Ross School (East Hampton, New York)

Ross School

Ross School's Center for Well Being
Know Thyself in Order to Serve[1]
Address
18 Goodfriend Drive
East Hampton, New York
East Hampton, New York, Suffolk, 11937
United States
Coordinates 40°58′10″N 72°14′26″W / 40.969408°N 72.2406°W / 40.969408; -72.2406Coordinates: 40°58′10″N 72°14′26″W / 40.969408°N 72.2406°W / 40.969408; -72.2406
Information
Established Upper School, 1991
Lower School, 2006[1]
Founder Courtney Sale Ross
Steven J. Ross
Head of Upper School Patty Lein
Head of Lower School Jeanette Tyndall
Faculty Upper School:
55 full-time, 10 part-time
Lower School:
20 full-time, 9 part-time[1]
Grades Upper School: Grades 7–12
Lower School, Pre-Nursery–Grade 6
Pupils Upper School: 344
Lower School: 139
Athletics Grades 9–12: Baseball (Boys)
Basketball (Boys and Girls)
Cheerleading (Co-ed)
Cross Country (Boys and Girls)
Golf (Co-ed)
Rowing (Boys and Girls)
Sailing (Co-ed)
Soccer (Boys and Girls)
Softball (Girls)
Tennis (Boys and Girls)
Track and Field (Boys and Girls)
Volleyball (Girls)
Grades 7–8: Baseball (Boys)
Basketball (Boys and Girls)
Soccer (Boys and Girls)
Softball (Girls)
Volleyball (Girls)
Team name Cosmos
Accreditation Middle States Association, Middle States Association International Credential, Absolute Charter from New York State, Green Schools Alliance[1]
Average SAT scores Average score: 1850; 85th %ile nationally. 12% of scores for the Class of 2013 are in the 99th %ile nationally.
Yearbook Emerging Voices
Affiliation Independent Day (Grades Pre-Nursery–12, and Boarding School (Grades 7–12)
Website http://www.ross.org

Ross School is a private school located in the Town of East Hampton, on Long Island, New York, United States. It is the only private Pre-nursery–12 school located in East Hampton.

Curriculum

Ross School’s curriculum is based on world cultural history and the evolution of consciousness and reflects the collaborative work of its Founding Mentors the mathematician Ralph Abraham and the cultural historian William Irwin Thompson. Academic Programs include Arts, After School, Service Learning, Advisory, Buddies, College Counseling, Midwinter Term, Tennis Academy, Boarding, Innovation Lab@ Ross Academy, Summer Term, Field Academy, World Travel Academy. The school also offers Lifelong Learning courses for the community.

Campus

There are seven buildings on the Upper School campus, with functions ranging from academics and administration to wellness. The High School building houses several classrooms, a large library, two science labs, a large art studio and a film viewing area called the Duomo. The Media and Humanities Pavilion contains classrooms, performance practice rooms and sound recording studios, video production and editing studio and the sculpture and ceramics studio. A reference library, art studio, darkroom and digital photography editing studio, two science labs and a lecture hall equipped for multimedia presentations are found in the Senior Thesis building. The Middle School houses the Middle School library, an art studio and another science lab. The Center for Well-Being is home to the Ross Café, the multi-purpose Great Hall and Court Theater and spaces for movement and meditation. The Upper School Art Gallery has rotating exhibitions of work by students and local artists.

Ross School’s athletic facilities on the Upper School campus include the Center for Well-Being, home to indoor volleyball and basketball courts, changing rooms, a weight room and spaces for movement and meditation. There are also three athletic fields, a baseball diamond, a full size outdoor basketball court and a new Upper School Fieldhouse, with locker rooms, a lounge and snack bar and a large recreation room with ping-pong tables and large screen projection. Opened in 2008, the Fieldhouse sits adjacent to six year-round har-tru courts. From October to May, the courts are converted to indoor courts with a bubble.

In 2000 the school proposed a 50-building, 600,000-square-foot (56,000 m2) expansion to its 140-acre (0.57 km2) campus which would have made it one of the biggest complexes in the Hamptons. Enraged environmentalists charged that Courtney Ross was polluting the debate by paying to protest proposed expansion of the Long Island Central Pine Barrens protections into East Hampton.[2] The school eventually backed down on the expansion and in 2006 the same critics of this expansion were to applaud its "green" initiatives.

The Lower School campus in Bridgehampton includes gardens, play areas, trails and a farm with animals. Separate building spaces for grade levels are customized with age-appropriate furnishings. The Barn Building houses an art studio called the Atelier as well as some early childhood classes. The Farm Building, built as the original house for the potato farm that was on the property, is used for specials classes. The Leonard Building is shared by kindergarten, early childhood, and grades one and two. Grades three and four are situated in the Green Building. All the buildings on the campus are connected by walkways and surrounded by grass and trees.

Summer events and programs

Every summer the school hosts its largest annual benefit, the Starlight Ball, which has featured Aretha Franklin, the Jonas Brothers, Martha Stewart, Cyndi Lauper and “Saturday Night Live’s” Seth Meyers. In the summer of 2007 it held its largest event: a series of five musical concerts entitled "Social @ Ross" with Prince; Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds; Billy Joel; James Taylor and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. The price of a ticket to the series was $15,000.[3]

Ross School runs a summer day camp from June through August for kids up to the age of 14. Programs for the summer of 2014 include Game Quest and Jr. Crime Investigators majors, Horseback Riding, Ceramics, Stop-Motion Animation, and Sailing. Kids can choose from more than 20 different minors to explore new topics and learn new skills. Campers enjoy all the fun of a traditional summer camp while also pursuing their passions in sports, science, the outdoors, and the arts.

Ross School offers a variety of Summer Term programs including College Prep, English as a Second Language, Innovation Lab: Marine Science, Innovation Lab: Design and Invention, Mandarin Immersion, Mathematics, and Tennis Academy.

Notable alumni and faculty

Alumni
Faculty

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Quick Facts". Ross School. Retrieved March 31, 2014.
  2. ↑ Largest Project Ever Proposed for South Fork - The Pine Line - Spring/Summer 2000
  3. ↑ Only in the Hamptons: a $15,000 Rock Concert Rich and Famous Drop $15,000 for Five-Act Concert Series

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