Hathaway Brown School
| Hathaway Brown School | |
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| Address | |
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19600 North Park Boulevard Shaker Heights, Ohio, (Cuyahoga County) 44122 United States |
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| Coordinates | 41°28′54″N 81°32′30″W / 41.48167°N 81.54167°WCoordinates: 41°28′54″N 81°32′30″W / 41.48167°N 81.54167°W |
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| Type | Private, Secular, All-Girls |
| Motto | Non Scholae Sed Vitae Discimus (We learn not for school but for life) |
| Established | 1876 |
| Principal | Susan Sadler |
| Headmaster | Fran Bisselle |
| Grades | Daycare-12 |
| Enrollment | 842 |
| Student to teacher ratio | 8:1 |
| Color(s) | Brown and Gold |
| Athletics | 11 sports |
| Nickname | HB |
| Team name | Blazers |
| Accreditation | North Central Association of Colleges and Schools |
| Newspaper | The Review |
| Yearbook | Specularia |
| Athletic Director | Julie Ettorre |
| Website | http://www.hb.edu |
Hathaway Brown (HB) is an all-girls private school in Shaker Heights, Ohio, founded in 1876. It is also Ohio's oldest continuously operating college preparatory school for girls. The HB experience spans the early childhood program, primary school, middle school, and upper school.
Founded in 1876, Hathaway Brown began as “afternoon classes for young ladies” at the all-boys private Brooks Military School in downtown Cleveland. Its original name was the Brooks School for Ladies. In 1886, the school was purchased by Anne Hathaway Brown. During her tenure, Miss Brown changed the school’s name to “Miss Anne H. Hathaway Brown’s School for Girls” and introduced the school motto: non scholae sed vita discimus (“we learn not for school but for life”). At that point, only women were accepted, and the school began to flourish.
After establishing itself within the community and constructing a new school at East 97th Street in 1905, Hathaway Brown moved to its current location at 19600 North Park Boulevard in Shaker Heights and prospered under the direction of other headmistresses, including Miss Mary Elizabeth Raymond (1912–38) and Miss Ann Cutter Coburn (1938–68).
At present, Hathaway Brown offers a coeducation early childhood program, and an all-girls K-12 program with an enrollment of 842 students (29 percent students of color EC-12). Hathaway Brown currently draws families from 78 communities across Northeast Ohio to its 16-acre Shaker Heights campus which houses an aquatics center, an invention lab, a dance studio, visual arts and performance spaces, and a working television studio. Hathaway Brown’s current Head of School is Dr. Mary Frances Bisselle.
One of the highlights of Hathaway Brown's education is the creation of the Institute for 21st Century Education. Consisting of 11 different "centers" encompassing leadership, science, technology, history, world languages, and various other programs, the institute was created to help foster a stronger connection to a particular subject and a more hands-on aspect of learning. Students have the option of choosing a center to join, if not more than one, and through that center they take on classes to strengthen their knowledge and fill their interest in addition to their core classes, while completing projects and assessments to demonstrate their growing knowledge. Each center is different and focuses on specific issues, but can also be combined with another center for a unique cross-learning experience.
The Centers include:
Many of the centers contain stipulations to receiving the graduating designation. The Global Scholar program, for example, requires that each student who graduates taking the Global Scholar classes must have completed Global Scholars Seminars 1 and 2 (a 2-year commitment), a 20-40 page senior thesis (and defense), as well as an 80% passing grade on a map of the entire world. Each center varies, but many require certain aspects to prove the designation. Nearly 90% of the students in every grade are global scholars, so many of the girls end up writing a thesis and defending.
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