- The Pembroke Hill School
Infobox Private School
background = #f0f6fa
border = #ccd2d9
name = The Pembroke Hill School
motto = Freedom with Responsibility
established = 1910 - Pembroke-Country Day (boys), 1913 - Sunset Hill (girls), 1984 - Pembroke Hill (coed)
type = Private
religion = Nonsectarian
head_name = Headmaster
head = Dr. Steve Bellis
city = Kansas City
state =Missouri
country = USA
campus = Urban, two campuses
enrollment = Approx. 1,200
faculty = 129
class = 11 students
ratio = 9.5:1
year = 2005
SAT = Verbal: 658, Math: 656Peterson's Guide to Private Secondary Schools, 2008: "The Pembroke Hill School"]
ACT = 28
athletics = 14 interscholastic, numerous club
colors = Red & Blue
mascot = Raider (Viking)
conference =Missouri State High School Activities Association
homepage = http://www.pembrokehill.org/|www.pembrokehill.orgThe Pembroke Hill School (commonly known as Pembroke Hill) is a
nonsectarian ,coeducation al, private preparatory school in Kansas City,Missouri , USA.The school has two campuses, the
Ward Parkway Campus and the Wornall Campus, both in Kansas City's Sunset Hill neighborhood near theCountry Club Plaza . Both campuses pre-date the Plaza itself. Pembroke Hill enrolls approximately 1,200 students inpreschool through 12th grade. The school accepts approximately 66 percent of applicants. The school has a strong academic tradition and usually matriculates all of its graduates to four-yearcollege s, many in theIvy League .History
Establishment
Vassie James Hill, born in 1875, was a prominent Kansas Citian. She graduated from
Vassar College in 1897, and first married Hugh Ward, a rich son of pioneerSeth E. Ward . When Ward died, she married educatorAlbert Ross Hill , who formerly had been president of theUniversity 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 toboarding school s 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. (Boarding at the school 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 , which is today the site of Pembroke Hill's Ward Parkway Campus. The school was often called 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 situated). 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 theBattle of Westport . The Sunset Hill campus is now Pembroke Hill's Wornall Campus.Merger
From the start, Sunset Hill and Pembroke-Country Day worked cooperatively. 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, and Sunset Hill girls were cheerleaders for Pem-Day's sports teams.
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.
Image and improvements
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." [ [http://www.kclibrary.org/localhistory/media.cfm?mediaID=101118 "The Kansas City Library: Catalogue"] ]
In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Pembroke Hill completed a $50 million capital improvement project, which renovated both campuses extensively. The Ward Parkway campus gained a new middle school building, Boocock Middle School (which now serves grades six through eight), a new upper school building, Jordan Hall, a new arts center, and a new library, the William T. Kemper Library.
Athletics
Pembroke Hill has a long athletic tradition. [http://www.pembrokehill.org/page.cfm?p=107 "The Pembroke Hill School (Official Website): Athletics"] ] Its colors are blue and red, its teams are known as the Raiders, and its mascot resembles a
Viking raider. Pembroke is a member of theMissouri State High School Activities Association .Sports offered
For girls, Pembroke Hill offers:
For boys, Pembroke Hill offers:
In the past, Pembroke also has participated in
softball ,rugby union ,andice hockey . Additionally, the lower school campus has facilities forracquetball , and the upper school campus is one of only three locations in Kansas City which contain squash facilities. [ [http://www.us-squash.org/localsquash/profile/MO.html "United States Squash Racquets Association: Missouri facility locations"] ]Championships
For three years in a row, 1997, 1998, and 1999, Pembroke Hill's boys basketball team won the Missouri division 2A state title. In 2000, however, the
Missouri State High School Activities Association stripped Pembroke of the titles and placed the school on probation after the "Kansas City Star " revealed, in a nationally-publicizedscandal , that promoter and AAU coach Myron Piggie had made cash payments to two of the school's star players,Kareem Rush and his brotherJaRon Rush , to play on his "amateur" basketball team. [ [http://espn.go.com/ncb/news/2000/0413/479991.html "ESPN: "Piggie indicted on 11 counts in Kansas City" (April 14, 2000)"] ] [ [http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/basketball/college/news/2000/04/13/piggie_indictment/ "Summer league basketball coach indicted on fraud," CNN and "Sports Illustrated", April 13, 2000] ] [ [http://www.dailybruin.ucla.edu/archives/id/15546/ "Basketball Brief: And This Little Piggie Went To Jail", "The Daily Bruin", June 1, 2001] ] [ [http://espn.go.com/magazine/vol5no03rush.html "Beyond Blood", "ESPN Magazine", February 4, 2001] ] [http://www.ca8.uscourts.gov/opndir/02/09/012518P.pdf "United States v. Piggie", 303 F.3d 923 (8th Cir. 2002)] ] Piggie admitted to paying JaRon Rush $17,000 and Kareem Rush $2,300, after which the brothers "submitted false and fraudulent Student Athlete Statements to the universities where they were to play intercollegiate basketball," certifying that they had not been paid to play basketball. As a result, theUniversity of California, Los Angeles and theUniversity of Missouri found themselves subject toNCAA penalties for awarding athletic scholarships to non-amateurs. On Piggie's appeal in 2002 from his prison sentence and restitution for conspiracy to commitwire fraud ,mail fraud , andtax evasion , theUnited States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit found that Pembroke Hill had "sustained a loss of $10,733.89 in investigative costs and forfeiture of property as a result of" Piggie's conspiracy.In 2006 and 2007, the girls' basketball team won the Missouri Class 2 state title. The school is a perennial contender for or winner of Class 2 state championships in boys golf, boys tennis, boys soccer, girls golf, and girls tennis.
Rivalries
Pembroke Hill has cross-state athletic rivalries with MICDS and
John Burroughs School , both inLadue, Missouri , a suburb of St. Louis.Additional information
Tuition and financial aid
In the 2008–2009 school year,
tuition and fees will range from $15,120 (for students up to second grade) to $17,670 for high schoolers. [ [http://www.pembrokehill.org/page.cfm?p=337 "The Pembroke Hill School (Official Website): Tuition and Fees"] ] About 17 percent of students receivefinancial aid , totaling more than $1.6 million per year. [ [http://www.pembrokehill.org/page.cfm?p=41 "The Pembroke Hill School (Official Website): Tuition/Financial Aid"] ]In May 2007, the Malone Family Foundation, established by
John C. Malone of Denver,Colorado , gave a $2 million grant to Pembroke's endowment, the largest single endowment gift in the school's history."Pembroke Hill gets $2 million", "The Kansas City Star", May 31, 2007] The gift will be used to create the Malone Scholars Program to give need-based financial aid to highly qualified students who otherwise would qualify for at least 50 percent in financial aid, including not only low-income families but also middle-income families as well.Assets and contributions
The school has assets of over $100 million and an endowment of more than $22 million. [https://www.donoredge.org/viewAnonymousReport.do?organizationId=1001755 Nonprofit Organization Profile ] ] It receives substantial contributions not only from a large percentage of its alumni base, but also from
Hallmark Cards ,Kansas City Southern Industries , Sprint,H&R Block , and other leading regional corporations, many of whose executives attended Pembroke Hill.Accreditation
Pembroke Hill is accredited by the Independent Schools Association of the Central States (ISACS) and the
National Association for the Education of Young Children . [http://www.pembrokehill.org/page.cfm?p=5 "The Pembroke Hill School (Official Website): PHS at a Glance"] ] The school is a member of theNational Association of Independent Schools (NAIS).Notable alumni
Government and politics
*
D. Brook Bartlett , class of 1955; former Chief Judge,United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri
*Richard L. Berkley , class of 1949; 52ndMayor of Kansas City, Missouri (1979-1991)
*Bruce M. Forrester , class of 1928; former judge,United States Tax Court
*Charles H. Price II , class of 1948; formerUnited States Ambassador to Belgium (1981-1983) andUnited States Ambassador to the United Kingdom (1983-1989); appointed by PresidentRonald Reagan
*Michaela Walsh , class of 1953; investment banker and feminist activist; President and Chair of Women's Asset Management; American delegate to theUnited Nations Decade for Women in the 1970s and 1980sMedia and the arts
*
Elizabeth Craft , class of 1989; writer for the television series "Angel" and "The Shield "; also co-producer of "The Shield " [ [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1175237/ "IMDB: Elizabeth Craft"] ]
*Henry A. Guettel , class of 1944;Broadway theatre producer; credits include national touring companies of "The Sound of Music ", "Camelot", and "Oliver! "
*John Kander , class of 1944;Broadway theatre composer; musicals include "Chicago", "Cabaret", and "Fosse "; famous songs include "Theme from New York, New York "; films include "Cabaret" and "Chicago"; nominated for Academy Award for Best Song of 2002, for "I Move On" from "Chicago", which won Best Picture of 2002 [ [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0299658/awards "IMDB: 2002 Academy Awards"] ]
*John Stewart Muller , class of 1995,motion picture andtelevision commercial director; films include "Fling", starringBrandon Routh , which debuted at theNewport Beach Film Festival , and received an award for "Outstanding Achievement in Filmmaking" by the festival's jury
* David Owen, class of 1973; author; books include: "The Walls Around Us", "My Usual Game", "High School", "None of the Above: Behind the Myth of Scholastic Aptitude", and "The Man Who Invented Saturday Morning". Owen is a staff writer for the "New York Times " and a regular columnist for "Home Magazine ".
*Whitney Terrell , class of 1986; author; credits include "The King of Kings County" and "The Huntsman", which was named to the "New York Times " "notable" list in 2001Science and technology
* Dr.
Betty Grover Eisner , class of 1933; pioneer inLSD research.
* Dr.Ruth Patrick , class of 1925; botanist and limnologist at theUniversity of Virginia specializing indiatom s andfreshwater ecology
* Dr.Kathryn Stephenson , class of 1930; first woman in America to be a board-certified plastic surgeonEducation
* Dr.
Dean C. Allard , class of 1951; historian; former director, United StatesNaval Historical Center
*Mary Lou Cook , class of 1935; noted educator, nuclear safety advocate, and designated "living treasure" ofSanta Fe, New Mexico
* Dr.Carlos E. Cortes , class of 1952; professor emeritus of history at theUniversity of California, Riverside
*C. Stewart Gillmor , class of 1956; noted author and professor of history and science atWesleyan University inMiddletown, Connecticut
*Jay Lorsch , class of 1950; Louis Kirstein Professor of Human Relations at theHarvard Business School
*Robert H. Mnookin , class of 1960;Samuel Williston Professor of Law at theHarvard Law School , formerlaw clerk to Supreme CourtAssociate Justice John Marshall Harlan II
*Franklin D. Murphy , class of 1932; former chancellor of theUniversity of Kansas (1951-1960) and of theUniversity of California, Los Angeles (1960-1968); former chairman and CEO of the Times Mirror Company; noted Los Angeles philanthropistBusiness
*
Gordon T. Beaham III , class of 1949; chairman of the board and president of theFaultless Starch/Bon Ami Company , maker ofBon Ami household cleaner
*Stanley Durwood , class of 1938; founder ofAMC Theatres
*Donald J. Hall, Sr. , class of 1946; chairman of the board and former president and CEO ofHallmark Cards ; founder,Hall Family Foundation
*Donald J. Hall, Jr. , class of 1974; president and CEO, Hallmark Cards
*Barnett C. Helzberg, Jr. , class of 1952; jewelry magnate; sold his company,Helzberg Diamonds , toWarren Buffett 'sBerkshire Hathaway in 1995; wrote book "What I Learned Before I Sold to Warren Buffett"
*Irvine O. Hockaday, Jr. , class of 1954; former president and CEO, Hallmark Cards; former president and CEO,Kansas City Southern Industries ; member or former member of the Board, Kansas City Southern Industries,Ford Motor Company ,Dow Jones & Co. ,Aquila, Inc. , Sprint,Estee Lauder ; former chairman,Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City ; trustee, Hall Family Foundation
*David H. Hughes , class of 1945; former president and CEO of Hallmark Cards
*Jay Jordan , class of 1965; founder ofThe Jordan Company LP , aNew York City -based private investment firm.
* Members of the Kemper family, which funded bothKemper Arena and theKemper Museum of Contemporary Art :
** David Kemper, class of 1968; [ [http://www.stlcommercemagazine.com/archives/november2002/cover.html "St. Louis Commerce Magazine: Cover Story, November 2002"] ] president and CEO ofCommerce Bancshares
**James M. Kemper, Jr. , class of 1939; chairman of the board of Commerce Bancshares
*George R. Mrkonic, Jr. , class of 1970; former president and vice chairman ofBorders Group ; son of professional football playerGeorge Mrkonic
* The family of J. C. Nichols, major Kansas City developer
**Miller Nichols , class of 1929; son of J.C. Nichols; former chairman, president, and CEO of the J.C. Nichols Company; major Kansas City real estate developer
**Jeanette Nichols , class of 1943; widow of Miller Nichols; major Kansas City philanthropistSports
*
Masten Gregory , attended;Formula One driver
*Bill Rockne (class of 1935) andKnute Rockne, Jr. (class of 1937), sons of famedUniversity of Notre Dame football coachKnute Rockne
*JaRon Rush , class of 1998; averaged 32 points per game in high school and played two years at theUniversity of California, Los Angeles before declaring for theNBA draft ; played on the 1998McDonald's All-American Team , participated in the dunk contest; was not drafted and remained a free agent before ending up with the ABA'sKansas City Knights
*Kareem Rush , class of 1999; professionalbasketball shooting guard , first a college star for theMissouri Tigers , then played for theNBA 'sCharlotte Bobcats andLos Angeles Lakers basketball teams; currently with theIndiana Pacers
*Bill Wakefield , class of 1959; professionalbaseball pitcher for theNew York Mets in 1964
* Tom Watson, class of 1967;professional golfer , wonThe Masters Tournament in 1977 and 1981, won the U.S. Open in 1981, and won the British Open in 1975, 1977, 1980, 1982, and 1983References
External links
* [http://www.pembrokehill.org/ "The Pembroke Hill School (Official Website)"]
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