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inappropriate touching based on the allegation at Linden Hill School. Another Staff member identified as Thomas Simmeth was charged in that same year with indecent assault and battery on a student at the school. <ref>https://www.seacoastonline.com/article/20030523/NEWS/305239977</ref> |
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Hit hard by recession, Linden Hill School sold its campus in 2012 to pay off its mortgage and pay off significant debt. |
Hit hard by recession, Linden Hill School sold its campus in 2012 to pay off its mortgage and pay off significant debt. |
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| School type | Private, Boarding |
| Motto | Community, Loyalty, Responsibility, Integrity, Respect |
| Established | 1961 |
| Founder | George & Penny Hayes |
| Enrolment | 25 as of 2012 |
| Campus | Rural |
| Houses | formerly - Hayes Dorm, Bennett House, Haskell Hall |
| Color(s) | Green & Dark Blue |
| Song | Simple Gifts |
| Mascot | Lynx |
| Newspaper | Linden Hill Times |
| Website | http://www.lindenhs.org |
The Linden Hill School was a boys' middle school in Northfield, Massachusetts that served students with dyslexia or other language-related learning disabilities. It ceased operations on June 8, 2012. [1]
Program
From 1961 to 2012 Linden Hill School' served boys ages 9–16 of average to above average intelligence who had learning difficulties.[2]
History
In 1961 George and his wife Penny Hayes built a boarding school with an emphasis on reading and language acquisition. Hayes, a Kent school graduate and former teacher, was teaching at the Mount Hermon School for boys as the Director of Reading Development. (Mount Hermon would later merge with the Northfield School for girls to create Northfield Mount Hermon School). There was much discussion as to where this new school should be and worry that a suitable site might not be found. Their vision needed a comfortable living and learning space while being able to engage the boys in the outdoors. The Hayes’ prayers were answered when they received word from Mrs. Grace Bennett that she would part with her beautiful old dairy farm for a meager amount to support the cause. She respected the success that George Hayes had with her grandson, a student at Mount Hermon School. The early days of the school were a family affair with wife Penny keeping the books, and cooking meals, daughter Carolyn giving riding lessons and caring for the animals in the small farm, son George working the grounds after school and later on breaks from college all while George instructed students and fundraised. This tiny school with 30 boys set trends in education language based learning disabilities that many schools have modeled. George and Penny Hayes have since died, but their daughter, Carolyn, served as chair of the board of trustees from 2004-2007.
In 2003 the principal of Linden Hill School, Michael P. Holland, was forced to step down after allegations of sexual abuse. Michael Holland was convicted in 2004 of inappropriate touching based on the allegation at Linden Hill School. Another Staff member identified as Thomas Simmeth was charged in that same year with indecent assault and battery on a student at the school. [3]
Hit hard by recession, Linden Hill School sold its campus in 2012 to pay off its mortgage and pay off significant debt.
Linden Hill School was located on a 15-acre forested campus just 12 miles from the original campus in Northfield. In addition to many purpose-built classrooms, the school building houses classrooms, an indoor basketball court with a climbing wall, a game room, a first aid room and, of course, a large kitchen and cafeteria. The dormitories have 50 single-occupancy rooms and spacious common rooms with kitchenettes.
References
- ^ MassLive, The Associated Press | (2012-05-09). "Linden Hill School in Northfield closing its doors". masslive. Retrieved 2020-12-10.
- ^ "Massachusetts Dyslexic Schools". Retrieved 20 April 2012.
- ^ https://www.seacoastonline.com/article/20030523/NEWS/305239977