Asheville School

Infobox Private School
background = #f0f6fa
border = #ccd2d9
name = Asheville School
established = 1900
type = Private, Boarding
religion = none
head_name = Head of school
head = Archibald R. Montgomery IV
city = Asheville
state = NC
country = USA
campus = Suburban, 300 acres
class = 12 students
ratio = 7:1
athletics = 15 sports
colors = Blue and White
homepage = [http://www.ashevilleschool.org/ www.ashevilleschool.org]

Asheville School is a small, private boarding school in Asheville, North Carolina. Founded in 1900, it currently has around 260 students in grades nine through twelve. The school's current headmaster is Archibald R. Montgomery IV. Asheville School allows both boarding and day students, and hosts its boarders in three dormitories: one male, one female, and one co-ed.

History

Asheville School was founded by educators Newton Anderson and Charles Mitchell in 1900. The two men had a vision to "establish a school where boys could prepare for college or for the business world; where the body, through organized athletics, would be trained as well as the brain; and where boys could learn constructive work with their hands as well as their heads" [http://www.ashevilleschool.org/information/glance/history.asp] . Initially the school educated students in grades five through twelve, called "forms" following the British system, but by 1964 the school moved entirely to being a high school.

As of 2005, Asheville School has begun to move forward into a new era of education by initiating several projects ranging from a new athletic facility, a planned science and art building, and eventually the restoration and modernization of the dorms.

Afternoon Activities

All students must participate in an "afternoon activity" after the academic day ends. Each student can pick one for each season. All third formers and new fourth formers are required to participate in one team sport during the course of their first year. Each student can participate in art, drama, music, life fitness, equestrian, mountaineering, or an interscholastic sport (which are listed below).
* Fall: Cross Country (Boys and Girls), Field Hockey (Girls), football (Boys), Soccer (Boys) , Tennis (Girls), Volleyball (Girls)
* Winter: Basketball (Boys), Basketball (Girls), Swimming (Boys and Girls), Wrestling (Boys), Dance (Boys and Girls)
* Spring: Baseball (Boys), Golf (Boys and Girls), Soccer (Girls), Tennis (Boys), Track & Field (Boys and Girls), Dance (Boys and Girls)

In 2006, Asheville began offering Lacrosse as a club sport in the spring.

The traditional football rival of Asheville School is Christ School.

Discipline

The school has a Conduct Council, where three alternate prefects and two alternating faculty convene with the faculty conduct chair in order to determine a recommendation of punishment for students who have committed a level one offense or various level two and/or three offenses.

There is also an Honor Council that hears the cases of students who have broken the honor code. This body is meant to be more constructive than disciplinary, and the members discuss the offenses of the students with them in order to achieve a sort of reconciliation between the student and the school.

Many disciplinary cases involve both conduct and honor offenses.

Notable alumni

Notable alumni of Asheville School include:
* Roberts Blossom, actor The Salt Man, and snow shoveler from Home Alone
* James Hormel, former U.S. Ambassador to Luxembourg, and the first openly gay man to serve as an American ambassador (1999)
* Samuel Curtis Johnson, Jr., former President/Chairman of S.C. Johnson & Son
* Charles P. Ries, U.S. Ambassador to Greece, 2004-present (as of 2006)

External links

* [http://www.ashevilleschool.org Asheville School's website]
* [http://www.boardingschoolreview.org Boarding School Review: a website with a compendium of information about American Boarding Schools]