St. Mark's School (Massachusetts)
| St Mark's School | |
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| Location | |
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Southborough, Massachusetts, USA |
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| Coordinates | Coordinates: 42°19′N 71°32′W / 42.31°N 71.53°W |
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| Type | Private high school, boarding |
| Motto |
Age Quod Agis literal translation: "Do What You Do", figurative translation: "Drive because you are driven". |
| Established | 1865 |
| Enrollment | 331 (2008–09) |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Color(s) | Blue & White |
| Mascot | Winged Lion |
| Website | StMarksSchool.org |
 The library |
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St. Mark’s School is a coeducational, Episcopal, preparatory school, situated on 250 acres (1.0 km2) in Southborough, Massachusetts, 25 miles (40 km) from Boston. St. Mark's was founded in 1865 as an all-boys school by Joseph Burnett, who developed and marketed Burnett Vanilla Extract. Girls have attended since 1978. St. Mark's is a member of the Independent School League, and one of five prep schools known collectively as St. Grottlesex.
Joseph Burnett, a wealthy resident of Southborough, founded St. Mark's School in 1865.
St. Mark's is one of the first New England schools founded on the British model, as opposed to academies such as Phillips Academy and Phillips Exeter Academy or entrepreneurial schools such as Hill School.
The school attracted many members of Boston Brahmin and New York Knickerbocker families.
The school faced initial challenges, including financial difficulties and the instability resulting from employing four different headmasters in its first seventeen years of existence, followed by the appointment of William E. Peck in 1882. Peck was often in conflict with the trustees, until 1894, when he resigned and founded Pomfret School, taking a number of students and teachers with him. It wasn't until the appointment of Headmaster William Greenough Thayer (who had taught for five years at slightly younger athletic archrival Groton School) in 1894 that St. Mark's began to experience stability. Thayer led the school until 1930. News of his pending retirement was reported by Time Magazine in 1929.
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