Hotchkiss School
| The Hotchkiss School | |
|---|---|
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| Location | |
11 Interlaken Road Lakeville, Connecticut United States | |
| Information | |
| Type | Private, day and boarding |
| Motto | Moniti Meliora Sequamur (Guided by each other, let us seek better paths.) |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Nonsectarian[1][2] |
| Established | 1891[3] |
| Head of school | Craig W. Bradley[4] |
| Faculty | 150[3] |
| Grades | 9–12, PG[3] |
| Gender | coeducational |
| Enrollment | 600 (2015–16):[3] 93% boarding, 7% day;[3] 50% male, 50% female;[3] 17% International students 32% U.S. students of color[5] |
| Average class size | 13 students |
| Student to teacher ratio | 5:1[3] |
| Classes offered | 224[3] |
| Schedule | Semester |
| Campus | Rural, 827 acres (3 km2) 13 dorms, 2 lakes, 1 forest[3] |
| Color(s) | Yale Blue and White |
| Athletics | 19 interscholastic sports[3] |
| Mascot | Bearcat[6] |
| Rivals | Taft School[5][7] |
| Average SAT scores | 2110 (2014)[8] |
| Newspaper | The Record[9] |
| Yearbook | The Mischianza[9] |
| Endowment | $455 million (August 2015)[10] |
| Annual tuition | $51,155 (boarding)[11] $43,475 (day) |
| Affiliation | Eight Schools Association[12] Ten Schools Admissions Organization[13] G20 Schools Founders League[14] New England Preparatory School Athletic Council (NEPSAC)[15] New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC)[16] The Association of Boarding Schools (TABS)[2] Global Education Benchmark Group (GEBG)[17] Round Square[18] Green Schools Alliance[19] |
| Former pupils | Pythians (even entrance year) or Olympians (odd entrance year) |
| Website | hotchkiss.org |
The Hotchkiss School is a private, nonsectarian,[1][2] coeducational, college preparatory boarding school in Lakeville, Connecticut, founded in 1891. The school offers a classical education[5] with grades 9–12 and a postgraduate (PG) option, attracting students across the United States and 34 foreign countries.[3]
Hotchkiss is a member of the Eight Schools Association,[12] Ten Schools Admissions Organization,[13]G20 Schools group, Founders League,[14]New England Preparatory School Athletic Council (NEPSAC),[15]New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC),[16] The Association of Boarding Schools (TABS),[2]National Association of Independent Schools,[20] Global Education Benchmark Group (GEBG),[17]Round Square,[18]Cum Laude Society,[21] and Green Schools Alliance.[19]
Hotchkiss has a highly competitive 18% admit rate (2013),[10] and one of the largest private school endowments in the country (ranked fifth largest in 2008 by The New York Times).[22]
In August 2018, Hotchkiss released a report on sexual misconduct prepared by the Locke Lord law firm. Locke Lord found credible evidence that 7 former staff members sexually assaulted a total of 16 minor students. In addition, the law firm received a number of reports of other staff members that, though they were found credible, did not meet the firm's criteria for naming individuals. The school has posted its response as well as the original report on its website.[23]
Contents
1 History
1.1 Number-one rule
1.2 International relations and diversity
1.3 Faculty sexual misconduct
2 Academics
3 Extracurriculars
3.1 Athletics
3.1.1 Hotchkiss–Taft rivalry
3.2 Clubs
4 Campus
4.1 Art facilities
4.2 Athletic facilities
5 Notable alumni
6 Notable faculty
7 In popular culture
8 References
9 External links
History
Postcard circa 1905
In 1891, Maria Harrison Bissell Hotchkiss, with guidance from Yale President Timothy Dwight V, founded the school to prepare young men for Yale University. In 1892, The Hotchkiss School opened its doors to 50 male boarding students for $600. Hotchkiss's endowment also precipitated scholarship aid to deserving students. In 1974, the school became coeducational.[5]
Number-one rule
George Van Santvoord (g. 1908, Yale 1912),[24] a headmaster hailed as the Duke with an honorary dorm, claimed there was only one school rule: "Be a gentleman."[25][26][27][28] In 1954, TIME recognized in Education: The Duke Steps Down, that "of all U.S. prep schools, few, if any, can beat the standards Hotchkiss has set."[29]
International relations and diversity
Maria Hotchkiss was uninterested in establishing "a school for the pampered sons of rich gentlemen." The school has enrolled international students since 1896.[30] In 1928, the school joined the English-Speaking Union and established the International Schoolboy Exchange. Established by the Class of 1948, the Fund for Global Understanding enables student participation in summer service projects across the world.[5] In 1953, Hotchkiss alumnus Eugene Van Voorhis (g. 1951, Yale '55, Yale Law ‘58) incorporated the Ulysses S. Grant Foundation program to assist minority New Haven students with boarding school admission,[31] with Hotchkiss formally participating in addition to other recruitment initiatives from the 1960s onward,[5] such as A Better Chance (ABC),[32] Greater Opportunity (GO) summer program for inner-city students,[33][34] and Prep for Prep to foster minority leaders.[5]
The school has a 43% diverse student body[3] (21% international students),[5] offers a School Year Abroad program,[5] and is a member of the Global Education Benchmark Group (GEBG),[17]Round Square,[18] and Confucius Institute International Division (Hanban).[35] In 2010, Hotchkiss partnered with Peking University High School to establish its study abroad, international division called Dalton Academy.[36][37]
Faculty sexual misconduct
On August 16, 2018, an independent investigation released by the school found that seven former faculty members abused students for years, yet school administrators took no action, even when made aware of the sexual misconduct. The report stated that the abuse, stretching from 1969 through 1992, involved at least 16 students and consisted of intercourse and unnecessary "medical gynecological" exams.
The law firm hired by the school interviewed more than 150 individuals and reviewed more than 200,000 pages of documents. A former headmaster who had been serving on the Board of Trustees resigned after cooperating with investigators. Board of Trustee representatives said the information would be turned over to law enforcement officials.[38]
In 2015, a lawsuit was filed against the school by a male student who claimed that he had been subject to rape and sexual harassment in "an environment of well-known and tolerated sexual assaults, sexually violent hazing, and pedophilia" wherein the Dormitory Master and instructor had drugged him and lured him to his quarters where he was raped.[39]
The plaintiff in the suit wrote an article for the student newspaper about the failure of the school to appropriately respond to complaints, yet nevertheless the headmaster blocked publication and, according to the suit "conspired to prevent (the plaintiff) from informing the students, parents and the school community about the faculty members's sexual assault and his aberrant and predatory propensities and behavior."[40]
As a result of this complaint and others, the investigation by the law firm was initiated, resulting in the August 2018 report.
Academics
Operating on a semester schedule, Hotchkiss offers a classical education,[5] 224 courses, 7 foreign languages (Chinese, French, German, Greek, Latin, Russian and Spanish),[3] and study abroad programs.[41] In 1991, the New York Times recognized Hotchkiss' summer program as, "Summer School for the Very Ambitious"[42] and in 2011, as a private school leader in the farm-to-table movement,[43] by incorporating agriculture into the curriculum since 2008.[44] The year prior, the Deerfield Scroll featured that "many consider The Hotchkiss School to be the leader in environmental awareness among the top prep schools in the country."[45]
The school has a 100% college matriculation rate,[3] and among the classes of 2011–14, 33 enrolled at Yale, 19 at Harvard, and 16 at Princeton.[46] In 2007, The Wall Street Journal listed Hotchkiss as among the schools with a higher success rate (than Choate and Deerfield) in matriculation at Harvard, Princeton and six others (excluding Yale).[47]
Extracurriculars
Athletics
Hotchkiss fields 19 interscholastic sports teams[3] that compete in the Founders League,[14]Eight Schools Athletic Council,[12]New England Preparatory School Athletic Council (NEPSAC),[16] and Interscholastic Sailing Association's New England Schools Sailing Association (NESSA) district.[48] Its colors are Yale Blue and white, with the mascot being the bearcat.[6]
In 1933, Samuel Gottscho photographed the Hotchkiss baseball team, which appears in the Library of Congress' Gottscho-Schleisner Collection.[49]
| Season | Sport[50] | Championships | Notes[48][51] |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | (B), (G) Cross Country – Varsity | (G) 4 | (G) Founders League Champion – 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008 |
| (B), (G) Cross Country – Junior Varsity | (B) 1 | (B) Founders League Champion – 2017 | |
| (G) Field Hockey – Varsity | 12 | Founders League Champion – 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008 NEPSAC New England Class A Champion – 2014, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 1998 | |
| (G) Field Hockey – Junior Varsity | 0 | ||
| (G) Field Hockey – Third | 0 | ||
| (B) Football – Varsity | 3 | Erickson League Champion – 2009, 2008 NEPSAC New England Class A Champion – 2008 | |
| (B) Football – Junior Varsity | 0 | ||
| (B), (G) Soccer – Varsity | (B) 9 (G) 2 | (B) Founders League Champion – 2015, 2013, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008 NEPSAC New England Class A Champion – 2011, 2009, 2008 (G) Founders League Champion – 2013, 2017 | |
| (B), (G) Soccer – Junior Varsity | 0 | ||
| (B), (G) Soccer – Third | 0 | ||
| (G) Volleyball – Varsity | 3 | Founders League Champion – 2010, 2008 NEPSAC New England Class A Champion – 2008 | |
| (G) Volleyball – Junior Varsity | 0 | ||
| (B) Water Polo – Varsity | 0 | ||
| Winter | (B), (G) Basketball – Varsity | (B) 12 (G) 1 | (B) 6x Founders League Champion, Tri-State League Champion – 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007 (G) Founders League Champion – 2012 |
| (B), (G) Basketball – Junior Varsity | 0 | ||
| (B), (G) Basketball – Third | 0 | ||
| (B), (G) Hockey – Varsity | 0 | ||
| (B), (G) Hockey – Junior Varsity | 0 | ||
| (B), (G) Squash – Varsity | (B) 2 (G) 1 | (B) Founders League Champion – 2012, 2008 (G) Founders League Champion – 2016 | |
| (B), (G) Squash – Junior Varsity | 0 | ||
| (C) Squash – Third | 0 | ||
| (B), (G) Swimming and Diving – Varsity | 0 | ||
| (C) Wrestling – Varsity | 0 | ||
| Spring | (B) Baseball – Varsity | 0 | |
| (B) Baseball – Junior Varsity | 0 | ||
| (B), (G) Golf – Varsity | 0 | ||
| (B) Golf – Junior Varsity | 0 | ||
| (B), (G) Lacrosse – Varsity | (B) 1 (G) 9 | (B) Founders League Champion – 2009 (G) Founders League Champion – 2015, 2014, 2013, 2011, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2000 | |
| (B), (G) Lacrosse – Junior Varsity | 0 | ||
| (B), (G) Lacrosse – Third | 0 | ||
| (G) Softball – Varsity | 0 | ||
| (C) Sailing – Varsity | 12 | (C) NESSA New England Fleet Racing Champion – 2014, 2012, 2011, 1977, 1975, 1974 NESSA Team Racing Champion – 2011, 1977, 1976, 1974 Connecticut State Champion – 2012, 2011 | |
| (C) Sailing – Junior Varsity | 0 | ||
| (B), (G) Tennis – Varsity | (B) 7 (G) 9 | (B) Founders League Champion – 2012, 2010, 2009, 2008 NEPSAC New England Class A Champion – 2012, 2010, 2008 (G) Founders League Champion – 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2008 NEPSAC New England Class A Champion – 2013, 2012, 2010, 2009 | |
| (B), (G) Tennis – Junior Varsity | 0 | ||
| (B), (G) Tennis – Third | 0 | ||
| (B), (G) Track and field – Varsity | (B) 5 (G) 4 | (B) Founders League Champion – 2014, 2009, 2007 NEPSAC New England Class A Champion – 2009, 2007 (G) Founders League Champion – 2014, 2013, 2011, 2008 | |
| (G) Water Polo – Varsity | 0 | ||
| (C) Ultimate Frisbee – Varsity | 5 | NEPSAL New England Champion – 2015, 2009 USAU Connecticut State Champion – 2015, 2018 Amherst Invitational Champion – 2015 | |
| (C) Ultimate Frisbee – Junior Varsity | 0 | ||
Total | 79 | ||
Hotchkiss–Taft rivalry
Despite Kent School's location in the same county, Hotchkiss and Taft School have a long-standing rivalry, where on the final Saturday of the fall sport season, called Taft Day at Hotchkiss and Hotchkiss Day at Taft, the two schools compete against each other in every sport.[5][7] Similar boarding school traditions include the Andover–Exeter rivalry and Choate–Deerfield rivalry.
Clubs
Hotchkiss offers over 65 clubs, including The Record, a biweekly, student-run newspaper circulated on campus and among alumni, The Mischianza yearbook, the Hotchkiss Chorus music ensemble, and extensive service organizations. Other notable organizations include Callioupe, the all-girls a cappella group, and the Hotchkiss Debate Team. The school also hosts an annual student-run film festival, The Hotchkiss Film Festival, that attracts student filmmakers from all over the world to compete for prizes and a scholarship.[9][52]
Campus
Main Building, academic and social center of Hotchkiss.
The school overlooks the Berkshires on a rural, 827 acres (3 km2) campus featuring 13 single-sex dorms (Baechle-Ayres, Buehler, Coy, Dana, Edelman, Flinn, Garland, Larsen House, Memorial, Tinker, Van Santvoord, Watson, Wieler, and Redlich, opened in 2016),[53] two lakes, and one forest.[3] The Main Building serves as the academic and social center, featuring 30 SmartBoard classrooms, the Edsel Ford Memorial Library with 87,000-volumes occupying 25,000 square feet, and dining halls.[54]
An EPA Green Power Partner[55] and Green Schools Ally,[19] Hotchkiss requires all campus buildings to acquire LEED certification[56] and was renovated to achieve the second highest, LEED Gold certification in 2008[57] and use 34% green power[55] (ranked eighth largest, green K–12 school in 2009 by EPA),[58] while upholding the Georgian architecture tradition from Bruce Price, Cass Gilbert, and Delano and Aldrich.[59] The school renovation project earned Robert A.M. Stern Architects the 2010 Palladio Award, with Paul Rudolph[59] and Butler Rogers Basket[56] contributing elements of modern architecture.
Art facilities
In 2005, Hotchkiss opened the 715-seat Esther Eastman Music Center, equipped with a handmade Fazioli F308 piano, 12 Steinway pianos, 12 practice rooms, 3 ensemble practice rooms, a WKIS radio station and Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) lab. Hotchkiss also has a 615-seat proscenium theater called Walker Auditorium.[54]
Athletic facilities
In 2002, Hotchkiss opened the Forrest E. Mars Jr. Athletic Center, a 212,000 square-foot athletic center with multi-purpose playing surfaces, elevated indoor exercise track, the Andrew K. Dwyer and Martin Dwyer III Olympic Rink and Thomas Schmidt NHL Rink, natatorium with 10-lane pool and separate diving well, William C. Fowle Gymnasium (hardwood basketball court), Edward R. Davis Wrestling Room, Joseph Cullman Squash Courts featuring eight international squash courts, Ford Indoor Tennis Courts, John R. Chandler, Jr. Fitness Center, locker rooms, and shower facilities.[60]
The Hotchkiss Golf Course is a nine-hole golf course of just over 3,000 yards, designed by Seth Raynor in 1924 and rated by Golf Digest as one of the 25 best nine-hole courses in America.[61] Hotchkiss also has the Baker Complex, including synthetic Sprole Field and all-weather Hemmingway track; fifteen outdoor tennis courts; Joseph Cullman Paddle Tennis Courts; Centennial, Hoyt, Taylor, Downing, and Class of '49 Fields; Malkin Climbing Walls; Lake Wononscopomuc and a boathouse for sailing; three ponds; and extensive hiking trails.[62]
Notable alumni
Alumni with universally notable affiliations include:
Jonathan Bush and William H. T. Bush (g. 1956)[63] – George H. W. Bush's brothers
Roy D. Chapin, Jr. (g. 1933)[64] – Roy D. Chapin, Sr.'s son and American Motors CEO
Granger K. Costikyan (g. 1925) – Armenian-American banker
Eli Whitney Debevoise (g. 1917)[64] – Eli Whitney descendant and Debevoise & Plimpton founder
Tom Dolby (g. 1994)[65] – Ray Dolby’s son and author
Charles Edison (g. 1909)[64] – Thomas Edison's son and 42nd Governor of New Jersey
Frederick Vanderbilt Field (g. 1923)[66] – Cornelius Vanderbilt's great-great-grandson, Samuel Osgood and Cyrus Field's descendant, and political activist
Henry Ford II (g. 1936),[64]Edsel Ford, William Clay Ford, Sr. (g. 1943)[64] and Jr. (g. 1975)[64] – Henry Ford's descendants and Ford Motor Company executives
Alfred Whitney Griswold (g. 1925)[64] – Eli Whitney descendant and Yale President
Briton Hadden (g. 1916)[64] and Henry Luce (g. 1916)[64] – Time co-founders
Allison Brooks Janney (g. 1977)[67] – Academy Award-winning actress[68]
Robert Lehman (g. 1908)[64] – Philip Lehman's son and Lehman Brothers executive- Jon B. Lovelace, Jr. (g. 1944)[64] – Jonathan Bell Lovelace's son and The Capital Group Companies executive
Henry Luce (g. 1916)[64] and Briton Hadden (g. 1916)[64] – TIME founders
Forrest Mars, Jr. (g. 1949)[64] and John Mars (g. 1953)[64] – Franklin Clarence Mars' descendants and Mars, Inc. executives. In 2013, New York Times printed that Forrest Mars, Jr. financed and accompanied 90 Hotchkiss students on a cruise trip that encountered a 30-foot wave.[69]
Mark Mays (g. 1981)[64] – Lowry Mays' son and Clear Channel Communications executive
Philip W. Pillsbury (g. 1920)[64] – Charles Alfred Pillsbury's grandson and Pillsbury Company executive
Lily Rabe (g. 2000) – American Actress
Harold Stanley (g. 1904)[64] – Morgan Stanley founder
Notable faculty
Ray Keck, Romance languages (1970–1978)[70]
In popular culture
F. Scott Fitzgerald's This Side of Paradise
F. Scott Fitzgerald's book, This Side of Paradise (1920), and short story, Six of One (1932), mentions the school several times.[71]
- In 1947, Time made a piece of Hotchkiss graffiti famous by publishing it twice: "In Lakeville, Conn., someone penciled in the Hotchkiss School lavatory: "Schuyler van Kilroy 3rd was here,"[72][73] a humorous, noble and generational-titled variation of the popular expression, "Kilroy was here."
Archibald MacLeish's last interview (1982) in American Heritage magazine disclosed, "God, how I did not like Hotchkiss!"[74]
Rosemary Wells' book, Through the Hidden Door (1987), features the main character, Barney Penniman, who plans to attend Hotchkiss.[75]
Bret Easton Ellis' book, American Psycho (1991), features Patrick Bateman's fiancée, Evelyn, as a Hotchkiss graduate.[76]
Joe Klein's book, Primary Colors (1996), features the principal character, Henry Burton, as a Hotchkiss graduate frequently called "Hotchkiss".[77]
Jeffrey Archer's book, Sons of Fortune (2002), features the protagonist, Fletcher Davenport, as a Hotchkiss graduate.[78]
Jay McInerney's short story, The Madonna of the Turkey Season (2007), features a principal character, Aidan, as a Hotchkiss alumnus.[79]
- The Mad Men TV series (2007) character Glen Bishop attends Hotchkiss. In season 5, episode 12, "Commissions and Fees," he sneaks off campus to visit Sally Draper in New York.
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a "With the guidance of then President of Yale University Timothy Dwight, Maria Hotchkiss established the School in 1891 to prepare young men for Yale...Hotchkiss offers a classical education, finding strength in a traditional approach that has worked well and stood the test of time." — ¶ 2 (Strengthened by Time)
b "The week leading up to and including “Taft Day," the Saturday in the fall when Hotchkiss teams compete against the Taft School. From kickoff night to the Friday night pep rally and bonfire to Taft Day itself, blue and white rule." — ¶ 14 (Sprit Day, right sidebar)
c "When the Hotchkiss School opened its doors in 1892, the first 50 boys were charged a boarding tuition of $600--more than many families could afford. But fortunately, Maria Hotchkiss had insisted on something unique in allocating the funds to establish the School: Hotchkiss would offer scholarship aid to deserving students." — ¶ 3 (A 123-Year Policy)
d "Three years later, in September 1974, 88 young women entered Hotchkiss as preps, lower-mids, upper-mids, and seniors. Today, the number of boys and girls attending Hotchkiss is roughly equal." — ¶ 4 (Coeducation)
e "As early as 1912 students from China have come to Hotchkiss...He also enabled Hotchkiss students to study abroad by having the School join the English-Speaking Union program and through the inception of the International Schoolboy Exchange in 1928. Today, the Hotchkiss student body includes students from 34 countries, and on average 5 to 10 students study abroad each year with the School Year Abroad program. Begun by the Class of 1948, The Fund for Global Understanding provides grant support for students participating in summer community service projects throughout the world. Hotchkiss is also a member of Round Square and Global Connections..." — ¶ 5 (Globally Connected)
f "From the beginning, Maria Hotchkiss was not interested in establishing “a school for the pampered sons of rich gentlemen.”...In the 1960s Hotchkiss began its first formal participation in minority student recruitment programs such as the U.S. Grant Program – begun by Hotchkiss graduates attending Yale – as well as A Better Chance (ABC) and the Greater Opportunity (GO) Program. The Hotchkiss connection with Prep for Prep, an organization that helps prepare minority students for academically demanding independent schools, began in the early 1980s. Today, 43 percent of Hotchkiss students identify themselves as students of color." — ¶ 6 (Lessons of Differences)
g "Of our 600 students, 21 percent come from countries other than the U.S."— ¶ 8 (Hotchkiss Today)
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