WOOSTER SCHOOL

'Wooster School' is a private, co-educational, college-preparatory K-12 school in Danbury, Connecticut, in the U.S.. Wooster was founded in 1926 by Aaron Coburn and is named after General David Wooster, a Revolutionary War hero. Wooster's four cardinal principles are simplicity, religion, hard work, and intellectual excellence. An Episcopal school, Wooster emphasizes community service and helping others.Wooster states that its mission is to "maintain a school for the intellectual, spiritual, ethical, aesthetic, and physical development of boys and girls of diverse backgrounds." The school motto is Ex Quoque Potestate, Cuique Pro Necessitate. This translates roughly as "From each according to ability, to each according to need."

Contents

Educational Philosophy

General Information

Enrollment Information

Faculty Information

Trivia

External links

Educational Philosophy

Wooster follows a liberal arts tradition. Self-help has been one of the fundamental principles at Wooster since the School's founding in 1926. It is a philosophy that places total responsibility for the physical environment of the school on the students.
Students are not only responsible for cleaning and maintaining the campus, but also for the program's organization and management.
As students in the Lower School (grades K - 5) progress through the grades, they assume more responsibility for their classrooms and the Lower School building. Students in the Middle and Upper Schools (grades 6 - 12) are in charge at all times of the upkeep of the whole school.
In addition to self-help and volunteering, Upper School students meet the requirement of 100 hours of community service outside the Wooster community, which can be completed between the summer before freshman year and graduation.
Seniors in good standing academically may also participate in the Senior Independent Study (SIS) program the last six weeks of their senior year, at which time they may pursue a community service project or career interest as a job off campus. Upon completion of SIS, each student submits a written report and makes an oral presentation to the faculty and senior classmates about what he or she learned. [1]

General Information

'Date Founded': 1926 – Rev. Aaron C. Coburn
'Headmaster': Timothy B. Golding, the ninth head of the school
'Religious Affiliation': Episcopalian
'Accreditation': New England Association of Schools and Colleges
'Memberships':
• Connecticut Association of Independent Schools
• National Association of Independent Schools
• National Association of Episcopal Schools
• Cum Laude Society
'Size of Campus': 127 acres
'Number of School Buildings': 15

Enrollment Information

'Enrollment': 347 boys and girls in grades K -12

Faculty Information

'Number of full time faculty': 78

Trivia

The Wooster School hymn is "O God, Our Help in Ages Past" (based on Psalm 90).
Famous alumnae/i include Neil Rudenstine (former president of Harvard) and folk singer Tracy Chapman.

External links

★ Wooster School - official site

★ The General - student newspaper