Trinity-Pawling School
| Trinity-Pawling School | |
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| Pawling, New York United States |
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| Type | All-boys, boarding, secondary school |
| Motto |
Fides et Virtus (Faith and Virtue) |
| Established | 1907 |
| Headmaster | Bill Taylor |
| Faculty | 65 |
| Grades | 7-12, and post-graduate; middle school is available for day students |
| Enrollment | 300 students, 75% boarders, 25% day students |
| Color(s) | Blue and gold |
| Athletics | 13 intercollegiate sports with 34 teams |
| Athletics conference | Founders' League |
| Mascot | The Pride (of Lions) |
| Matriculation rate | 100% of Trinity-Pawling seniors are accepted to four-year universities |
| Religious affiliation | Non-denominational (originally Episcopalian) |
| Website | http://www.trinitypawling.org |
Trinity-Pawling School is an all-boys boarding school founded in 1907 located in Pawling, New York, a small hamlet in southern Dutchess County. The school also has a middle school comprising 20-30 local day students, most of whom continue on into the high school. The campus comprises 165 acres and straddles New York Route 22. The school mascot has evolved from the "Fighting Gentlemen" to the "Pride", the collective term for a group of lions. For a brief period (1978-1985), girls attended the school as day students.
The school was founded in 1907 by Dr. Frederick Luther Gamage, who had previously been headmaster of St. Paul's School (Garden City, New York). The first school building was Dutcher House, a building which had previously had functioned as a hotel. Shortly after, George Bywater Cluett, who had previously donated money to Dr. Gamage for a gymnasium at St. Paul's, provided a larger grant for a new flagship building for Pawling.
In 1910, it moved to its current location on Route 22, in a then new building designed by New York City architect Grosvenor Atterbury, in a building named Cluett Hall. Pawling School was renamed Trinity-Pawling School in 1947.
One of its first students was William Bradford Turner, a descendant of the first Massachuttes Bay Colony Governor William Bradford. Turner was killed in action in World War One, and was posthumously awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.
This program, unique to Trinity-Pawling, rates student performance in all aspects of school – academic effort, dorm life, athletics, clubs, and work program (9-11 grades only). The scale is 1-5, with a 1 being "superlative", 2 "nothing to criticize", 3 "needs improvement", 4 "poor", and 5 "unsatisfactory". The ratings are calculated and the results place each boy in one of five groups. The top – Group I – has the widest array of privileges, and thus the boys strive to do well in all areas to earn almost complete freedom within the campus community.
The students begin with breakfast, which is optional for Group I or II and mandatory for the other three groups. On Monday, Thursday, and Friday there is 8 AM chapel followed by classes at 8:20. On Tuesday there is a 10 AM all-school chapel service replacing the old Sunday service, which was not well-attended due to students being off campus for weekends. On Wednesday the Form Advisors hold individual class meeting at 8 AM and classes follow at 8:20. The academic day generally ends at 2:35 and sports practices follow closely. Dinner is family-style sit-down four days a week, excluding Wednesday as it is cafeteria style, due to sports travel. The boys are free from 6:30-8:00 PM to relax, visit the gym, attend club meetings, work, or rest. At 8 PM evening study hall commences and runs to 9:30. Students in Group 1 do not require supervision at this time and are free, as long as their activities do not negatively impact other students. All students are required to check in at their dorms at 10 PM. Lights-out commences at 10:30 for underclassmen.
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