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The Woodward School | |
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Address | |
1102 Hancock Street , United States | |
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Type | Private school |
Motto | Discimus Ut Ducamus We Learn So That We May Lead |
Established | 1894 |
Headmaster | Alex Magay |
Faculty | 12 |
Grades | 6-12 |
Gender | Female |
Campus | Urban |
Athletics | Wildcats |
Website | thewoodwardschool.org |
Location | 1102 Hancock St., Quincy, Massachusetts |
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Coordinates | 42°15′18″N 71°0′20.7″W / 42.25500°N 71.005750°W |
Area | 1.4 acres (0.57 ha) |
Built | 1893 |
Architect | Thayer, E.G. |
Architectural style | Queen Anne |
MPS | Quincy MRA |
NRHP reference No. | 89001954[1] |
Added to NRHP | November 13, 1989 |
The Woodward School is a school for girls in grades 6 - 12 and was founded in 1894.[citation needed] Located in Quincy, Massachusetts, near Quincy Center, it is the only private high school in the city.[2] On top of its core syllabus, the school offers AP courses, Latin, French, Spanish, Visual Arts, Rhetoric, Computer Science Music, Theatre, and a internship program for high school students.
The Woodward School was founded by Dr. Ebenezer Woodward, a prominent physician and cousin of John Adams. When Dr. Woodward died in 1869, his will established a trust fund to create and maintain a girls' school equivalent to the boys-only Adams Academy. The town of Quincy (which became a city in 1888) was named trustee of the fund, and was given 25 years to build the school.[2][3] Management of the school was allocated in perpetuity to the town's selectmen. The school building was designed by E. G. Thayer in the Queen Anne style, with clapboard siding and a slate roof. It was built by Stephen Loxon and completed in 1894, just short of the 25-year deadline.[4] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places as Woodward Institute on November 13, 1989, reference number 89001954.