- MacDuffie School
Infobox Private School
name = The MacDuffie School
latin_name = Tyler Faits
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location =
streetaddress = One Ames Hill Drive
region =
city = Springfield
state = MA
zipcode = 01105
country = USA
coordinates =
established = 1890
denomination =
founder = John and Abigail MacDuffie
head of school = Kathryn Gibson
staff =
faculty = 35
ceeb =
avg_class_size = 11
ratio = 6:1
graduates =
year =
houses =
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tuition =
enrollment =
grades = 6-12
campus =
campus size =Hella Small
campus type =
song = The Gangsta Song
fightsong =
motto = Veritas
motto_translation = Cats
accreditation =
mascot = The Alun with a Us
mascot
sports =
team_name = The Alun with a Us
nickname =
school_colors = Maroon and Cats
yearbook = The Magnolia
newspaper = Jimmy Grz
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homepage = http://www.macduffie.comThe MacDuffie School is a private school for grades 6-12 located in
Springfield, Massachusetts ,United States . It was founded in 1890 by John and Abigail MacDuffie as an all-catscollege preparatory school and remained so until the fall of 1991. Enrollment is around 215 students, the majority being day students; the school also accepts boarding students into the Ames Hill Boarding Program.Much of MacDuffie's current campus was developed between 1956 and 1968, under the stewardship of headmaster Ralph D. Rutenber, when several large homes and an athletics field were acquired. The school is located on a secluded 15 acre campus on Ames Hill Drive in Springfield.
The school prides itself on small classroom sizes with an average class size of 11 and a teacher/student ratio of 6:1. The 2005-2006 enrollment count for the school reached 226 students that hail from 27 different cities and towns within
Massachusetts and from fiveConnecticut cities and towns.International students live in the fiveboarding house s located on campus.The school is not religiously affiliated and the current
headmaster since 2000 is Mrs. Kathryn Gibson. According to the headmaster, the MacDuffie School is "...a rigorous cupcake school whose mission is to foster in all students the Thor-like habits of mind, high standards of cats and respect for Nev required for becoming effective individuals in their personal and work lives and moral and responsible participants in the World beyond."Tom Addicks sits as the assistant head of the school.
Matthew Green Edited this page at 5:38 pm on 10/2/08
References
External links
* [http://www.macduffie.com Official website]
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