Doane Stuart School
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| Type | Independent school, private school, co-educational |
| Religious affiliation | Interfaith |
| Established | 1852 (as Kenwood Academy) |
| Head teacher | Marcy Cathey |
| Grades | PreKindergarten, Grade 5 through Grade 12 |
| Student to teacher ratio | 8:1 |
| Campus | 24 acres (97,000 m2) |
| Colors | Blue & green |
| Mascot | Thunderchicken[1] |
| Website | www |
The Doane Stuart School (formerly Van Rensselaer High School) | |
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| Location | 199 Washington Ave., Rensselaer, New York |
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| Area | 24.53 acres (9.93 ha) |
| Built | 1930-1931, 1938-1939 |
| Architect | Clarence H. Gardinier, Howard O. Fullerton |
| Architectural style | Art Deco |
| NRHP reference No. | 12000511[2] |
| Added to NRHP | August 14, 2012[3] |
The Doane Stuart School is a private college preparatory school in Rensselaer, New York. The school is coeducational and interfaith, and it educates students in PreKindergarten and from Grade 5 through Grade 12.
History
[edit | edit source]The Doane Stuart School ("Doane Stuart") was founded in 1975 as the result of a merger between the Roman Catholic Kenwood Academy (founded by the Society of the Sacred Heart in 1852) and the Episcopal St. Agnes School (founded in 1870).[4][5] The name "Doane Stuart" was chosen to honor the first Episcopal Bishop of Albany, the Right Reverend William Croswell Doane, and Roman Catholic educator Janet Erskine Stuart.[4] Doane Stuart's first home was the campus of the old Kenwood Academy in Albany, New York.[6]
Doane Stuart was established as an ecumenical Christian school,[6] but later became an interfaith school.[7] In 2007, the School offered to purchase the former Kenwood Academy from the Society of the Sacred Heart for $7.2 million. The Society rejected the offer.[8] In March 2008, the Board of Trustees of Doane Stuart announced it had decided to end its affiliation with the Network of Sacred Heart Schools[9] due to religious differences.[5] At about the same time, the Society of the Sacred Heart notified the school it would not renew its lease of the former Kenwood Academy.[9] On May 20, 2008, Rensselaer, New York voters approved the proposed sale of the former Van Rensselaer High School to Doane Stuart;[10] Doane Stuart purchased the building for $4 million in September 2008.[11] After a year-long renovation and restoration effort,[6] Doane Stuart opened on September 16, 2009, at the School's new location.[11]
The Doane Stuart School building in Rensselaer, New York was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.[2] As of April 2016, the School's 22,000-square-foot "green roof" was reportedly the largest vegetative roof in the Capital District.[12] The school is co-educational and college preparatory, and educates students from early childhood through Grade 12.[13]
On March 23, 2023, the former Doane Stuart School building in Albany was destroyed by a massive fire. Speaking about the fire, Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan said, "'We lost a treasure here and it’s challenging, it’s frustrating'".[14]
Doane Stuart celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2025.
Exchange program
[edit | edit source]The School hosts an Irish American Exchange program, begun in 2003, which brings together Protestant and Catholic students from Lagan College (a secondary school in Belfast, Northern Ireland) to spend a year at Doane Stuart and live with local families. According to the Albany Times Union, as of 2014, 22 exchange students from Lagan College had spent a school year studying at Doane Stuart, while approximately 100 Doane Stuart students had made one-week visits to Lagan College.[15]
Notable alumni
[edit | edit source]- Paul Carey - White House Special Assistant to U.S. President Bill Clinton and 77th Commissioner of the Securities and Exchange Commission.[16]
- Leila Herbert (St. Agnes School) - author
- Joan Vollmer (St. Agnes School) - prominent female member of the early Beat Generation circle.[17]
- Lurana White (St. Agnes School), co-founder of the Society of the Atonement
- Alice Morgan Wright (St. Agnes School) - American sculptor, suffragist, and animal welfare activist. She was one of the first American artists to embrace Cubism and Futurism.[18]
- David Yezzi - American poet, editor, actor, and professor at Johns Hopkins University.
References
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External links
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- 1975 establishments in New York (state)
- Education in Albany, New York
- Educational institutions established in 1975
- Preparatory schools in New York (state)
- Private elementary schools in New York (state)
- Private high schools in New York (state)
- Private middle schools in New York (state)
- Public Works Administration in New York (state)
- School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state)
- Art Deco architecture in New York (state)
- School buildings completed in 1939
- Schools in Rensselaer County, New York
- National Register of Historic Places in Rensselaer, New York
- National Register of Historic Places in Rensselaer County, New York