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| annual_tuition = $66,920<ref name="tuition">{{cite web |title=Tuition and Financial Aid |url=https://www.solebury.org/admission/tuition-financial-aid |website=Admissions |publisher=Solebury School |access-date=17 October 2022}}</ref> |
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'''Solebury School''' is a co-educational private boarding and day school located on a {{convert|140|acre|adj=on}} campus in [[ |
'''Solebury School''' is a co-educational private boarding and day school located on a {{convert|140|acre|adj=on}} campus in [[Solebury Township, Pennsylvania]], in the United States. Solebury School's academic program features a college-preparatory curriculum with courses and electives in various subjects and a focus on interdisciplinary and experiential education models.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mission Statement - Solebury School|url=https://www.solebury.org/about/mission-statement|access-date=2021-05-25|website=www.solebury.org|language=en-US}}</ref> |
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==History== |
==History== |
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===20th century=== |
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Solebury School was conceived by Laurie Erskine, Julian Lathrop |
Solebury School was conceived by Robert Shaw,<ref>{{Cite web|date=2023-07-23|title=Solebury School Magazine Summer/Fall 2013 {{!}} Solebury School|url=https://issuu.com/soleburyschool/docs/solebury_school_magazine_-_spring_f/20|access-date=2022-01-16|language=en-US}}</ref> [[Laurie Erskine]], Julian Lathrop, and Arthur Washburn in the early 1920s. It opened in September 1925 in rented quarters with four boys and four teachers. A year later, the founders purchased Michener Farm, which remains the institution's site. In 1949 the school merged with another local school, the Holmquist School for Girls, which had a similar educational philosophy and often shared events and productions.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2013-08-21|title=Founders of Solebury School – 2003 Honored Citizens {{!}} Solebury Township Historical Society|url=https://soleburyhistory.org/program-list/honored-citizens/founders-of-solebury-school-2003/|access-date=2022-01-16|language=en-US}}</ref> Solebury is often described as a socially progressive or liberal institution. |
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In the 1980s, a local activist and noted anarchist [[Abbie Hoffman]] would give speeches to the student body.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/world-punch-time-article-1.554598 | title=The World is his Punch Time | work=New York Daily News | date=27 September 2004 | accessdate=19 March 2016 | author=Richardson, Clem}}</ref> |
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The school hosts LGBTQ groups; it produced an entry about bullying for the [[It Gets Better Project]] in 2011 and has an active campus club which pertains to sexuality, which students and teachers attend together.<ref name="getsbetter">{{cite web | url=http://www.itgetsbetter.org/video/entry/7949/ | title=Solebury School: "It Gets Better" | publisher=It Gets Better Project | date=2011 | accessdate=19 March 2016}}</ref><ref name="solebury-clubs">{{cite web|url=http://www.solebury.org/student_life/activities_clublist.aspx |title=Club List |publisher=Solebury School |access-date=19 March 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160328054153/http://www.solebury.org/student_life/activities_clublist.aspx |archive-date=28 March 2016 }}</ref> By participating annually in a local AIDS fundraiser walk, Solebury School has raised thousands of dollars for AIDS organizations.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://articles.philly.com/2004-11-14/news/25379128_1_raffle-tickets-student-council-solebury-school | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160330014939/http://articles.philly.com/2004-11-14/news/25379128_1_raffle-tickets-student-council-solebury-school | url-status=dead | archive-date=March 30, 2016 | title=Goal for Breast Cancer Bingo: $10,000 | publisher=Philly.com | date=14 November 2014 | accessdate=19 March 2016 | author=Reed, Valerie}}</ref> |
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====Sexual abuse==== |
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{{Quote|text="I know we unleashed a process when we sent that letter," [headmaster] Wilschutz said in an interview. But he said the school's goal was to help victims while living up to its values, including transparency. "When we were given this information, we took action," he said. "We believed the allegations. And we believe, as great a school as Solebury is, we have to live up to our past." |
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| ⚫ | In 2014, after several alumni claimed they had been sexually abused as students at Solebury, including by the current head gym coach, the school publicly issued a letter of acknowledgment and apology to them by mail in 2014. In a second letter to alums and parents, the school revealed its chief founder, Robert Shaw, had sexual relationships with his students. |
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|author=Ben Finely|source=Philly.com<ref name="alleged">{{cite web|url=http://articles.philly.com/2014-10-11/news/54873828_1_sexual-abuse-alleged-abuse-bucks-county-grand-jury |title=Grand jury said to be examining alleged abuse at Solebury School |publisher=Philly.com |date=11 October 2014 |access-date=19 March 2016 |author=Finley, Ben |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160331004311/http://articles.philly.com/2014-10-11/news/54873828_1_sexual-abuse-alleged-abuse-bucks-county-grand-jury |archive-date=31 March 2016 }}</ref>}} |
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On January 26, 2017, Bucks County published the results of a 2015 grand jury investigation detailing testimony considered credible by the district attorney from six former students alleging sexual abuse at Solebury School from the 1950s through 2005,<ref name="6abc">{{cite news |url=http://6abc.com/news/grand-jury-decades-of-sexual-abuse-at-solebury-school-/1732557/ |title=Grand jury: Decades of sexual abuse at Solebury School |date=February 1, 2017 |last= Bloomquist |first=Sarah |work=6abc.com |publisher=[[American Broadcasting Company]] |accessdate=February 10, 2017 |quote=The grand jury heard from six former students — a 7th case was already prosecuted. They described sexual activity with faculty and staff members, both on campus and in cities miles away...}}</ref><ref name="GrandJury">[http://www.buckscounty.org/docs/default-source/default-document-library/solebury-school-report.pdf?sfvrsn=0 Bucks County Investigating Grand jury report] on sexual abuse at the Solebury School</ref> identifying nine living adults formerly connected with the school who could be prosecuted.<ref name="spans">{{cite news |url=http://www.philly.com/philly/news/Grand-jury-Sex-abuse-spans-decades-at-Solebury-School.html |title='No boundaries' for teachers enabled decades of sex abuse at elite Bucks school, report finds|last=McDaniel |first=Justine |date=February 1, 2017 |work=philly.com |publisher=Philadelphia Media Network |accessdate=February 10, 2017}}</ref> The report was critical of the Solebury School's |
On January 26, 2017, [[Bucks County, Pennsylvania|Bucks County]] published the results of a 2015 grand jury investigation detailing testimony considered credible by the district attorney from six former students alleging sexual abuse at Solebury School from the 1950s through 2005,<ref name="6abc">{{cite news |url=http://6abc.com/news/grand-jury-decades-of-sexual-abuse-at-solebury-school-/1732557/ |title=Grand jury: Decades of sexual abuse at Solebury School |date=February 1, 2017 |last= Bloomquist |first=Sarah |work=6abc.com |publisher=[[American Broadcasting Company]] |accessdate=February 10, 2017 |quote=The grand jury heard from six former students — a 7th case was already prosecuted. They described sexual activity with faculty and staff members, both on campus and in cities miles away...}}</ref><ref name="GrandJury">[http://www.buckscounty.org/docs/default-source/default-document-library/solebury-school-report.pdf?sfvrsn=0 Bucks County Investigating Grand jury report] on sexual abuse at the Solebury School</ref> identifying nine living adults formerly connected with the school who could be prosecuted.<ref name="spans">{{cite news |url=http://www.philly.com/philly/news/Grand-jury-Sex-abuse-spans-decades-at-Solebury-School.html |title='No boundaries' for teachers enabled decades of sex abuse at elite Bucks school, report finds|last=McDaniel |first=Justine |date=February 1, 2017 |work=philly.com |publisher=Philadelphia Media Network |accessdate=February 10, 2017}}</ref> The report was critical of the Solebury School's campus culture as facilitating the abuse.<ref name="scathing">{{cite news |url=http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2017/02/01/grand-jury-report-solebury-school/ |title= Scathing Report Reveals Sex Abuse At Pa. School Spanning 55 Years |last=Longo |first=Brandon |date=February 1, 2017 |work=CBS Philly |publisher=[[CBS Broadcasting]] |accessdate=February 10, 2017 }}</ref> |
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Prior to this, in the mid-1990s, there was a public sexual abuse scandal at Solebury between a music teacher and an underage student, which was settled in a civil suit in 1998.<ref name="failed">{{cite web | url=http://articles.philly.com/2014-12-15/news/57038091_1_solebury-township-sexual-abuse-tom-wilschutz1 | title=Solebury School failed to act on initial abuse rumors | publisher=Philly.com | date=15 December 2014 | access-date=19 March 2016 | author=Finley, Ben | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160329220715/http://articles.philly.com/2014-12-15/news/57038091_1_solebury-township-sexual-abuse-tom-wilschutz1 | archive-date=29 March 2016 }}</ref> |
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==Notable faculty== |
==Notable faculty== |
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* [[Anna Whelan Betts]] |
* [[Anna Whelan Betts]], Victorian style illustrator<ref>{{cite book|last=Reed|first=Walt|title=The illustrator in America, 1860-2000|publisher=Society of Illustrators|year=2001|page=91}}</ref> |
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* [[Jonathan Miles (novelist)|Jonathan Miles]] - Novelist, Harmonicist (Writer-in-Residence) |
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==Notable alumni== |
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* [[Peter Hobbs (actor)|Peter Hobbs]] - Actor<ref name=latimes>{{cite news|title=Peter Hobbs obituary|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/latimes/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=147751986|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=2011-01-15|accessdate=2011-01-16}}</ref> |
* [[Peter Hobbs (actor)|Peter Hobbs]] - Actor<ref name=latimes>{{cite news|title=Peter Hobbs obituary|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/latimes/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=147751986|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=2011-01-15|accessdate=2011-01-16}}</ref> |
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* [[Joyce Bulifant]] '56 - Actress<ref>{{Cite web|title='Airplane!' actress to appear at Solebury School|url=https://www.buckscountycouriertimes.com/news/20171023/airplane-actress-to-appear-at-solebury-school|access-date=2021-06-24|website=Bucks County Courier Times|language=en}}</ref> |
* [[Joyce Bulifant]] '56 - Actress<ref>{{Cite web|title='Airplane!' actress to appear at Solebury School|url=https://www.buckscountycouriertimes.com/news/20171023/airplane-actress-to-appear-at-solebury-school|access-date=2021-06-24|website=Bucks County Courier Times|language=en}}</ref> |
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*[[Alexa McDonough]] ‘62 - Politician |
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* [[Robert Kenner]] '68 - Emmy-winning documentary filmmaker<ref>{{Cite web|last=Goldman|first=Lynne|date=2009-07-23|title=Food, Inc. Documentary at the County » Bucks County Taste|url=https://www.buckscountytaste.com/uncategorized/food-inc-documentary-at-the-county/|access-date=2021-06-24|website=Bucks County Taste|language=en-US}}</ref> |
* [[Robert Kenner]] '68 - Emmy-winning documentary filmmaker<ref>{{Cite web|last=Goldman|first=Lynne|date=2009-07-23|title=Food, Inc. Documentary at the County » Bucks County Taste|url=https://www.buckscountytaste.com/uncategorized/food-inc-documentary-at-the-county/|access-date=2021-06-24|website=Bucks County Taste|language=en-US}}</ref> |
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*[[Peggy Shepard]] - [[Environmental justice]] activist<ref>{{Cite web|last=WEACT.org|title=WEACT.org > Home > Staff Members > Peggy M. Shepard|url=http://weact.nyc/Home/Contact/PeggyMShepard/tabid/227/Default.aspx|access-date=2021-03-13|website=weact.nyc|language=en-US}}</ref> |
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*[[Elizabeth Pitcairn]] '91 - Classical violinist<ref>{{Cite web |title=Elizabeth Pitcairn performs for Solebury School community |url=https://buckscountyherald.com/stories/elizabeth-pitcairn-performs-for-solebury-school-community,13488 |access-date=2022-12-24 |website=The Bucks County Herald |language=en}}</ref> |
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*[[Andrew Bynum]] - NBA All Star<ref>{{Cite web |title=Andrew Bynum |url=https://www.sportspundit.com/basketball/players/249-andrew-bynum |access-date=2023-01-03 |website=Sports Pundit |language=en}}</ref> |
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* [[Shaun Cassidy]] - Actor and Producer<ref>{{Cite web |title=My schoolmate, Shaun Cassidy|url=https://www.broadstreetreview.com/essays/my-schoolmate-shaun-cassidy |access-date=2023-08-28 |website=The Broad Street Review |language=en}}</ref> |
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| Solebury School | |
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6832 Phillips Mill Rd , , 18938-9682 United States | |
| Coordinates | 40°22′49″N 74°59′21″W / 40.3802°N 74.9892°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Independent day & boarding school |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Nonsectarian[1] |
| Established | September 1925 |
| Status | Currently operational[1] |
| Superintendent | Anette Miller |
| CEEB code | 392955 |
| NCES School ID | 01197388[1] |
| Head of school | Tom Wilschutz |
| Faculty | 47.9 (on an FTE basis)[1] |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 218[1] (2019–2020) |
| • Grade 9 | 43 |
| • Grade 10 | 53 |
| • Grade 11 | 60 |
| • Grade 12 | 62 |
| Student to teacher ratio | 4.6[1] |
| Hours in school day | 9.2[1] |
| Campus type | Rural[1] |
| Athletics conference | Penn-Jersey Athletic Association |
| Nickname | Spartans |
| Annual tuition | $45,180 (day);[2] $66,920 (boarding)[2] |
| Affiliation | NAIS[1] |
| Website | solebury |
Solebury School is a co-educational private boarding and day school located on a 140-acre (57 ha) campus in Solebury Township, Pennsylvania, in the United States. Solebury School's academic program features a college-preparatory curriculum with courses and electives in various subjects and a focus on interdisciplinary and experiential education models.[3]
History
[edit]20th century
[edit]Solebury School was conceived by Robert Shaw,[4] Laurie Erskine, Julian Lathrop, and Arthur Washburn in the early 1920s. It opened in September 1925 in rented quarters with four boys and four teachers. A year later, the founders purchased Michener Farm, which remains the institution's site. In 1949 the school merged with another local school, the Holmquist School for Girls, which had a similar educational philosophy and often shared events and productions.[5] Solebury is often described as a socially progressive or liberal institution.
In the 1980s, a local activist and noted anarchist Abbie Hoffman would give speeches to the student body.[6]
21st century
[edit]The school hosts LGBTQ groups; it produced an entry about bullying for the It Gets Better Project in 2011 and has an active campus club which pertains to sexuality, which students and teachers attend together.[7][8] By participating annually in a local AIDS fundraiser walk, Solebury School has raised thousands of dollars for AIDS organizations.[9]
Sexual abuse
[edit]In 2014, after several alumni claimed they had been sexually abused as students at Solebury, including by the current head gym coach, the school publicly issued a letter of acknowledgment and apology to them by mail in 2014. In a second letter to alums and parents, the school revealed its chief founder, Robert Shaw, had sexual relationships with his students.
On January 26, 2017, Bucks County published the results of a 2015 grand jury investigation detailing testimony considered credible by the district attorney from six former students alleging sexual abuse at Solebury School from the 1950s through 2005,[10][11] identifying nine living adults formerly connected with the school who could be prosecuted.[12] The report was critical of the Solebury School's campus culture as facilitating the abuse.[13]
Prior to this, in the mid-1990s, there was a public sexual abuse scandal at Solebury between a music teacher and an underage student, which was settled in a civil suit in 1998.[14]
Notable faculty
[edit]- Anna Whelan Betts, Victorian style illustrator[15]
- Jonathan Miles - Novelist, Harmonicist (Writer-in-Residence)
Notable alumni
[edit]- Peter Hobbs - Actor[16]
- Joyce Bulifant '56 - Actress[17]
- James MacArthur '56 - Actor
- Alexa McDonough ‘62 - Politician
- Robert Kenner '68 - Emmy-winning documentary filmmaker[18]
- Peggy Shepard - Environmental justice activist[19]
- Elizabeth Pitcairn '91 - Classical violinist[20]
- Andrew Bynum - NBA All Star[21]
- Shaun Cassidy - Actor and Producer[22]
External links
[edit]Sex abuse case
[edit]- Seymour, Kara (February 2, 2017). "Decades Of Sexual Abuse At Bucks County Prep School Detailed In Grand Jury Report". Newtown Patch. Patch Media.
- Bucks County Investigating Grand jury report on sexual abuse at the Solebury School
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Search for Private Schools – School Detail for Solebury School". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
- ^ a b "Tuition and Financial Aid". Admissions. Solebury School. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
- ^ "Mission Statement - Solebury School". www.solebury.org. Retrieved 2021-05-25.
- ^ "Solebury School Magazine Summer/Fall 2013 | Solebury School". 2023-07-23. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
- ^ "Founders of Solebury School – 2003 Honored Citizens | Solebury Township Historical Society". 2013-08-21. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
- ^ Richardson, Clem (27 September 2004). "The World is his Punch Time". New York Daily News. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
- ^ "Solebury School: "It Gets Better"". It Gets Better Project. 2011. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
- ^ "Club List". Solebury School. Archived from the original on 28 March 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
- ^ Reed, Valerie (14 November 2014). "Goal for Breast Cancer Bingo: $10,000". Philly.com. Archived from the original on March 30, 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
- ^ Bloomquist, Sarah (February 1, 2017). "Grand jury: Decades of sexual abuse at Solebury School". 6abc.com. American Broadcasting Company. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
The grand jury heard from six former students — a 7th case was already prosecuted. They described sexual activity with faculty and staff members, both on campus and in cities miles away...
- ^ Bucks County Investigating Grand jury report on sexual abuse at the Solebury School
- ^ McDaniel, Justine (February 1, 2017). "'No boundaries' for teachers enabled decades of sex abuse at elite Bucks school, report finds". philly.com. Philadelphia Media Network. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
- ^ Longo, Brandon (February 1, 2017). "Scathing Report Reveals Sex Abuse At Pa. School Spanning 55 Years". CBS Philly. CBS Broadcasting. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
- ^ Finley, Ben (15 December 2014). "Solebury School failed to act on initial abuse rumors". Philly.com. Archived from the original on 29 March 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
- ^ Reed, Walt (2001). The illustrator in America, 1860-2000. Society of Illustrators. p. 91.
- ^ "Peter Hobbs obituary". Los Angeles Times. 2011-01-15. Retrieved 2011-01-16.
- ^ "'Airplane!' actress to appear at Solebury School". Bucks County Courier Times. Retrieved 2021-06-24.
- ^ Goldman, Lynne (2009-07-23). "Food, Inc. Documentary at the County » Bucks County Taste". Bucks County Taste. Retrieved 2021-06-24.
- ^ WEACT.org. "WEACT.org > Home > Staff Members > Peggy M. Shepard". weact.nyc. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
- ^ "Elizabeth Pitcairn performs for Solebury School community". The Bucks County Herald. Retrieved 2022-12-24.
- ^ "Andrew Bynum". Sports Pundit. Retrieved 2023-01-03.
- ^ "My schoolmate, Shaun Cassidy". The Broad Street Review. Retrieved 2023-08-28.
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