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Choate Rosemary Hall ,USA

Choate Rosemary Hall ,USACall : +91-8828912891

Kochi, Kerala, India

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About Choate Rosemary Hall ,USA, Connecticut

Brief History

Rosemary Hall, a school for girls, was founded in 1890 by Mary Atwater Choate. In 1896 Mary’s husband, Judge William G. Choate, established The Choate School for boys on the same family property in Wallingford. In 1900, Rosemary Hall moved its campus to Greenwich and another 70 years would pass before Rosemary Hall “came home” to Wallingford.

After the merger in 1974, the combined school built on the strengths of its common roots and shared purpose, inspiring excellence for future generations of students. The appointment of Dr. Alex D. Curtis as Headmaster in 2011 continues on the path of accomplishment established by previous heads of Choate Rosemary Hall – Charles F. Dey and Edward J. Shanahan – bringing Choate to new levels of success, achievement, and recognition as a global leader in secondary education.

Dynamic balance characterizes the Choate Rosemary Hall experience. It is at the core of what we value and teach, both in and out of the classroom, preparing our students especially well for success in a world filled with challenges and opportunities

Statistical Profile

Choate enrolls 650 boarding and 215 day students representing 43 states and 44 countries. 15 percent of students are international and 33 percent identify themselves as persons of color. For the 2012–2013 year there were 2,018 applicants of whom 19 percent were accepted. The Choate admissions office hosted or sponsored events in 29 states and 14 countries. The 2014–2015 tuition and fees are $54,840 for boarders and $42,840 for day students.

Financial aid totaling more than $10 million was awarded to 32 percent of the student body, the average award being $38,000 for boarders and $26,000 for day students. A variety of named scholarship endowments support students of various profiles, including the Paul Mellon scholarships (science and math), the Gakio-Walton (Africa, the Middle East, India), the Glendorn (southwestern U.S. states), the Wallingford (local residence), and many others.

The teaching faculty numbers 131 of whom 67 percent hold advanced degrees. Approximately 90 percent of teaching faculty lives on campus. In addition, there are 51 administrative faculty members. The average class size is 12 and student-faculty ratio is 6:1.

In the fiscal year ending June 2014 Choate's endowment was $356.7 million. Among member institutions of the Eight Schools Association Choate led in gifts from parents, with $2.1 million. Total gifts received in that fiscal year were $28.9 million.In November 2006 the school inaugurated a capital campaign with a target of $200 million and by the campaign's close in 2011 gifts and pledges of $220 million had been secured.

Notable Alumni

  • Lauren Ambrose  film and TV actress
  • Nat Benchley '64, writer, actor, producer
  • Arne H. Carlson '53, governor of Minnesota
  • Julie Chu 2001, Olympic hockey player
  • Cason Crane 2011, mountain climber
  • Lorenzo di Bonaventura '76, film producer, president of Warner Brothers
  • Michael Douglas '63, two-time Oscar-winning actor
  • Caterina Fake '86, founder of Flickr 
  • Katherine B. Forrest '82, U.S. federal judge
  • Kim Insalaco '99, Olympic hockey player
  • William Kaufmann '35, Cold War strategist
  • John F. Kennedy '35, 35th President of the United States
  • Whitman Knapp '27, U.S. federal judge
  • Robert McCallum, Jr. '64, U.S. ambassador to Australia
  • Helen Stevenson Meyner '46, U.S. Congresswoman from New Jersey
  • Window Snyder '93, digital security innovator

Facilities

The 458-acre (1.85 km2) campus contains 121 buildings in a variety of architectural styles. Georgian Revival predominates (examples by famed traditionalist architect Ralph Adams Cram and by Polhemus & Coffin), but there are also eighteenth- and nineteenth-century houses and dramatic modernist structures (examples by I.M. Pei and by James Polshek).

Principal buildings are in Georgian red brick, often with classical porticoes that were, by design, the unifying architectural feature of the early building phase. Of this type are, in chronological order:

  • Hill House: Built 1911, designed by Francis Waterman; administration offices, with dormitory above.
  • West Wing: Built 1914; adjoining Hill House, a dining hall, with dormitory above.
  • Student Activities Center (formerly Gymnasium): Built 1917 as a gym, renovated 1979; now the student union, mail room, tuck shop, cyber cafe, games room, and school store, with a connector to the Larry Hart Pool.
  • Memorial House: Built 1921; dormitory on the northwest campus, designed to mirror Hill House on the southwest campus.
  • Seymour St. John Chapel (formerly St. Andrew's Chapel): Built 1924, designed by Ralph Adams Cram; recently the filming location for commercials of the Royal Bank of Scotland.
  • Andrew Mellon Library: Built 1925, designed by Edward Mellon; given by U.S. Treasury Secretary Andrew Mellon P'25; Library special collections include correspondence and memorabilia of John F. Kennedy '35, Adlai Stevenson '18, Edward Albee '46, Caresse Crosby 1910 and other alumni, the Haffenreffer Collection of early American documents and autographs, and collections related to Thomas Hardy and other writers.
  • Archbold: Built 1928, designed by Ralph Adams Cram; its scale on the northeast campus mirrors those of Hill House and Memorial House on the west campus; formerly the largest school infirmary in the country, it now houses the visitor center and admissions office, with dormitory above.
  • The Hall: Built 1929; adjoining West Wing, a cavernous dining hall, with dormitory above.
  • Paul Mellon Humanities Center (formerly Paul Mellon Science Hall): Built 1938, designed by Charles Fuller; houses the digital video lab and the departments of English, History, Philosophy, Religion, and Social Sciences.
  • Logan Munroe House: Built 1947; dormitory forming an ensemble with Memorial House, Nichols House, and Pitman House, linked by "Mem Circle" on the northwest campus.
  • Nichols House: Built 1948, designed by Polhemus & Coffin; dormitory.
  • George and Clara St. John Hall: Built 1957; departments of Mathematics and Computer Science.
  • Pitman House: Built 1960; dormitory.
  • Library new wing: Built 1963; dedication poem read by Robert Frost.
  • Steele Hall: Built 1967; departments of foreign languages.
  • Tenney House and Bernhard House: Built 2008, designed by Centerbrook Architects; it follows the residential college model, the houses flank a courtyard and have a connector archway.

Program

Choate's curriculum includes elective and interdisciplinary courses, from astronomy and architecture to printmaking and post-modernism to digital video and development economics. There are more than 300 courses in the curriculum, which has requirements in community service and in contemporary global studies. All disciplines have honors courses. There is Advanced Placement (AP) preparation in 27 areas.

A two-year intensive Science Research Program includes mentored laboratory work during the summer at universities in the United States and abroad. The Capstone Program allows sixth form (senior) students to explore an area of the curriculum in depth. Working under a faculty adviser, students take at least five courses that focus on a curricular theme, culminating in a substantial final project. During the college application process, Choate's College Counseling Office highlights Capstone Project participation in letters of recommendation.

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