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The Clear View School

Scarborough Day School
A school seal depicting a castle and ship
A two-story white Neoclassical school building
Vanderlip Hall in 2014
Address
U.S. Route 9
Briarcliff Manor, New York 10510
United States
Information
School type Private
Motto "Life Is For Service" and "Manners Maketh Man"
Established 1913
Founder Frank and Narcissa Vanderlip
Closed 1978
Grades PK-12
Gender Coed
Enrollment 367 (peak in 1929)
150 (later years)
Campus type Suburban
Yearbook Beechwood Tree
Scarborough Day School
Area 22 acres (8.9 ha)
Architect William W. Bosworth
NRHP reference # 84003433
Added to NRHP

September 7, 1984

Scarborough School is located in Briarcliff Manor
Scarborough School
Scarborough School
Location of the Scarborough School
Scarborough School is located in New York
Scarborough School
Scarborough School
Location of the Scarborough School
Scarborough School is located in the US
Scarborough School
Scarborough School
Location of the Scarborough School
Coordinates 41°07′55″N 73°51′41″W / 41.131944°N 73.861306°W / 41.131944; -73.861306Coordinates: 41°07′55″N 73°51′41″W / 41.131944°N 73.861306°W / 41.131944; -73.861306

September 7, 1984

The Scarborough Day School was a private school in Scarborough-on-Hudson, in Briarcliff Manor, New York. Frank and Narcissa Vanderlip established the school in 1913 at their estate, Beechwood. The school, a nonsectarian nonprofit college preparatory day school, taught students at pre-kindergarten to twelfth grade levels and had small class sizes, with total enrollment rarely exceeding 150 students. Since 1980, the buildings and property have been owned by The Clear View School, which runs a day treatment program for 83 students. The current school still uses the Scarborough School's theater, which was opened in 1917. The school campus is a contributing property to the Scarborough Historic District.

The Scarborough Day School was accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools and the Board of Regents of the University of the State of New York. The school also was a member of the Cum Laude Society and the National Association of Independent Schools. Its seal copies that of Scarborough, North Yorkshire; Scarborough-on-Hudson's namesake.

The Scarborough School was founded in 1913 by Frank and Narcissa Vanderlip for their six children and the children of friends and neighbors. Having met educator Maria Montessori during their European travels, the Vanderlips pioneered the Montessori method at the Edward Harden Mansion in nearby Sleepy Hollow by creating the first Montessori school in the United States, in 1912. Frank Vanderlip's sister Ruth was married to Harden; the families maintained close ties. After a year existing in two rooms of the Harden residence, the school moved to the River Gate House at the north end of River Road and the Beechwood estate.


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