Beaver Country Day School
| Beaver Country Day School | |
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Mente et Manu
(With Mind and Hand) |
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| Location | |
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Chestnut Hill, MA United States |
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| Information | |
| Type | Independent |
| Established | 1920 |
| Head of School | Peter Hutton |
| Faculty | 88 |
| Enrollment | 452 |
| Average class size | 15 |
| Campus | 17 acres (69,000 m2) |
| Color(s) | Blue and gray |
| Athletics | 14 sports |
| Athletics conference | Eastern Independent League (EIL) |
| Mascot | Beaver |
| Newspaper | The Beaver Reader |
| Yearbook | The Beaver Log |
| Tuition | $43,630 (2015-16) |
| Website | http://www.bcdschool.org/ |
Beaver Country Day School is an independent, college preparatory day school for students in grades 6 through 12 founded in 1920. The school is located on a 17-acre (69,000 m2) campus in the village of Chestnut Hill, in Brookline, Massachusetts, United States, near Boston. Beaver is a member of the Cum Laude Society, the Independent Curriculum Group, and the National Association of Independent Schools. Beaver is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges.
Beaver was incorporated as an elementary school and an all-girls' high school in 1920 by a group of parents who were interested in progressive education and the Country Day School movement.
The school took its name in Boston, where some of the founders had been involved with a school for younger children later referred to as "Little Beaver." In an amusing historical chain, it seems that Beaver Place was possibly named for the Beaver, one of the ships of the Boston Tea Party; the ship—a Nantucket trading vessel owned by Joseph Rotch—was in turn named for the North American beaver, the rodent whose pelt was valued in Europe as a source of felt for high-quality hats. Thus, the "how did the school get its name?" question has a convoluted answer.
Beaver's first head of school was Eugene Randolph Smith, a progressive educator and a follower of the educational reformer John Dewey; Smith had previously been head of the Park School of Baltimore. The school opened in a facility in Brookline, and moved to the present Chestnut Hill campus in the mid-1920s. Crosby Hodgman succeeded Smith as headmaster in 1943 and led the school until 1967, when Donald Nickerson became head. Nickerson resigned in 1973 and was succeeded by Philip E. McCurdy. McCurdy's successor, Jerome B. Martin. led the school from 1985 until 1992, when the current head of school, Peter R. Hutton, took over.
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