Country Day School itself was founded in 1955 by a group of parents, with the school taking over the assets and faculty of Pape School, including the facilities east of Forsyth Park, and the school's curriculum.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.savcds.org/podium/default.aspx?t=107283 )〕 In 1960, the school moved to its current Windsor Park location, south of Savannah. A book titled "Service Through Knowledge and Character" details the school's history.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.savcds.org/podium/default.aspx?t=8982 )〕 The first Headmaster was Robert W. Trusdell and first Upper School Principal was Thomas Triol, whose wife Helen taught chemistry and physics. In 1983, Dr. Paul M. Pressly became the school’s Headmaster. A Rhodes scholar who earned degrees from Princeton University, Harvard University and Oxford University, Dr. Pressly helped develop a long-range plan for the school.〔''Service Through Knowledge and Character'', p. 84〕 In 1991, a visiting committee from the U.S. Department of Education named Country Day a National School of Excellence, one of only 10 independent schools in the nation to receive that award.〔''Service Through Knowledge and Character'', p. 86-87.〕 The school was honored by the Blue Ribbon Schools Program in December 1992. In November 2006 the school suspended two fourteen-year-old students for bringing a homemade bomb onto the school's campus, which was reported to contain "firecracker, some dried vegetation, colored paper, gunpowder, little BBs and some metal shavings". A bomb squad was called to remove the device. The school kept the bomb for twenty-four hours before reporting it to the police, with Tom Bonnell, the head teacher at the time of incident, later commenting that the school should have "handled the situation differently" and "called police immediately", but also said that he believed that the students did not intend to "hurt anyone". Following a police report, both students were expelled and charged with felony offenses including "possession and manufacturing () an explosive device". In 2013, Kef L. Wilson became the school's new Headmaster.〔"Savannah Country Day School Names Head of School," ''Savannah Morning News'', October 31, 2012, ().〕 He is the eighth Headmaster since the school's inception in 1905.〔"Savannah Country Day School Names Head of School", ''Savannah Morning News'', October 31, 2012, http://savannahnow.com/your-good-news/2012-10-31/savannah-country-day-school-names-head-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「Savannah Country Day School」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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