Rocky Hill School Explained

Rocky Hill Country Day School
Streetaddress:530 Ives Road
City:Warwick
County:Kent County
Zipcode:02818
Founded:1934

Rocky Hill Country Day School is an independent, coeducational, college preparatory day school located on 84 acres along the Potowomut River and Narragansett Bay in East Greenwich, Rhode Island. It educates in grades nursery through grade 12.[1]

History

The school was founded in 1934 by Dorothy Marshall as a local preschool.[2] Three years later, the first official schoolhouse was constructed to serve preschool through third grade. Nathan Hale, a descendant of the Revolutionary war hero of the same name, purchased the school in 1941.[3] and changed the school's name to Rocky Hill Country Day School[4] Four years after, the school’s first ninth grade class graduated. In 1945, Rocky Hill Country Day School moved 245 students to the former Hopelands country estate,[5] which was later acquired by the school and incorporated as a non-profit.

Uniforms and yearbooks were instilled as well as the development of the School’s Alma mater after Robert C. Smith became the headmaster in 1962. Five years later, the first 12th grade class graduated.

In 2001, the first laptop classroom was implemented and a student laptop program was later launched in 2004.[6]

Educational model

This is a coeducational school that comprises three divisions

The Rocky Hill Country Day School Model encourages all students to articulate and champion their own ideas to strive towards intellectual independence and a lifetime of learning.[7] Through integrating technology in the classroom, outside learning[8] and the implementation of the Harkness methodology (Grades 6-12) where students and teachers sit at a round table encouraging discussions and involvement.[9] [10]

Heads of School

Facilities

Notable alumni

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rocky Hill School. www.aisne.org . https://web.archive.org/web/20170331024856/http://www.aisne.org/rocky-hill-school . 2017-03-31.
  2. Web site: Hopelands, Rocky Hill School 3. 12 January 2012 .
  3. Breed, Donald D. (1 August 1998). There's a lot of history behind these East Greenwich walls, Providence Journal
  4. Web site: Private Independent Schools. 1963.
  5. Web site: hopelands country estate - National Park Service Search Results.
  6. . http://www.rockyhill.org/history/
  7. Web site: Rocky Hill School. www.aisne.org . https://web.archive.org/web/20170331024856/http://www.aisne.org/rocky-hill-school . 2017-03-31.
  8. Web site: Rocky Hill School has been teaching independence for 75 years. October 2009 .
  9. Web site: The Harkness Table: Schools . 2017-02-27 . 2014-05-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140510091829/http://www.theharknesstable.com/p/schools.html . dead .
  10. Web site: What is the Harkness Program at Rocky Hill School?. 5 August 2013.
  11. Web site: New Head of School at Rocky Hill. 13 September 2011.
  12. Web site: Exciting News for Rocky Hill School - New Head of School is inspiring, experienced and ready to "hit the ground running". 16 July 2013.
  13. Web site: Tracy to be installed head of Rocky Hill School this Friday. 15 September 2016 .
  14. Web site: Rocky Hill School History- Top Private School in RI . 2017-02-27 . 2017-02-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170218125436/http://www.rockyhill.org/history/ . dead .
  15. Web site: East Greenwich, Rhode Island. Rocky Hill School - PDF Free Download.
  16. http://www.rockyhill.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/bulletin_small.pdf
  17. Web site: America's Cup winner Rome Kirby visits alma mater, Rocky Hill School. October 19, 2013. Richard. Salit. Providence Journal . 2017-02-27 . 2013-10-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131020172316/http://www.providencejournal.com/breaking-news/content/20131019-america-s-cup-winner-rome-kirby-visits-alma-mater-rocky-hill-school.ece . dead .
  18. Web site: Rocky Hill Alum, Rome Kirby, the Sole American Sailor on the Victorious, America's Cup Oracle Team. 2 October 2013.
  19. Web site: Team Oracle USA, Rome Kirby visits alma mater - ABC6 - Providence, RI and New Bedford, MA News, Weather . 2017-02-27 . 2017-02-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170228090221/http://www.abc6.com/story/23736614/team-oracle-usa-rome-kirby-visits-alma-mater . dead .

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