Classical High School Explained

Classical High School
Motto:Certare, Petere, Reperire, Neque Cedere
Motto Translation:To Strive, to Seek, to Find, and Not to Yield
Address:770 Westminster Street
City:Providence
State:Rhode Island 02903
Country:United States
Type:Public, Magnet
Principal:Scott Barr
Faculty:64.00 (FTE)
Ratio:17.39
Grades:9–12
Gender:Coeducational
Enrollment:1,113 (2022-23)[1]
Mascot:Lady Purple/Athena
Communities:Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Campus:Urban
Colors: Purple & white

Classical High School, founded in 1843, is a public magnet school in the Providence School District, in Providence, Rhode Island.[2] It was originally an all-male school but has since become co-ed. Classical's motto is Certare, Petere, Reperire, Neque Cedere, a Latin translation of the famous phrase taken from Tennyson's poem "Ulysses", "To Strive, to Seek, to Find, and Not to Yield". It has been rated "High Performing and Sustaining" by its performance in 2005 on the New Standards Reference Exam, placing third in the state.[3] The school also made Newsweek's America's Best High Schools of 2012 with a 99% graduation rate, 95% college bound, an average SAT score of 1578, and an average AP score of 2.8.[4] Classical High School stands roughly at the intersection of the Federal Hill, West End, and Upper South Providence neighborhoods.

Architecture

Classical High School's current building was finished in 1970 and is one of few buildings in the area created in the Brutalist architectural style.[5] The original school buildings had become outdated by the 1950s and after several fires and years of study, the city launched a competition for a new education complex in 1963. The winning design was by noted local architects Harkness & Geddes in collaboration with Walter Gropius, who founded The Architects Collaborative (TAC), the famous Boston architectural firm.[6]

William McKenzie Woodward, a well-known architectural historian and staff member of the Rhode Island Historical Preservation & Heritage Commission, does not agree aesthetically with the building, going so far as to write in his Guide to Providence Architecture, "It's no wonder Modernism has gotten such a bad reputation in Rhode Island because it smells very bad there." In 1986 McKenzie had however admitted in his survey for the Preservation Commission that "The new complex, the first of its kind in Providence built to serve a stable rather than expanding population, was well received as an ample and functional facility." Quoting John Ware Lincoln, then chairman of the Division of Design at Rhode Island School of Design as having noted: "The new Classical buildings are fine architecture, by the old standards, but they are also exemplary of the new concept of the architect as an environmental planner, working with social and civic sciences, demography, transportation engineering, building technologies, and, in this case, education philosophy."[6]

The previous building, designed by Martin & Hall, was a yellow brick building with a peaked roof (under which was the study hall). It was considerably smaller and was bounded by Pond Street, which was consumed in the creation of the new campus. When the old building was razed the yellow bricks were sold to students and alumni.

Alumni

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Classical High School. National Center for Education Statistics. March 19, 2024.
  2. http://www.publicschoolreview.com/school_ov/school_id/71681 Classical High School – Providence, Rhode Island/RI – Public School Profile
  3. http://www.eride.ri.gov/.../high%20school%20classifications%202005%20V2.pdf www.eride.ri.gov/.../high%20school%20classifications%202005%20V2.pdf
  4. http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2012/05/20/america-s-best-high-schools.html
  5. Book: Woodward, William McKenzie . PPS/AIAri Guide to Providence Architecture . 2003 . Providence Preservation Society . Providence, RI . 0-9742847-0-X . 207 .
  6. William McKenzie Woodward and Edward F Sanderson; Providence, a Citywide Survey of Historical Resources; Rhode Island Historic Preservation Commission, 1986
  7. Web site: Distinguished Alumni Awards - Classical Alumni Association . March 16, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180317035912/https://classicalalumni.org/events/distinguished-alumni-awards/ . March 17, 2018 . dead .
  8. Web site: Washington C.H. Record-Herald from Washington Court House, Ohio on February 16, 1966 · Page 10. February 16, 1966 .
  9. https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/3958ceca Andy Coakley biography at the SABR Baseball Biography Project
  10. News: Clark Coolidge Chronology. 2010. 2015-02-09. Buffalo University. Clark. Coolidge (Class of 1956).
  11. Web site: Distinguished Alumni. Classical HS Alumni Assoc. 20 April 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160423133233/http://classicalalumni.org/distinguished-alumni-awards/. April 23, 2016. dead.
  12. News: A Classical Education: Back to the Future. June 7, 2010. 2010-06-09. The New York Times. Stanley. Fish (Class of 1956).
  13. Web site: Koch . Bill . Classical receiver Galloway commits to Boston College . 2022-11-02 . The Providence Journal . en-US.
  14. Book: Burrington . H. H. . Scribner . M. B. . 1868 . Annual Report of the School Committee of the City of Providence . Providence, RI . Hammond, Angell & Co. . 99 . Google Books.
  15. Web site: Classical High School Alumni Association - Providence, RI . 2010-09-08 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110725175600/http://classicalalumni.org/alumni-awards-bios-2010.htm . July 25, 2011 . mdy-all .
  16. Book: Harvard. Harvard College, Class of 1892. Thirtieth Anniversary Report. 163 . Privately published for the class . 1922.
  17. Web site: Mitchell. Martha. Encyclopedia Brunoniana.
  18. News: Patinkin . Mark . The Providence moment that set Ketanji Brown Jackson's path toward Supreme Court nominee . 27 March 2022 . The Providence Journal . 24 March 2022 . Providence, Rhode Island.
  19. http://blogs.wpri.com/2010/11/17/taveras-taps-classical-high-chum-damico-for-key-post/ >

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