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* [[Bill Rockne]] (class of 1935) and [[Knute Rockne, Jr.]] (class of 1937), sons of famed [[University of Notre Dame]] football coach [[Knute Rockne]]
* [[Bill Rockne]] (class of 1935) and [[Knute Rockne, Jr.]] (class of 1937), sons of famed [[University of Notre Dame]] football coach [[Knute Rockne]]
* [[Kareem Rush]], class of 1999; former shooting guard for the [[NBA|NBA's]] [[Charlotte Bobcats]] and [[Los Angeles Lakers]] [[basketball]] teams.
* [[Kareem Rush]], class of 1999; former shooting guard for the [[NBA|NBA's]] [[Charlotte Bobcats]] and [[Los Angeles Lakers]] [[basketball]] teams.
* [[JaRon Rush]], class of 1998; Averaged 32 points per game in high school and played 2 years at UCLA before declaring for the NBA draft. Went undrafted and bounced around several NBA teams as a free agent before ending up with the [[Kansas City Knights]], who play in the [[American_Basketball_Association_%2821st_century%29|ABA]].
* [[JaRon Rush]], class of 1998; Averaged 32 points per game in high school and played 2 years at UCLA before declaring for the NBA draft. Went undrafted and bounced around several NBA teams as a free agent before ending up with the [[Kansas City Knights]] of the [[American_Basketball_Association_%2821st_century%29|ABA]].
* [[Tom Watson (golfer)|Tom Watson]], class of 1967; professional [[golf]]er, won [[The Masters Tournament]] in 1977 and 1981, won the [[U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]] in 1981, and won the [[The Open Championship|British Open]] in 1975, 1977, 1980, 1982, and 1983
* [[Tom Watson (golfer)|Tom Watson]], class of 1967; professional [[golf]]er, won [[The Masters Tournament]] in 1977 and 1981, won the [[U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]] in 1981, and won the [[The Open Championship|British Open]] in 1975, 1977, 1980, 1982, and 1983


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The Pembroke Hill School
Logo of Pembroke Hill
Location
Map
Kansas City
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MO

USA
Information
TypePrivate
MottoFreedom with Responsibility
Religious affiliation(s)Nonsectarian
Established1910 - Pembroke-Country Day (boys), 1913 - Sunset Hill (girls), 1984 - Pembroke Hill (coed)
HeadmasterDr. Richard Hibschman
Faculty129 total
EnrollmentApprox. 1,200
Average class size11 students
Student to teacher ratio9.5:1
CampusUrban, two campuses
Color(s)Red & Blue
Athletics14 interscholastic, numerous club
Athletics conferenceN/A
MascotRaider (Viking)
Websitehttp://www.pembrokehill.org/

The Pembroke Hill School (commonly known simply as Pembroke Hill) is a nonsectarian, coeducational, private preparatory school in Kansas City, Missouri, USA.

The school is located on two campuses, the "Ward Parkway Campus" and the "Wornall Campus," both in Kansas City's Sunset Hill neighborhood near the Country Club Plaza. Both campuses, however, pre-date the Plaza itself. Pembroke Hill enrolls approximately 1,200 students in preschool through 12th grade. The school has a strong academic tradition and usually matriculates all of its graduates to four-year colleges, many in the Ivy League.

In the 2006-2007 school year, tuition and fees ranged from $13,840 (for students up to second grade) to $16,095 for high schoolers.[1] About 17 percent of students received financial aid, totaling over $1.5 million. The school has an endowment of more than $18 million and receives substantial contributions from Hallmark Cards, Kansas City Southern Industries, Sprint, H&R Block, and other leading regional corporations, many of whose executives attended Pembroke Hill.

Pembroke Hill is accredited by the Independent Schools Association of the Central States (ISACS) and the National Association for the Education of Young Children. The school is a member of the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS).

History

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Vassie James Hill, founder of The Pembroke Hill School

Vassie James Hill, born Vassie James in 1875, was a prominent Kansas Citian. She had graduated from Vassar College in 1897, first married Hugh Ward, a rich pioneer's son, and after he died married educator Ross Hill, who formerly had been president of the University of Missouri. Hill was dismayed at the lack of nonsectarian private education in Kansas City, as at that time those of means in Kansas City commonly sent their children to boarding schools on the east coast.

Seeking a similar education for her three sons in Kansas City, Hill proceeded to arrange funding from twelve prominent Kansas City businessmen in 1910 and founded the Country Day School for boys, accepting both day students and boarders (although boarding ceased in the 1950s). Initial enrollment was 20 students and grew to 52 within three years. Several years later, the Country Day School merged with the Pembroke School for boys to form the Pembroke-Country Day School for boys, establishing itself on the Country Day School's large campus along State Line Road. Commonly, it was referred to as "Pem-Day".

In 1913, Hill sought the same sort of education for her daughter and founded the Sunset Hill School for girls (named after the neighborhood in which it was located). The school established itself on a large campus overlooking what was then the location of the Kansas City Country Club (today Loose Park), including a portion of the battlefield from the Battle of Westport.

From the start, Sunset Hill and Pembroke-Country Day existed in common. Often, teachers taught at both schools. For generations, many Kansas City families would send their boys to Pem-Day and their girls to Sunset Hill. School activities, such as plays and dances, often were combined.

Given this cooperative environment, in the early 1980s the two schools began merger discussions. Finally, in 1984, Pem-Day and Sunset Hill merged to become the Pembroke Hill School, although the class of 1985 elected to have separate graduation ceremonies. True co-education began the next year. The former Sunset Hill campus became home to preschool through sixth grade, and the former Pem-Day campus became home to seventh grade through twelfth grade.

In 1988, Pembroke Hill gained some local notoriety and scorn after Kansas City Magazine published an articled entitled "A High School on Easy Street," which criticized Pembroke Hill's students' "advantaged way of life."[2]

In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Pembroke Hill completed a $51 million capital improvement project, which renovated both campuses extensively. The new upper school campus includes a new middle school building, Boocock Middle School (which now serves grades six through eight), a new upper school building, Jordan Hall, as well as a new library, the William T. Kemper Library; in May of 2007 the Lottie Dietrich Arts Building is scheduled to be torn down and replaced.

Athletics

Pembroke Hill has a long athletic tradition.[3] For girls, Pembroke offers cheerleading, cross country, field hockey, golf, tennis [4], volleyball, basketball, dance, soccer, swimming, and track and field. For boys, cross country, football,[5] soccer, basketball, swimming, wrestling, baseball,[6] golf, tennis, and track and field are offered. In the past, Pembroke also has participated in lacrosse, softball, rugby,and ice hockey. Additionally, the lower campus has facilities for racquetball, and the upper campus is one of only three places in Kansas City that have squash facilities.[7]

For three years in a row between 1997 and 1999, Pembroke Hill's boys' basketball team won their Missouri division 2A state title. In 2000, however, the Missouri State High School Activities Association stripped the school of the titles after the Kansas City Star revealed, in a much-publicized local scandal, that promoter and AAU coach Myron Piggie had made cash payments to two of the school's star players, Kareem Rush and his brother JaRon.[8]

The school is also a perennial contender for or winner of division 2A state championships in boys' golf, boys' tennis, boys' soccer, girls' basketball, girls' golf, and girls' tennis.

Pembroke Hill has cross-state athletic rivalries with MICDS and John Burroughs School, both located in Ladue, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis.

For the past two years, the Pembroke Hill girls basketball team has won the Missouri division 2A state title. The team was previously lead by Kanesha Agee who is now at Drake University.

Notable alumni

Politics, government, and sociology

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References

  1. ^ The Pembroke Hill School (Official Website): Tuition and Financial Aid Information
  2. ^ The Kansas City Library: Catalogue
  3. ^ The Pembroke Hill School (Official Website): Athletics
  4. ^ The Pembroke Hill School (Official Website): Tennis
  5. ^ Pembroke Hill Football (Official Website)
  6. ^ Pembroke Hill Baseball (Official Website)
  7. ^ United States Squash Racquets Association: Missouri facility locations
  8. ^ ESPN: "Piggie indicted on 11 counts in Kansas City" (April 14, 2000)
  9. ^ IMDB: Elizabeth Craft
  10. ^ IMDB: 2002 Academy Awards
  11. ^ St. Louis Commerce Magazine: Cover Story, November 2002

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