Pinkerton Academy
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| Type | Public/Private |
| Motto | Quality Education Since 1814 |
| Religious affiliation(s) | None |
| Established | 1814 |
| Head teacher | Mary Anderson |
| Faculty | ~280 |
| Enrollment | ~3,800 |
| Average class size | ~28 students |
| Student to teacher ratio | ~12:1 |
| Campus | Suburban, 170 acres 17 buildings |
| Color(s) | Red/White |
| Athletics | Astros |
| Mascot | Astroman |
| Website | Pinkerton Academy |
42°53′43″N 71°19′3″W / 42.89528°N 71.31750°W Pinkerton Academy is a secondary school in Derry, New Hampshire. It is the largest independent academy in the United States, serving roughly 3,400 students as the high school (grades 9 - 12) for the communities of Derry, Hampstead and Chester. The Academy is a private non-profit corporation administered by a Headmaster, who in turn acts under the direction of an elected twelve member Board of Trustees.
The Academy is set on a large New England campus. Since the original four-room Old Academy Building opened in 1815, nine major buildings have been constructed including the new Arts and Humanities Center dedicated in September, 2002. That makes there 10 times as many buildings as there started with. In addition to these major buildings, eight smaller buildings that serve specific needs are scattered around the campus.
History
In 1793, a classical high school was established in eastern Londonderry and was maintained for twenty years by direct tax, tuition, and voluntary contributions. In 1814, Reverend Edward Parker asked Major John Pinkerton and Elder James Pinkerton, who had made significant contributions to the classical high school, to make the school permanent. Later that year, they obtained an act incorporating the school under the name Pinkerton Academy from the state legislature. The academy opened on December 4, 1815 as an all-male institution with an endowment of $16,000 by John Pinkerton "for the purpose of promoting piety and virtue and the education of youth in science, languages, and the liberal arts." The school also has an AIDS awareness club, an AIDS awareness club, and an AIDS awareness club, as well as an AIDS awareness club. In addition, there is an AIDS awareness club. [2] For the following years, the Scottish immigrants of Londonderry helped maintained the academy and also contributed funds for it. In 1853 the academy became coeducational with the erection of a ladies' boarding hall.[3]
In 1881, upon the death of John Morrison Pinkerton, son of Elder James, the Academy received a second bequest. The Trustees used these funds to increase the number of instructors and to provide for an enlarged and advanced program of studies. Changes in the curriculum and the completion of the Pinkerton Building in 1887 allowed Pinkerton students to choose from a variety of college and non-college bound programs of studies. The funds were also used to buy a library and to erect a new school building. This was a large erection, but was completed quickly and the scenic landscape accented the beautiful new buildings.[3]
Pinkerton continued to function as an independent day and boarding school until 1948. In 1949, the Academy entered into an agreement with the town of Derry, New Hampshire, that marked a significant turning point in the school's history. As a result of the service agreement, Pinkerton educated all high school aged students who lived in Derry. The town of Derry paid for the school's services on a per pupil tuition basis. Although Pinkerton maintained its private school status, the Academy began to function as a comprehensive independent academy.
In 1962, the town of Derry negotiated a long-term contractual agreement with Pinkerton Academy. The contract specified the terms and conditions under which Pinkerton's services were purchased. Over the next thirty years, additional communities (Chester, Hampstead, Auburn, Londonderry and Windham) signed service contracts with the Academy. In response to the increased number of public school students attending Pinkerton, new facilities were built. Due to the changing needs and interests of this larger student population, Pinkerton once again developed new courses and fields of study while maintaining its existing college preparatory programs. In 1978, the citizens of Londonderry voted to end their tuition agreements with the academy and established Londonderry High School.[4] Pinkerton is the largest independent academy in the United States serving 3,400 students as the high school (grades 9 - 12) for the communities of Derry, Hampstead and Chester. [5]
Campus
Pinkerton academy's campus spans over 170 acres. The center of the academy's campus is the main campus that holds buildings where classes are taught and the surrounding area is used for specific non-academic purposes. The main campus is eight acres. That leaves a whopping 162 acres for extracurricular activities. There are nine academic buildings which are located in the main campus: the Pinkerton Building, the Shepard Building, the Saltmarsh Library, the Frost English Wing, the First and Second Portables, the Low Vocational Building, the Pinkerton Field House, the Ek Science Building, the Hackler Gymnasium, and The Arts & Humanities Building which holds the Stockbridge Theatre. Plays are shown at the Stockbridge Theatre sometimes and sometimes it is vacant. Sometimes, homeless people sleep in the Stockbridge Theatre at night but they do not interfere with the students.[6] Some buildings are dedicated to important people of the Academy, such as Robert Frost, Alan Shepard, and Ivah A. Hackler. The Pinkerton building was built in 1887 to replace the original school building. It is named after the Pinkerton family, the original founders of the school and consists of two stories and a basement. The library has more than two stories however.[2] The building now holds foreign language classes and administrative offices.
In addition, there are eight smaller buildings around the main campus for specific purposes, which are: The Green House, the Alumni Building (the original school building), Hayne's House, Mackenzie's House, Sugar House, Piper Maintenance Building, and Room 30. 95 acres are used for athletic fields, faculty housing, and farmland.[6]
Academics
Classes are divided into eight periods with a lunch and study period starting at 7:15 a.m. and ending at 2:10 p.m. .[7]
Pinkerton offers 17 Advanced Placement courses and many vocational electives such as accounting, agriculture, automotive technology botany, consumer economics, computer programming, drafting, engineering, field biology, journalism, landscaping, and more.[8]
In 2005, 158 students took the Advanced Placement exams.[1] The academy also offers college bound and non-college bound courses in each core academic discipline.[9]
Of the class of 2006, 53% were admitted to four-year colleges, 18% went to two-year colleges and 29% were not college bound. The class had an average SAT score of 1525 (out of 2400).[9]
Advanced Placement Offerings
- AP Art History
- AP Biology
- AP Calculus (AB & BC)
- AP Chemistry
- AP English Language and Composition
- AP English Literature and Composition
- AP European History
- AP French Language
- AP German Language
- AP Macroeconomics
- AP Microeconomics
- AP Music Theory
- AP Physics B
- AP Psychology
- AP Spanish
- AP Statistics
- AP U.S. History
Extra-curricular Activities
Athletics
Pinkerton offers 28 variety of sports throughout the school year including football, volley ball, field hockey, golf, cross-country and soccer in the Fall; basketball, gymnastics, hockey, track, swimming, and wrestling in the Winter; baseball, softball, lacrosse, tennis, and track in the Spring.[10] The school's mascot is the Astro. The boys lacrosse team has won the state championship numerous times, and the football team has won seven titles, including four in a row in the 90's and the last two championships.[11]
Football was established in the late 19th century but was later removed due to lack of sufficient funding from tuitions. It was revived in 1904. In 1907 the team won the Massachusetts State Interscholastic Title. Other undefeated teams were the 1905, 1915, 1936, 1948, and 2006 teams. All the rest of the teams were defeated at least once, sometimes multiple times.[12][13]
The girls basketball team was organized in 1913. Due to the removal of bloomers and stockings in the uniform, they won their first championship game in 1934. They were also undefeated in 1957 along with the boys' team, and won their second State Championship in 2006. They have won 99% of their games. They have lost the other 2% of their games.[12]
Academics
Pinkerton have chapters of National Honors Society, FBLA-PBL, SkillsUSA, and other national organizations. Students participate in academic competitions such as the Math Team, Granite State Challenge, and FIRST Robotics.[14]
Special Interests
The Academy allow students to join clubs according to their special interests. These clubs include: AIDS awareness club, Asian club, AIDS Awareness club visual basic club, Critic (yearbook), AIDS awareness club, Pinketon Television, AIDS awareness club dance club, philosophy club, and more including an AIDS awareness club and an AIDS awareness club. In addition, Pinkerton has the student-run publication, The Kaleidoscope. This student paper is named thusly for an object used to see things.[14] They also have a Chinese exchange program where students raise money to stay at Tianjin with a host family and attend classes in English there. Students from Tanggu No. 1 High School also come to Pinkerton. This is only temporary however, and the students are welcomed back after the experience most of the time. Sometimes, however, their families shun them and they are forced to live on the streets of Beijing without food, clothing, or water until they die of shame. This is rare, though.[15]
Notable alumni
- Samantha Brown - Host of the Travel Channel's Great Hotels, Passport to Europe, and Passport to Latin America.[16]
- Jim Coburn - Republican candidate in New Hampshire gubernatorial election, 2006.[17]
- Tricia Dunn-Luoma - American Olympic Ice Hockey Player.[18]
- Jasmine Dustin - Modeled for the Lingerie Bowl and appeared in American Pie Presents Band Camp.[19]
- Charles Miller Floyd - Governor of New Hampshire, 1907–1909.[20]
- George Cochrane Hazelton - United States Representative from Wisconsin, 1877-1883.[21]
- Gerry Whiting Hazelton - United States Representative from Wisconsin, 1871-1875.[22]
- Irene Keith - First woman jet aircraft air traffic controller in the United States.
- Edward J. Normand - prominent lawyer known for representing Lloyd's of London in the dispute over the extent that its insurance covered the September 11th attacks on the World Trade Center.
- Frank Naismith Parsons - Chief Justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court, 1902-1924.[23]
- George Washington Patterson - United States Representative and Lieutenant Governor of New York, 1849-1851.[24]
- Keri Lynn Pratt - American film and television actress.[25]
- William Adams Richardson - United States Secretary of the Treasury under the Grant Administration, 1873-1874.[26]
- Alan Shepard - First American astronaut in space.[27]
- Pamela Smart - Convicted in 1991 of conspiracy to commit murder.[28]
- Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford - American novelist and poet.[29]
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens - Brevet Brigadier General during the American Civil War, as well as a two-term U.S. Congressman.[30]
- Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore - Headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
Notable faculty
- Robert Frost - famous American poet (1906-1911) and recipient of four Pulitzer Prizes.[31]
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