The Kiski School
| The Kiski School | |
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Saltsburg, Pennsylvania USA |
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Private All-male Boarding |
| Established | 1888 |
| Headmaster | Christopher A. Brueningsen |
| Grades | 9–12 PG |
| Number of students | 210 |
| Campus | Rural |
| Color(s) | Black and White |
| Mascot | Cougars |
| Endowment | $10 million |
| Website | kiski.org |
The Kiski School, formally the Kiskiminetas Springs School after the Kiskiminetas River, is a private, all-male boarding school physically located in Loyalhanna Township, Pennsylvania, though it has a Saltsburg, Pennsylvania mailing address. It is about 40 miles (64 km) east of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and is the oldest remaining non-military all-male boarding school in the United States.
The school has an enrollment of about 210, including grade 9-12 and postgraduate (PG) students About 35 percent of the student body are international students. There are 36 faculty members.
Andrew W. Wilson founded the Kiski School in 1888 on a wooded hill overlooking the Kiskiminetas River separating Westmoreland County from Indiana County, on land that had once been a summer resort and mineral spa. Forty-two students had graduated from Kiski by 1894; 26 of them went to Princeton. The original faculty consisted of just Wilson (who had graduated from Princeton and Pennsylvania Law School), and school co-founder R. W. Fair, who taught mathematics.
Dr. W. H. MacColl succeeded Wilson as president in 1930. J. L. Marks and Colonel J. J. Daub were also influential early faculty.
L. M. Clark was elected president of the school's board of trustees in 1941, and was appointed headmaster in 1942. Many campus additions and improvements were carried out under Clark's leadership. Upon his retirement in 1957, the assistant to the headmaster of Deerfield Academy, John A. Pidgeon, was chosen to succeed him.
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