Doane Stuart School

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Doane Stuart School
Rensselaer
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New York

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Type Independent school, private school, co-educational
Religious affiliation(s)Interfaith
Established1852 (as Kenwood Academy)
GradesEarly Childhood through Grade 12
Student to teacher ratio8:1
Campus24 acres (97,000 m2)
Color(s)Blue & green
MascotThunderchicken [1]
Website www.doanestuart.org
The Doane Stuart School (formerly Van Rensselaer High School)
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Location199 Washington Ave., Rensselaer, New York
Coordinates 42°39′32″N73°43′37″W / 42.65889°N 73.72694°W / 42.65889; -73.72694
Area24.53 acres (9.93 ha)
Built1930 (1930)-1931, 1938-1939
ArchitectClarence H. Gardinier, Howard O. Fullerton
Architectural styleArt Deco
NRHP reference No. 12000511 [2]
Added to NRHPAugust 14, 2012

The Doane Stuart School is a private college preparatory school in Rensselaer, New York. The school is coeducational and interfaith, and it educates students from early childhood through Grade 12.

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History

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 1870). [3] [4] 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. [3] Doane Stuart's first home was the campus of the old Kenwood Academy in Albany, New York. [5]

Doane Stuart was established as an ecumenical Christian school, [5] but later became an interfaith school. [6] 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. [7] 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 [8] due to religious differences. [4] 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. [8] On May 20, 2008, Rensselaer, New York voters approved the proposed sale of the former Van Rensselaer High School to Doane Stuart; [9] Doane Stuart purchased the building for $4 million in September 2008. [10] After a year-long renovation and restoration effort, [5] Doane Stuart opened on September 16, 2009, at the School's new location. [10]

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. [11] The school is co-educational and college preparatory, and educates students from Early Childhood through Grade 12. [12]

On March 23, 2023 the former, "Kenwood Academy" school building in Albany was destroyed by a massive fire. [13]

On February 1, 2024, Doane Stuart announced that it will be changing its name to the Hudson Ridge School as it completes a school merger with the Susan Odell Taylor School. [14]

Exchange program

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

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References

  1. ↑ "The Thunderchicken". www.doanestuart.org. February 10, 2015. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
  2. 1 2 "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 8/13/12 through 8/17/12. National Park Service. 2012-08-24. Archived from the original on 2014-08-11. Retrieved 2015-12-19.
  3. 1 2 Franco, James; Bandhold, Stacy (April 10, 2008). "Doane Stuart finds new home in Rensselaer". The Record.
  4. 1 2 Waldman, Scott (September 18, 2012). "Abrupt exit at Doane Stuart". Times Union. Retrieved September 25, 2018.
  5. 1 2 3 Waldman, Scott (September 17, 2009). "Doane Stuart moves across Hudson River". Times Union. Retrieved September 25, 2018.
  6. ↑ Rogers, Megan (June 24, 2014). "Doane Stuart welcomes new head of school for 2014-15 academic year". Albany Business Review.
  7. ↑ Churchill, Chris (October 23, 2009). "On the Market: The old Doane Stuart campus". Times Union.
  8. 1 2 "School ends religious affiliation". Times Union. March 16, 2008. This article reports that The Doane Stuart School's Board of Trustees voted to end the school's affiliation with The Society of the Sacred Heart and the Network of Sacred Heart Schools.
  9. ↑ "School election results". Troy Record. May 22, 2008. Retrieved September 25, 2018.
  10. 1 2 Cooper, Robin (September 21, 2009). "Enrollment grows as Doane Stuart opens new Rensselaer campus". Albany Business Review.
  11. ↑ Grondahl, Paul (April 21, 2016). "'Green Roof' at Doane Stuart School is growing attraction". Times Union. Retrieved October 1, 2018.
  12. ↑ "Enrichment Resources: After School Options". Spotlight News. 7 August 2018.
  13. ↑ https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/capital-region/news/2023/03/23/fire-crews-battling-blaze-at-former-doane-stewart-school-
  14. ↑ Moore, Kathleen (February 2, 2024). "Doane Stuart School has a new name". Times Union. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
  15. ↑ Grondahl, Paul (October 1, 2014). "From Belfast to Rensselaer, a lesson on tolerance". Times Union. Retrieved October 1, 2018.
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