Greenhill School (Addison, Texas)
| Greenhill School | |
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| Address | |
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4141 Spring Valley Road Addison, Texas United States |
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| Coordinates | 32°56′32″N 96°50′39″W / 32.942335°N 96.844059°WCoordinates: 32°56′32″N 96°50′39″W / 32.942335°N 96.844059°W |
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| Type | Independent, Coeducational, and College Preparatory School |
| Motto | Per Aspera Ad Astra (Reach for the Stars) |
| Established | 1950 |
| Grades | PreK-12 |
| Enrollment | 1,279 |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Color(s) | Green & Gold |
| Mascot | Hornet (Hugo the Hornet) |
| Accreditation | Independent Schools Association of the Southwest (ISAS) |
| Website | www.greenhill.org |
Greenhill School is a co-educational day school in Addison, Texas, United States. The school was founded in 1950 by Bernard Fulton. The 78-acre (320,000 m2) campus is located 12 miles (19 km) north of downtown Dallas, Texas and enrolls about 1,270 students from throughout the Dallas Metroplex. The school is the first co-educational, non-denominational Pre-Kindergarten through grade 12 school in Dallas and is a member of both the Independent Schools Association of the Southwest (ISAS) and the Southwest Preparatory Conference (SPC).
Greenhill School was founded in 1950 as a co-educational option in the bubble of independent schools in Dallas. From 1950-1976, Bernard served as the founding headmaster, and at the time, he introduced the concepts of independent co-education, the primer program, and open-space education while the school grew from 62 students to 1,002. After he retired from Greenhill School, he became the headmaster of Lakehill Preparatory School and later, Fulton Academy in Rockwall, Texas, was named after him as well. On October 20, 1990, Governor Bill Clements declared Bernard Fulton Day “for his dedication to the education of young people in Dallas, in Texas, and in the nation."
From 1955 to 1959, later State Representative Fred Agnich of Dallas was chairman of the board of the Greenhill School and was instrumental in the early development of the institution.
Greenhill's academic structure consists of each subject having a Division Head while PreK-12 Department Chairs supervise the curriculum. The school is divided into four sections: Preschool, Lower School, Middle School, and finally the Upper School which houses about 433 students (9-12) with about 100 in each grade. In 2001, the school was ranked top 40 in public and private schools in Worth Magazine by the number of matriculants to Harvard University, Princeton, and Yale. Besides these, students in the last four years have been accepted into colleges such as Stanford University, Vassar College, Emory University, Northwestern University, Southern Methodist University, Texas Christian University, Harvard University, New York University, Rice University, Yale University, Wake Forest University, Dartmouth College, Boston College, Brown University, Duke University, Trinity University, University of Pennsylvania, University of Southern California, University of Texas at Austin, Vanderbilt University, and Washington University in St. Louis. The Upper School offers 15 AP courses. The average SAT scores for the Class of 2008 were 675 verbal, 673 math, and 665 writing. The Class of 2008 also had 21 commended finalists for National Merit scholarships, and 10 actual finalists for the scholarship. Academically, only three other private schools in the Dallas-Fort Worth area have achieved similar levels of prestige: St. Marks School of Texas, the Hockaday School, and Cistercian Preparatory School. In addition to academics, students are also required to complete 48 hours of community service upon graduation.
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