Portledge School

Infobox Secondary school
name = Portledge School
established = 1965
type = Private Independent Co-Ed
headmaster = Steven Hahn
city = Locust Valley
state = New York
country = USA
grades = Pre-Nursery - 12th grade
campus = Suburban
nickname = Panthers
mascot=Panther
students = 414 (06-07)
yearbook="Collage"
colors=Blue and White
website = [http://www.portledge.org/ www.portledge.org]

Portledge School is an independent college-preparatory day school located in Locust Valley, New York with 414 students in Pre-nursery through 12th grade (2006-2007 school year).

History

Portledge was founded in 1965 in the Coffin estate in Locust Valley, NY. Originally just the Carriage House (Middle School) and the Mansion (Lower School), the school built an Upper School (Gilmour Library), a Gym (Wellington Gym), Slanetz Science Center (SSC), and various sports fields over 40 years. Since 2000, the Middle School was completely rebuilt from an aging stable to a modern three level classroom and performance area complex. Most recently, a baseball and multipurpose field were constructed on lands backing up on Duck Pond Road. The school went through various headmasters in its early years until Hugh Gregory was hired. Responsible for growing the school from one without a unified grading system to a nationally accredited institution, Gregory served for 29 years. A search committee selected the current Headmaster, Steven Hahn, who has served since 2006.

Academic Honesty

At the beginning of each school year, the school requires student above grade five to sign an honor statement, which is reaffirmed before taking tests. A disciplinary committee made up of students and faculty is organized each year in order to deal with breaches of this honor statement. There are one to a few disciplinary committee meetings per year, depending on the number of infractions deemed to necessitate committee hearings. The committee can formally only recommend a course of action; ultimate power lies with the Headmaster, who has deviated from committee decisions on a few occasions over the past few years.

=Faculty Advisors= Faculty Advisers serve much the same duties as a commons teacher or a guidance counselor at any public facility, making sure their advisees are doing well academically while also offering any guidance that they might need.

Dress Code

Students at Portledge are required to abide to a dress code. For boys, this entails wearing a button down shirt, a tie, dress pants with a belt, and dress shoes, as well as keeping hair at a short length and staying clean shaven. Girls are required to wear collared shirts, and either pants or skirts that extend beneath the knees, and are required not to wear denim. This policy also requires that shirts be tucked in, and asks that sports jackets be worn by boys for any assembly. The dress code forbids sweatpants, sweatshirts, jeans, and hats. Generally, it is a custom for every first Friday of each month to be a "dress-down day", during which students may wear whatever they please as long as it is not offensive.

Athletics

Portledge offers many sports to its student athletes between fifth and twelfth grades, a number of which are not found in most public schools. Sports at Portledge include, but are not limited to, Men's and Women's Hockey, Men's and Women's Soccer, Men's and Women' Tennis, Men's and Women's Fencing (Foil and Epee), Squash, Men's and Women's Lacrosse, Cross Country, Men's and Women's Basketball and Men's baseball.

External links

[http://www.portledge.org www.portledge.org- Official Website]