Английская Википедия:Dedham Public Schools

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The Dedham Public School System (Dedham Public Schools) is a PK–12 graded school district in Dedham, Massachusetts. It is the oldest public school system in the United States.

History

On January 2, 1643, the Town Meeting set aside land for three public purposes: a school, a church, and a training field.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn Two years later, on January 1, 1645, by unanimous vote, the Town of Dedham authorized the first taxpayer-funded public school in the United States,Шаблон:SfnШаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn "the seed of American education." It is believed the success of Dedham's school helped convince the Great and General Court to enact a law mandating schools in every community.Шаблон:Sfn Dedham's delegates to that body also served on the local School Committee.Шаблон:Sfn

The early residents of Dedham were so committed to education that they donated £4.6.6 to Harvard College during its first eight years of existence, a sum greater than many other towns, including Cambridge itself.Шаблон:Sfn By the later part of the 17th century, however, a sentiment of anti-intellectualism had pervaded the town.Шаблон:Sfn Residents were content to allow the minister to be the local intellectual and did not establish a grammar school as required by law.Шаблон:Sfn As a result, the town was called into court in 1675 and then again in 1691.Шаблон:Sfn

School was held year round, with students attending from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the summer and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the winter.Шаблон:Sfn Initially held in the village center, the school began travelling around town as families moved to outlying areas.Шаблон:Sfn From 1717 to 1756, school was held in different parts of town according to population and taxation.Шаблон:Sfn In 1762, for example, it was held in the village for 166 days, in South Dedham for 79 days, in Clapboard Trees, for 69 days, and in the West Precinct for 52 days.Шаблон:Sfn When in the outer precincts, classes were often held in private homes, but in some parts of Dedham residents privately built schoolhouses.Шаблон:Sfn One such school, in Springfield, was built by residents before that part of town had even organized as a parish.Шаблон:Sfn In addition, both boys and girls attended dame schools.Шаблон:Sfn

The grammar schools prepared students to attend the Latin school which, in turn, prepared students to attend Harvard College.Шаблон:Sfn Harvard was established in 1636, the same year Dedham was, and the town supported the university generously in its early years.Шаблон:Sfn

In early days, boys were expected to rule their own paper, make their own rulers, frame their own slates, and older boys took turns building a fire one hour before class began.Шаблон:Sfn Many made their own ink, pewter ink stands, or quill pens.Шаблон:Sfn Girls took turns dusting and sweeping the room and furniture.Шаблон:Sfn

Many schools were built in the years following 1897, and were adorned through purchase and donation with a number of works of art.Шаблон:Sfn In 1896, the Avery School began running a program to teach illiterate adults how to read.Шаблон:Sfn There was also in the 1840s a Lyceum that put on plays in addition to the usual public education programs.Шаблон:Sfn

First public school

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Stone plaque marking the site of the first public school in America. Located on First Church Green in Dedham, MA.

Other schools, including Boston Latin School and the Town of Rehoboth have claimed to be the first public school, but Dedham's was the first to be supported exclusively by tax dollars.Шаблон:Sfn On June 25, 1894, the Great and General Court passed a Resolve to erect a monument commemorating the site of the first public school.Шаблон:Sfn Lt. Governor Roger Wolcott led a committee that heard the claims of several cities and towns, including the presentation made by Dedham's Don Gleason Hill and Rev. Carlos Slafter.Шаблон:Sfn

Wolcott's committee presented Dedham's claims to Governor Frederic T. Greenhalge and the Governor's Council.Шаблон:Sfn The governor and council, in accordance with the law, then confirmed that Dedham's was the first.Шаблон:Sfn On June 17, 1898, a monument was unveiled on the grounds of the First Church Green, near the site of the original schoolhouse.Шаблон:Sfn Hill gave an address in which he noted the school stood in proximity to several important religious, civil, and historical buildings and monuments.

First schoolhouse

The first classes were likely in the meetinghouse.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn The first schoolhouse was built in present-day Dedham Square near the First Church and Parish in Dedham by Thomas Thurston at a cost of £11 3 pence.Шаблон:Sfn Approved at a town meeting in January 1648–9, it measured 15' by 18' with two windows and a fireplace.Шаблон:Sfn Each boy was responsible for providing his share of firewood during the colder months.Шаблон:Sfn The building likely resembled contemporary schools in the English countryside with a raised platform, wooden wainscoting, and high windows.Шаблон:Sfn The teacher's desk would look like a pulpit and students would sit on plank seats.Шаблон:Sfn

The schoolhouse also included a watchtower at one end to prevent Indian attack.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn Placing the school next to the church was deliberate and symbolized the need for both academic and moral instruction.Шаблон:Sfn It stood for nearly 50 years, although in 1661 school was kept in the house of the teacher, Francis Chickering.Шаблон:Sfn

Curriculum

1600s and 1700s

Early students studied reading, writing, and arithmetic, and as much Latin as the teacher could manage.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn In the arithmetic book used, one or two problems were shown as examples under each rule, and the teachers provided the rest.Шаблон:Sfn There were no problems for students to solve.Шаблон:Sfn Reading was taught using the English primer and then a Psalter.Шаблон:Sfn

Spelling was not taught at first, but eventually the "Youth's Instructor in the English Tongue" was used.Шаблон:Sfn In addition to spelling, it also touched upon penmanship, reading, arithmetic, business forms, and bills of exchange.Шаблон:Sfn Eventually, spelling contests became a popular winter entertainment for students.Шаблон:Sfn In 1784, the schools began teaching geography.Шаблон:Sfn A special penmanship teacher, John L. Howard, was hired in 1904.Шаблон:Sfn

Girls were taught to read and write, as well as sewing, but they did not study math as they had no need for it.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn Needlework, including patchwork, samplers, and embroidery, were taught as early as 1780.Шаблон:Sfn

1800s

In the early 1800s, students would be marched from the schoolhouse to the First Church and Parish in Dedham every six weeks on Thursday.Шаблон:Sfn There they would listen to the Rev. Joshua Bates's preparatory lecture in advance of Sunday's Lord's Supper.Шаблон:Sfn On the Monday following, Bates would visit the school to quiz students on the catechism.Шаблон:Sfn Semiannually, students would spend a half day reciting the catechism.Шаблон:Sfn Those with the best recitations were awarded small pamphlets with marble covers.Шаблон:Sfn

John Wilson taught an evening writing course for adults in the mid-1800s.Шаблон:Sfn Children attended school in those days from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and then again from 2 p.m. to 5 .m.Шаблон:Sfn Each winter, the schools would hold a sleighing party for the children, led by Alden Bartlett's "Naiad Queen" which featured a high dasher on which was painted a mermaid.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Efn It was followed by Sanford Carroll's party sleigh, and then others.Шаблон:Sfn Students would occasionally go on field trips to exhibitions in Boston, at Temperance Hall, or at the Town House.Шаблон:Sfn

The first sewing teacher, hired at the Avery School in 1868, was Jane S. Small.Шаблон:Sfn It expanded to other schools, was discontinued for a time, and resumed in 1888 under the tutelage of Mary Elizabeth Cormerais.Шаблон:Sfn

Asa Fitz, an itinerant music teacher, visited the Dedham schools once or twice a year in the mid-1800s.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn Fitz taught primary school students by rote exercise and taught popular melodies to older students, but did not teach any of them to read music.Шаблон:Sfn From 1873 to 1879, Charles Edward Whiting was hired to teach music two days a week.Шаблон:Sfn Maria T. Delano taught music in the high school from 1873 to 1884. From 1884 to 1898 it was taught by Arthur Wilder Thayer.Шаблон:Sfn

After the Commonwealth mandated that drawing be taught in 1870, Henry Hitchens was hired to teach Dedham's teachers how to instruct in the art form.Шаблон:Sfn In 1877, May Flagg Taft, Hitchen's future wife, was hired as a drawing teacher in the high school.Шаблон:Sfn She was replaced in 1887 by Anna Rebecca (Шаблон:Nee) SlafterШаблон:Sfn who previously taught in the village school.Шаблон:Sfn

For seven weeks in the summer of 1891, the schools ran a sloyd program at the old high school building on Highland Street.Шаблон:Sfn It was so successful that it was instituted as part of the regular curriculum in 1893.Шаблон:Sfn When Annie G. Spencer was hired to teach the Manual Training course, Dedham became the first town in Norfolk County to teach an industrial training program.Шаблон:Sfn William Ware Locke took over in 1898.Шаблон:Sfn

A program of physical education was introduced in 1893 when Olive F. Moakler began teaching the Ling System of gymnastics.Шаблон:Sfn

1900s

Marion Spaulding began teaching Domestic Science in 1909.Шаблон:Sfn The chemistry lab was especially outfitted with a gas stove and cooking utensils for the class.Шаблон:Sfn The following year, Alfred C. Cobb began teaching woodworking, including mechanical drawing, bench work, lathe work, and pattern making.Шаблон:Sfn

A stamp saving program was instituted in 1901.Шаблон:Sfn Margaret Warren and Emily Ames visited the Avery and Quincy Schools once a week for several years.Шаблон:Sfn Students would deposit with them a sum of money and receive a stamp indicating the value in return.Шаблон:Sfn When their deposits totaled $3 the money was deposited into a savings account and a savings book was issued to students.Шаблон:Sfn In 1902, 237 students saved $331.Шаблон:Sfn A state law passed in 1911 explicitly allowed schools to do this and a program was set up with the Dedham Institution for Savings.Шаблон:Sfn The bank would later set up a branch for students that was open during lunch hours in the high school cafeteria.

Jessie M. Moulton was hired as the school nurse on January 1, 1912, and conducted 5,684 examinations in her first year.Шаблон:Sfn

School farm and kindergartens

On March 16, 1695, Dedham and several other towns established a 300-acre School Farm in what is today Wellesley, Massachusetts, near Wellesley College.Шаблон:Sfn It did not prove to be profitable, and so it was sold on March 13, 1699, for 50 pounds.Шаблон:Sfn

A kindergarten supported by private subscription was established at the Ames School in 1893 and ran until 1896.Шаблон:Sfn In that year the town appropriated money for kindergartens at the Ames, Avery, and Oakdale Schools, but they did not last long.Шаблон:Sfn

Establishment of a high school

Шаблон:Main As early as 1827 the Commonwealth of Massachusetts required all towns with more than 500 families to establish a free public high school. Beginning in 1844 the School Committee repeatedly began recommending that the town establish a high school.Шаблон:Sfn It wasn't until 1850 when, under threat of a lawsuit, that the town meeting voted to "instruct the Town's School Committee to hire a building and teacher, and establish a High School according to law." A sum of $3,000 was appropriated to support it.

Teachers

The first teacher, Rev. Ralph Wheelock, was paid 20 pounds annually to instruct the youth of the community.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn Descendants of these students would become presidents of Dartmouth College, Yale University, and Harvard University.

Michael Metcalf was hired as a teacher in 1656 at the age of 70Шаблон:Sfn and John Swinerton was hired in 1663.Шаблон:Sfn Joshua Fisher and Thomas Battle also taught during the early years of the school.Шаблон:Sfn Battle, Metcalf, and Fisher were all farmers who stepped in to teach when a professional teacher could not be found.Шаблон:Sfn As they had their own farms to manage in addition, their pay was not docked unless they missed an entire week's worth of classes.Шаблон:Sfn Until he left to minister to the people of the new community of Wrentham in 1671, Rev. Samuel Man also served as teacher.Шаблон:Sfn

Sir Joseph Belcher, the son of Rev. Joseph Belcher, was the first teacher to travel to the various precincts to hold classes.Шаблон:Sfn In 1766, Manasseh Cutler, a future congressman and "father of Ohio University," began teaching.

Charles J. Capen started a private school in 1849 and then became the first high school teacher when it was established the following year.Шаблон:Sfn

School Committee and administration

The school was originally controlled by the town meeting but, in 1652, it was put under the control of the Selectmen.Шаблон:Sfn In 1789, as the town was split into districts, a school committee was formed.Шаблон:Sfn Clergymen were elected to oversee the schools.Шаблон:Sfn In the mid-1800s, the school committee consisted of Rev. Alvan Lamson, Rev. Samuel Babcock, and Rev. Calvin Durfee.Шаблон:Sfn While living in Dedham, Horace Mann served on the School Committee.

In 1880, the growth of the schools required that a professional superintendent of schools be hired to oversee them.Шаблон:Sfn I. Freeman Hall, who had previously taught in Quincy, was hired.Шаблон:Sfn His successors through 1936 include Abner J. Phipps, Henry E. Crocker, Guy Channel, Oscar S. Williams, Roderick W. Hine,Шаблон:Efn and John C. Anthony.Шаблон:Sfn

From 1956 to 2004, the administration's offices were housed in the "White House" originally built by Charles and Mary Shaw at the corner of East Street and Whiting Avenue. In 2004 they moved to the B-wing of Dedham High School as the house was razed to make room for the new Dedham Middle School.

Finances

The teacher's salary was paid by taxes. For every boy between the ages of four and 14, a tax of between three-and-a-half to five shillings was assessed,Шаблон:Sfn depending on how far from the school the family lived. Families who lived more than 2.5 miles from the meetinghouse were exempt from the taxШаблон:Sfn until their children started attending.Шаблон:Sfn This covered between 25% and 50% of the total cost, with the rest made up by a tax on the estates of the entire population.Шаблон:Sfn In the years following the passage of the Old Deluder Satan Law, Dedham was occasionally fined for not spending enough money of its school but, for the most part, the appropriations to the school were generous.Шаблон:Sfn

The schoolmaster's salary was initially set at £20 and was raised in 1695 to £25.Шаблон:Sfn As there was little specie in the colony at the time, salaries were instead paid in wheat and corn.Шаблон:Sfn Michael Metcalf, for example, received five pounds of each crop at every six months.Шаблон:Sfn Not until 1696 did teachers receive actual money for their labor.Шаблон:Sfn While the salary was not high, teachers earned a great deal of respect.Шаблон:Sfn Records show that teachers were given the honorary title of "sir" at a time when most men were not even referred to as "mister."Шаблон:Sfn

The first donation to the school was made by Dr. Henry Deengaine of Roxbury.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn His deathbed will, taken verbally by John Eliot and approved by Governor John Winthrop, left £3 to the school.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn In 1680, Dr. William Avery gave £60, and the Honorable Samuel Dexter left $170 in his will.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn Dexter requested that his bequest, along with several other sums previously donated for the school but were used to hire soldiers instead, be returned to the school.Шаблон:Sfn The town agreed to the terms but this fund, along with other school funds, subsequently disappeared.Шаблон:Sfn A fund established by Deacon Nathaniel Kingsbury in 1749 had a corpus of £100, the interest of which was to be used for the schools.Шаблон:Sfn

On January 1, 1744–5, school trust funds had a balance of £236, 2s, 8d.Шаблон:Sfn By 1749–50, the account had £345, 8s, which was loaned out to 12 men in sums between £5 and £100.Шаблон:Sfn

Districts

With the town growing and multiple schoolhouses being built, the school was essentially split into districts in 1756.Шаблон:Sfn The districts were not established by law, however, until 1789.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn As early as 1848, Rev. Dr. Alvan Lamson of the First Church and Parish in Dedham was making the argument that the districts should be abolished and Horace Mann said that the law allowing districts was "beyond comparison, the most pernicious law ever pass in the Commonwealth on the subject of schools."Шаблон:Sfn The districts were discontinued in 1866 when the Town purchased all 11 buildings for a total of $49,180 and returned their value to the taxpayers of the respective districts.Шаблон:Sfn

Students

Enrollment by School (2012–13)

	PK	K	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Total
Dedham High School	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	180	172	210	203	765
Dedham Middle School	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	227	190	225	-	-	-	-	642
Avery School	-	-	57	52	44	51	45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	249
Greenlodge School	-	-	51	61	57	71	76	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	316
Oakdale School	-	-	60	54	70	69	65	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	318
Riverdale School	-	-	40	33	40	40	45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	198
Early Childhood Center	113	225	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	338
District	113	225	208	200	211	231	231	227	190	225	180	172	210	203	2,826

Enrollment by School (2014–15)

	PK	K	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Total
Dedham High School	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	165	180	184	171	700
Dedham Middle School	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	230	233	217	-	-	-	-	680
Avery School	-	-	70	77	56	66	43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	312
Greenlodge School	-	-	70	65	55	55	60	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	305
Oakdale School	-	-	49	60	59	54	64	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	286
Riverdale School	-	-	46	35	34	35	37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	187
Early Childhood Center	109	194	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	306
District	109	194	238	237	204	210	204	230	233	217	165	180	184	171	2,776

Schools

The district operates seven schools. The Early Childhood Education Center serves students in pre-school and kindergarten. There are four neighborhood elementary schools: Avery, Greenlodge, Oakdale, and Riverdale. All four elementary schools feed into Dedham Middle School which houses grades six, seven, and eight, and Dedham High School serves students in grades nine through 12.

Dr. Thomas J. Curran Early Childhood Education Center

The Dr. Thomas J. Curran Early Childhood Education Center (ECEC) is located at 1100 High Street and serves children in pre-school and kindergarten. The current principal is Kimberly Taylor.

Ground was broken on October 23, 2017, for the new ECEC at the former site of the Dexter Elementary School. It was the first pre-school in the state to receive funding from the Massachusetts School Building Authority. The school, which has 51,000 square feet, cost nearly $30 million. A ribbon cutting for the new school took place on April 29, 2019.

Avery School

The current Avery School, located at 336 High Street, was opened in 2012 and serves children from East Dedham and some from Oakdale. The principal is Edward Paris.

On May 17, 1784, the Avery School was established as the Mill School.Шаблон:Sfn The residents of Mill VillageШаблон:Efn had asked to be set apart from the schools of the town and for the taxes they paid for schools to instead be directed to a new school in their community.Шаблон:Sfn It was later known as Mill Village School, the Grove School, and then District Number 3.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn It was named in 1867 in honor of Dr. William Avery who had left £60 in 1680 to benefit a Latin School.Шаблон:Sfn

The first school building was on Walnut Street, across the street from the home of Dr. F. L. Babcock.Шаблон:Sfn A new school was built in 1825 on High Street, and another was constructed in 1844 at what is today 123 High Street.Шаблон:Sfn In 1894, the town purchased additional contiguous land to expand the lot.Шаблон:Sfn A new school was constructed in 1921 for $200,000.Шаблон:Sfn Today, that building houses the Mother Brook Arts and Community Center.

Previous principals include Doris HowardШаблон:SfnШаблон:Efn and Clare Sullivan.

Greenlodge School

The Greenlodge School, located at 191 Greenlodge St, was opened in the 1950s and serves children from the Greenlodge and Manor neighborhoods. The principal is Jenny McGowan.

Oakdale School

The Oakdale School, located at 147 Cedar St, was opened in 1902 and serves children from Oakdale. It was first opened in 1873 in a rented room in Sanderson Hall in Oakdale Square.Шаблон:Sfn A new school was then built across the street in what is today Oakdale Common in 1878.Шаблон:Sfn The current school was built in 1902, but the old school was used to relieve overcrowding until the addition was built in 1952.Шаблон:Sfn It was named for its neighborhood, having previously been a forest of largely oak trees known as Whiting's Woods.Шаблон:Sfn

Riverdale School

The Riverdale School, located at 143 Needham St, was opened in the 1922Шаблон:Sfn and serves children from Riverdale and Upper Dedham. The principal is Edward Paris. The first Riverdale School was built in 1885 at the corner of Needham and Pine Streets.Шаблон:Sfn The windows in the one-room schoolhouse were nearly six feet off the ground, and it accommodated 26 students.Шаблон:Sfn Julia Kennedy was the first teacher.Шаблон:Sfn It was named for the nearby Riverdale estate of Albert W. Nickerson,Шаблон:Sfn which is today Noble and Greenough School.

Dedham Middle School

The Dedham Middle School, located at 70 Whiting Avenue, was opened in 2007. Karen Hillman is principal and George Benzie is the vice principal. Dedham Public Schools is a 1:1 district, where every student is issued a school-owned Google Chromebook. Previously the middle school was housed in a since demolished building next door.

Dedham High School

Шаблон:Main Dedham High School was founded in 1851 and in 2013 earned a silver medal from U.S. News & World Report, one of only 30 schools in Massachusetts to do so. James Forrest is Principal.

In recent years the school has seen tremendous growth in both the number of students taking Advanced Placement courses and in qualifying scores on the exams. The schools athletic program offers 26 varsity sports with a mascot known as the Marauders, and 26 co-curricular clubs and activities. Each student also receives a Google Chromebook from the school.

Teachers

Teachers in the Dedham Public Schools include:

• Francis Chickering
• Caleb Ellis
• Samuel Man
• Horace Mann
• Michael Metcalf
• Alexander Wheelock Thayer
• Ralph Wheelock

Closed schools

There are a number of schools that have closed within the current borders of the Town of Dedham: the Ames School, the Quincy School, the Dexter School, the Burgess School, and the Endicott School.

Ames School

Шаблон:Main The Ames School grew out of the first school established in 1644. The first building, referenced in early records as simply "the school near the meetinghouse" eventually came to be known as the First Middle School, District District Number One, the Town School, and the Centre School.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn New school buildings followed in the coming centuries, with one built in 1695,Шаблон:Efn 1754–5,Шаблон:Efn 1801,Шаблон:Efn 1822,Шаблон:Efn 1858–9, and 1894–5.Шаблон:Sfn

As the number of pupils grew, the 1822 school room was divided in half to make an additional classroom.Шаблон:Sfn When that became insufficient, the cigar manufactory next door was purchased and turned into a primary school.Шаблон:Sfn The original school had a bell that would call students in from recess.Шаблон:Sfn After it closed as a school, Enos Foord converted the building into a double tenement which stood until at least 1903.Шаблон:Sfn The 1859 school was built on Washington St.Шаблон:Sfn After it closed, it was converted into a residence that was owned in 1936 by Ralph Eaton,Шаблон:Sfn the principal of Dedham High School from 1919 to 1953.

The 1859 building was built on the same site as the 1898 building.Шаблон:Sfn The first two floors had four classrooms each.Шаблон:Sfn Each class was designed for 50 pupils.Шаблон:Sfn The third floor of the French-roofed building had a large hall.Шаблон:Sfn

The current Colonial Revival structure was built in 1897. On June 17, 1898, it was named in honor of Fisher Ames.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Efn It is a large H-shaped building, with a central section flanked by symmetrical projecting bays on either side. It has a hip roof with a deep dentillated eave, and pilastered corners. The main entrance is set under broad arch at the center, with a Palladian window above. In 1937, it was painted and renovated by the Works Progress Administration. The Ames School building was closed and sold in the 1980s. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

At the 2014 Spring Annual Town Meeting, the Town of Dedham voted to repurchase the building for $5.85 million and renovate it to be used as a Town Hall and Senior Center.

Teachers

John Wilson taught in the center village grammar school in 1849.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Efn Wilson was known to smack children with a rattan to keep order in the classroom.Шаблон:Sfn When he left in 1857, he was replaced by Rev. George Newcomb, a Methodist minister.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Efn Newcomb was replaced by Oliver Bryant, who previously taught at the Avery School.Шаблон:Sfn When Bryant switched schools, he moved into Newcomb's home.Шаблон:Sfn Bryant left for a job at the Chauncy Hall School in Boston.Шаблон:Sfn

Sophia Foord taught in the school in 1833.Шаблон:Sfn

In the mid-1800s, the school was visited by Moses Grant Jr. and Charles Spear.Шаблон:Sfn

Burgess School

The Burgess Schoolhouse, also known as District Number 11 and the Westfield School District, was located on Westfield Street near Schoolmaster Lane.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn The simple one story building had red shutters and plank seats with no backs.Шаблон:Sfn A new schoolhouse, named in honor of Rev. Ebenezer Burgess, was built around 1840 and sold 1899.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn

Dexter School

The Dexter School in Upper Dedham for many years was leased out to private companies and The Education Collaborative. It was named in 1867 in honor of Rev. Samuel Dexter, a minister at the First Church and Parish in Dedham and a leading citizen of the town.Шаблон:Sfn In 2019, a new Early Childhood Education Center was opened in a new building on that site.

Endicott School

The East Street School, also known as District Number 5, was renamed the Endicott School in honor of John Endicott in 1867.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn In 1955, the Town sold the land for $1 to St. Luke's Lutheran Church.Шаблон:Sfn

Quincy School

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Jenny McManus' first grade classroom at the Quincy School in 1926.

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Students in the Quincy School class of 1907

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Floor plan of the Quincy School

The Quincy School in East Dedham was established in 1873 and named in honor of Boston Mayor Josiah Quincy.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn In April 1909, Town Meeting voted to appropriate $60,000 to build a new school and $6,000 for furnishings, fittings, and grading. The original school, it was said at the time was "only held together by the last coat of paint [and had] clearly outlived its usefulness."

The new school was completed on budget and built at the intersection of Greenhood, Quincy, and Bussey Streets.Шаблон:Sfn It was dedicated on June 4, 1910.Шаблон:Sfn Within the two-story building were ten rooms.Шаблон:Sfn It measured 79' by 140' and was made of brick with sandstone trimming.Шаблон:Sfn The interior was outfitted with hard pine.Шаблон:Sfn

The first floor had six classrooms, each 26 by 32 feet. It also had a recitation room, measuring 16 x 22 feet, a master's office, and the teacher's room. The second floor had four classrooms and an assembly hall that could seat 500. The basement housed the boiler and coal rooms, a manual training room, a domestic science room, and boys' and girls' play rooms. Every classroom included a coatroom. The architect was Luther C. Greenleaf of Boston.

The new school was used until 1982 when declining enrollment and Proposition 2½ forced its closure.Шаблон:Sfn Town Meeting authorized the sale of the property to a developer in 1982, but only after off-duty police officers and firefighters were able to find and bring enough Town Representatives to reach a quorum.

Non-Dedham schools

There were a number of schools built on land that was once in Dedham, but have since become other communities. They include the Damon School, named for Deacon Samuel Damon who left $1,000 to the Town of Dedham.Шаблон:Sfn The income of the fund was to be used to support the worthy poor.Шаблон:Sfn The school, which is now in Hyde Park, was named for him in 1867 and was previously known as the Low Plain School, the Readville School, and District Number Four.Шаблон:Sfn

The Colburn School, now in Westwood, was named for Warren and Dana P. Colburn who both attended the school.Шаблон:Sfn They authored a book on arithmetic.Шаблон:Sfn Prior to being named for them in March 1867, it was known as the Clapboardtrees School, the West Dedham School and District Number Eight.Шаблон:Sfn Also in Westwood is the Fisher School, named in honor of Daniel Fisher, the colonial Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Deputies, and Ebenezer Fisher, a 19th-century representative to the Great and General Court.Шаблон:Sfn The latter Fisher gave $1,000 to benefit the schools of West Dedham.Шаблон:Sfn It previously was known as the Clapboardtrees School and District Number Nine.Шаблон:Sfn The Islington School was named for the neighborhood in which it resided.Шаблон:Sfn

In Norwood, there are competing histories for the naming of the Everett School. Slafter credits it to Edward Everett, who died two years before its naming in 1867 and whose family came from South Dedham.Шаблон:Sfn Fanning claims it was for Israel Everett, a Revolutionary War veteran and in whose honor it was named in December 1851.Шаблон:Sfn Previously it was known as the South Dedham School, the North District School, District Number Six, and the North District of the Second Parish School.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn The Balch School was named in honor of Rev. Thomas Balch, a Colonial minister in South Dedham in 1867.Шаблон:Sfn A new school was built on the same site in 1913 and is also known as the Balch School.

In Walpole, the Union School taught pupils from Dedham, Walpole, and Medfield.Шаблон:Sfn It was built in 1867 and was gone prior to 1905.Шаблон:Sfn It was also known as the Walpole Corner School and District Number Ten.Шаблон:Sfn

Associated organizations

The Dedham High School Alumni Association keeps graduates of the High School connected to the school and supports the current students and teachers.

The Dedham Education Foundation distributes funds from their endowment to award grants to teachers for or classroom activities or other teacher initiatives and ideas. These include including storytellers, authors-in-residence, art enrichment, literacy and reading programs, social skills programs, and other multi-cultural programs. The Foundation has funded field trips such as Museum of Science, Plimoth Plantation, and The Blue Hills Trailside Museum. Funds have been provided for student performances including live theater productions, drama club, and both the middle and high school choruses. Also, Science Museum presentations and learning kits have been made available through Foundation funding.

The Dedham Educational Partnership works to strengthen the home and school partnership by providing e-mail newsletters for each of the schools' Parent-Teacher Organizations.

See also

• History of education in Dedham, Massachusetts

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