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Jun 9, 2009 · Now, all of a sudden, these Bass people—not the Basses of Texas—seemed to be turning Miss Porter’s good name into something out of a Lindsay Lohan movie. The shell-shocked school...
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Early history and Sarah Porter
Miss Porter's School was established in 1843 by education reformer Sarah Porter. She was insistent that the school's curriculum include chemistry, physiology, botany, geology, and astronomy in addition to the more traditional subjects taught in girls' schools. Also encouraged were such athletic opportunities as tennis and horseback riding; in 1867 the school formed its own baseball team, the Tunxises, named after the Saukiogtribe who once settled the area on which the school is situated.
Mary Dunning Dow
In 1884, Sarah Porter hired her former student, Mary Elizabeth Dunning Dow, with whom she began to share more of her duties as Head of School. From then until her death in 1900, Porter gradually relinquished her control of the school to Dow. Sarah Porter's will named her nephew, Robert Porter Keep, as executor of her estate, of which the school was the most valuable asset. Dow's compensation for her position as sole Head of School was also specified in the will. As executor, Robert Keep began...
Elizabeth Hale Keep and Robert Keep
Robert Keep announced in July 1903 that the school would reopen in October 1903 with his wife, Elizabeth Vashti Hale Keep as Head of School, eleven teachers, and between five and sixteen students in attendance. After Keep succumbed to pneumonia and died on July 3, 1904, Elizabeth Keep continued to work at the school. One of her many legacies was a kindergarten for children of employees.
Tuition and financial aid
The tuition for boarding students was valued at $66,825 for 2021–22, plus other mandatory and optional fees.Miss Porter's offers need-based financial aid.
Endowment
The Dorothy Walker Bush 1919 Fund was established in 1994 in her memory by family and friends to bring speakers to the school who address religion, spirituality, and faith. The Emily Brown Fritzinger '59 Music Fund was established by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gardner Brown (Elizabeth Smith 1928), family, and friends; the fund supports musical performances on campus and occasional trips to New York City for all students and faculty to attend a live performance. The Elisabeth S. Hadden '76 Memo...
The 40-acre campus overlooks the Farmington River and includes a number of historically significant buildings which have collectively served the wider Farmington community in a range of functional capacities over their respective histories.Over the years, the school has transformed its campus assets to suit its needs.
Approximately 75% of Porter's girls live on campus in dormitories, all but one of which are former Farmington private residences left to the school. The school currently maintains a total of nine student residence halls (or "houses"): Brick, Colony, Humphrey, Keep, Lathrop, Macomber, Main, New Place, and Ward, two of those are strictly limited to t...
As one of the oldest independent schools with archival holdings, the school is particularly significant for research. The archives contain a broad array of materials pertaining to the school and its founder. Sarah Porter’s Rule Bookis in the holdings, as well as many letters, including those sent to her mother and sisters when she made her first vi...
In the television show Buffy the Vampire Slayer,when Buffy's mother thinks it would be best to send Buffy away to school, she picks up an application to Miss Porter's.In the musical Rent, one of the leads, Harvard-educated lawyer Joanne Jefferson, attended and learned to tango with the French ambassador's daughter in her dorm room at Miss Porter's.In the novel, Betrayed by P.C. and Kristin Cast, Zoey finds Miss Porter's after researching different "private preparatory schools" to find examples of good student councils to model her own new Da...The novel The New Girls (1979), by Beth Gutcheon, is set in a school called Miss Pratt's based on Miss Porter's.Feb 18, 2015 · When Miss Porter’s Finishing School was founded in 1843, no one could have predicted the fame, fortune, scandal and accomplishments of its students.
In 1843, Sarah Porter founded a school. Her purpose? To create access to transformational education. Today, Miss Porter’s School augments that legacy with innovation to prepare young women to shape a changing world.
May 8, 2024 · Exploring the Heart of Figure Skating in Harlem - Miss Porter’s School. Join Sophie Paris and Daria Forde ‘16 as they delve into the vibrant world of Figure Skating in Harlem (FSH), an organization that’s not just about gliding on ice but about uplifting young Black and brown girls from underserved communities. So, what exactly is FSH all about?
