Wooster School Explained
| Wooster School |
| Seal Image: | Wooster Logo 240x240.jpg |
| Address: | 91 Miry Brook Rd |
| City: | Danbury |
| State: | Connecticut |
| Zipcode: | 06810 |
| Country: | United States |
| Type: | Private, coeducation |
| Religion: | Episcopal |
| Ceeb: | 070130 |
| Founder: | Aaron C. Coburn |
| Head Of School: | Matt Byrnes |
| Faculty: | 61 |
| Enrollment: | 336 (as of 2021) |
| Ratio: | 5:1 |
| Athletics: | Interscholastic sports teams Housatonic Valley Athletic League |
| Mascot: | The General |
| Team Name: | Generals |
| Campus Type: | Suburban |
| Tuition: | $47,440 (2024)[1] |
| Colors: | White, maroon, black
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Wooster School is a private, co-educational, college-preparatory school (grades 5 through 12) in Danbury, Connecticut. It is a member of the Connecticut Association of Independent Schools.
Overview
The Wooster School motto is Ex Quoque Potestate, Cuique Pro Necessitate, roughly, "From each according to ability, to each according to need". Founded in 1926 as a boys' school of 10 students by Episcopal priest Dr. Aaron Coburn,[2] it is named for General David Wooster, who fought at the Battle of Ridgefield with the Patriots in the American Revolution.[3] The school continues the legacy of the jobs program, in which the entire student body engages in a daily period dedicated to cleaning and physically maintaining the campus.[4]
Girls were first admitted to the school in the fall of 1970. In 1990, Wooster School transitioned from being a boarding school, as it had been since its inception, to being a day school.
21st-century changes
Since 2000, one of the National Association of Episcopal Schools' top two educator awards is named for former Wooster School head John D. Verdery.[5] [6]
From 2001 to 2004, Wooster School made some improvements to its physical plant, notably the addition of a new gymnasium and a distinct Middle School building.[7] [8]
Tuition
Tuition for the 2023-2024 academic year is as follows:[9]
| Grade 5 | $33,210 |
| Grade 6 | $37,160 |
| Grade 7 | $38,670 |
| Grade 8 | $40,260 |
| Grades 9 - 12 | $43,920 |
| The Pathways Program | $51,920 |
| The Bridge Program | $62,130 | |
Notable alumni
Notes and References
- Web site: Variable Tuition - Wooster School. www.woosterschool.org.
- . Aaron Cutler Coburn, Priest. The Living Church. 25. December 20, 1942. 17. April 2, 2017.
- Web site: American Revolution - Expedition of Wooster - Turning-point of war . https://web.archive.org/web/20060125022531/http://www.danburyhistorical.org/Wooster.html . 2006-01-25.
- News: Polk . Nancy . March 17, 1991 . Private Schools Struggle to Survive . CN:12 . New York Times .
- Daphne Mack, Episcopal educators gathered in Hollywood for biennial conference: Peter Cheney roasted and three educators honored, Episcopal News Service, November 28, 2006, found at Episcopal Church, USA, Official web site. Retrieved October 22, 2007.
- National Association of Episcopal Schools, Awards, found at NAES official web site. Retrieved May 9, 2018.
- Web site: TSKP Architecture Firm web site.
- http://www.tshf.org/News/pressRelease.aspx?story=1528§ion=101&year=2006 The Stamford Hospital Web site
- Web site: Variable Tuition - Wooster School . 2024-01-01 . www.woosterschool.org . en-US.
- Darling, Cary. "Doing it her way: Tracy Chapman goes against the grain with her reflective songs", The Orange County Register, May 25, 1990. Accessed October 19, 2007. "She was a student at Wooster High School in Danbury, Conn., with a budding taste for folk music and a flair for songwriting who corralled her courage and hit the pavement."
- http://www.about-tracy-chapman.net/biography.htm About Tracy Chapmen, official biography web site
- Book: Diehl, Carol . Anita Shreve, John Sacret Young, Valerie Ann Leeds . 2007 . Andrew Stevovich: Essential Elements . 184 . Lenox, MA . Hard Press Editions . 978-1-889097-70-1.
- http://www.findjustice.com/News/Article/?ARTICLE_ID=103 FindJustice.com web site
- Web site: How Does It Feel: DIIV's Zachary Cole Smith Rolls on. 28 July 2014.
- Catherine E. Shoichet, Rudenstine's Book Hits Shelves, June 05, 2001, Harvard Crimson. Accessed October 22, 2007. "In a 1998 speech given at the Belmont Hill School in Belmont, Mass., Rudenstine spoke of the root of his passion for reading—a meeting with a high school adviser during his first term as a scholarship student at the Wooster School in Danbury, Connecticut. “I don’t remember trying to articulate for myself, at the time, what this entire experience actually meant to me,” he says."
