Scattergood Friends School
| Scattergood Friends School | |
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| Address | |
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1951 Delta Ave. West Branch, Iowa 52358 United States |
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| Coordinates | 41°39′50″N 91°18′32″W / 41.664°N 91.309°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Private Boarding |
| Motto | Scattergood Wherever You Go |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Quaker |
| Established | 1890 |
| Head of School | Thomas Weber |
| Faculty | 25 |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 34 |
| Color(s) | Blue and White |
| Athletics | Soccer, Basketball, Fencing, Ultimate Frisbee |
| Mascot | Crew |
| Website | scattergood.org |
Scattergood Friends School in Cedar County, Iowa, educates students in grades nine through twelve. Founded in 1890 by Iowa Wilburite Quakers to provide a "guarded education" for their children, it is owned and operated by Iowa Yearly Meeting of Friends (Conservative).
The school closed for a period during the Great Depression. Alarmed at the increasing anti-Semitism and political suppression by the Nazi Party of Germany at the time of Kristallnacht, Quakers of Iowa proposed in 1939 to receive refugees from Germany and house them at the Scattergood School. From 1939 through 1943, they operated what they called the 'Scattergood Hostel,' accepting a total of 185 refugees and helping them to resettle in the United States. After 1943 refugees were unable to leave Germany.
After the end of the war, the school was reopened for educational operations. Since the late 20th century, about one third of students and staff have been Quakers, with the rest coming from many faiths.
Scattergood School, founded in 1890, is located in Cedar County, Iowa, two miles (3 km) east and one half mile south of the town of West Branch. It offers a college preparatory curriculum for grades nine through twelve. Owned and operated by Iowa Yearly Meeting of Friends (Conservative), the school is accredited by the Iowa Department of Education and by the Independent Schools Association of the Central States (ISACS). In addition to academic achievement, the Scattergood program emphasizes community life, responsible world citizenship, and communal work.
Although there are several day students each year, nearly all students reside in dormitories (housing 42 students) on campus. Likewise, most of the 25 faculty and staff live in on-campus apartments. The school is based on small class sizes and a family atmosphere.
Teaching and learning at Scattergood take place in many settings beyond the classroom. The campus includes a pond/marsh, a prairie, and a farm with a variety of livestock and 3.5 acres (14,000 m2) of organic vegetable production.
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