Cranbrook Educational Community

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Cranbrook Educational Community
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Sponsorship Private
place Bloomfield Hills , Michigan United States
United StatesUnited States 
management Rick Took
Website www.cranbrook.edu

The Cranbrook Educational Community ( Cranbrook or CEC for short ), a United States National Historic Landmark , is a prestigious educational institution founded by newspaper tycoon George Booth in the early 20th century .

Located in Bloomfield Hills , a wealthy suburb of Detroit , the campus consists of the prestigious Cranbrook Schools , the Cranbrook Academy of Art , the Cranbrook Art Museum , the Cranbrook Institute of Science , the popular Cranbrook House and Gardens and the Church Christ Church Cranbrook . The 129 acre campus grew out of a 70 acre farm from 1904. The name Cranbrook comes from Cranbrook in Kent , England, the birthplace of the founder's father.

Cranbrook is famous for its architecture, the construction of the Arts and Crafts Movement . The Cranbrook Art Academy is one of the most important on the American continent. The Cranbrook Kingswood Upper School (grades 9-12) is one of the most prestigious secondary educational institutions in the United States and is therefore often referred to as the "American Eton" after the elite Eton College in England. The architects of the campus were Albert Kahn and Eliel Saarinen . Recognized artists Carl Milles and Marshall Fredericks also contributed greatly to the wide variety of sculptures on campus.

The entire Cranbrook Educational Community had a fortune of almost one billion dollars in 2007, and the Cranbrook Schools are among the richest schools in the United States with their endowment and large annual budget.

The architecture critic Paul Goldberger of the New York Times described the Cranbrook Campus as one of the finest in America.

history

In 1915, newspaper tycoon George Booth and his wife Ellen opened part of their property to the public with the construction of a Greek theater that is still used today for Upper School performances. In 1920, a secondary school for boys was built, then called the Cranbrook School for Boys , which began teaching in 1927. The name "Cranbrook" is the birthplace of George Booth's father in Kent , England . The school was designed by the Finnish architect Eliel Saarinen , who continued to set accents of the Arts and Crafts Movement with the construction of the Kingswood School for Girls , which had spread from England to North America since the 19th century. In 1932 construction began on the Cranbrook Academy of Art between Cranbrook School and Kingswood School , as well as the Cranbrook Art Museum . Furthermore originated Brookside (a kindergarten and a primary to fifth grade); a gender-separated “middle school” for boys and girls in grades 6–8. The Cranbrook School for Boys , the Kingswood School for Girls (both grades 9-12), the two Middle Schools and the Brookside School were independent schools until 1970 it was decided to group them under the name Cranbrook Schools .

Buildings on campus

The term Cranbrook is also used in an adversarial way in everyday life. Cranbrook is the totality of the campus including all mean its facilities, but also and especially the Cranbrook Kingswood School (Upper School for grades 9-12), which from the former Cranbrook School for Boys and the Kingswood School for Girls emerged and represent the oldest buildings on the campus. Brookside School (Kindergarten through fifth grade) and Cranbrook Kingswood School (grades 9-12) are now co-educational, while Middle Schools (grades 6-8) have remained gender segregated. A more complete chronicle of the Cranbrook Educational Community can be found in Bishop Eckert's "The Campus Guide: Cranbrook" and Elizabeth C. Clark's "Beside a Lake".

Cranbrook Schools

Cranbrook Kingswood Upper School
Sponsorship Private
place Bloomfield Hills , Michigan United States
United StatesUnited States 
management Arlyce Seibert, Charles Shaw
Website www.schools.cranbrook.edu

In 1984 the Cranbrook School for Boys and the Kingswood School for Girls were merged to form the co-educational Cranbrook Kingwood School . Most of the time the school is just called CK or just Cranbrook. Many of the Cranbrook Upper School programs have won awards. Particularly noteworthy here is the Department of Technology, which was one of the first schools in the United States to introduce smartboards in all classrooms and pioneered the use of new media, such as B. was moodle at school. The school newspaper The Crane Clarion is one of the best in the United States, according to the Columbia Scholastic Press Association. Furthermore, the Cranbrook Kingswood Upper School (grades 9-12) maintains one of the toughest selection processes of all private schools in the USA, so statistically there is only one acceptance for every eight applicants. Furthermore, the school is home to a relatively high number of students from all over the world. In 2007 the proportion of these so-called international students was 11%, including, according to tradition, 4 so-called ASSIST scholars from Europe. Successful application to outstanding American colleges is of particular importance; many of the CEC alumni are enrolled at Harvard University , Yale University , Princeton University , Stanford University , the Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Columbia University , the University of Chicago , the University of Michigan and the University of Southern California .

  • The Cranbrook Schools swimming pool

  • Dining hall inside

  • Cranbrook House and Gardens

  • Gardens by the Art Museum

  • Cranbrook School

  • Cranbrook School

  • Trophy Room

  • Kingswood School

  • Dining hall in winter

  • The Cranbrook Art Museum

Well-known former pupils and students

Other people related to Cranbrook

See also

literature

  • A&E with Richard Guy Wilson, (2000). America's Castles: Newspaper Moguls, Pittock Mansion, Cranbrook House & Gardens, The American Swedish Institute. A&E Television Network .
  • Eric J. Hill and John Gallagher: AIA Detroit: The American Institute of Architects Guide to Detroit Architecture . Wayne State University Press, 2002, ISBN 0-8143-3120-3 .
  • Jayne Merkel: Eero Saarinen . Phaidon Press, London 2005, ISBN 0-7148-4277-X .
  • Eeva-Liisa Pelkonen: Eero Saarinen . Yale University Press, New Haven 2006, ISBN 0-300-11282-3 .
  • Antonio Roman: Eero Saarinen . Princeton Architectural Press, New York 2003, ISBN 1-56898-340-9 .
  • Aline B. (ed) Saarinen: Eero Saarinen on His Work . Yale University Press, New Haven 1968.
  • Pierluigi Serraino: Saarinen, 1910-1961: a Structural Expressionist . Taschen, Cologne 2006, ISBN 3-8228-3645-1 .

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Remarks

  1. ↑ Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: Michigan. National Park Service , accessed August 14, 2019.
  2. ^ Cranbrook website, Programs & Lectures: Center Concert and Benefit, Leonard Bernstein and Friends, June 7, 2015 ; accessed April 12, 2017.