Clear Spring School

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Clear Spring School
Address
374 Dairy Hollow Road
Eureka Springs , Arkansas 72632
Coordinates 36°24′30″N93°44′43″W / 36.408236°N 93.745364°W / 36.408236; -93.745364 Coordinates: 36°24′30″N93°44′43″W / 36.408236°N 93.745364°W / 36.408236; -93.745364
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Funding type Independent, co-educational
Founded 1974 (1974)
Founder Will and Laurie Fulton and Molly Fulton Seeligson
NCES School ID A9100177 [1]
Head of school Debbie Hartsell
Teaching staff 8.8 (on FTE basis) [1]
Grades PK–12
Gender Co-educational
Enrollment 59 (2009–10)
Student to teacher ratio 6.1 [1]
Accreditation Independent School Association of the Central States (ISACS) [1999–]
National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS)
Publication The Independent Mind
Website www.clearspringschool.org

Clear Spring School is an independent, co-educational school in Eureka Springs, United States. The school teaches approximately sixty students in prekindergarten through grade 12.

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Eureka Springs, Arkansas City in Arkansas, United States

Eureka Springs is a city in Carroll County, Arkansas, United States, and one of two county seats for the county. It is located in the Ozarks of northwest Arkansas. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 2,073.

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History

Clear Spring School was founded in 1974 by Will and Laurie Fulton and Molly Fulton Seeligson. Will and Molly’s father, Dr. Bernard Fulton, had previously founded the Greenhill School in Dallas, Texas. The vision of Clear Spring School, following the founders’ philosophy of true education, was to promote a lifelong love of learning. They recognized that when students make a personal and meaningful connection with a subject, then knowledge, skill, and growth naturally follow.

Greenhill School (Addison, Texas) school in Texas, USA

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Beginning as a one-room school for students in grades 1 – 6, Clear Spring School gradually expanded to serve pre-primary students and later added a middle school and then high school program. Over the school’s early years, it was housed in four different donated spaces as the program grew, including Eureka Springs’ historic “Old Red Brick School House” (later destroyed by fire in 1990). With the school’s growth came the acquisition of 16 wooded acres, and a master plan that resulted in the construction of five buildings housing classrooms and administrative offices.

Clear Spring School has been nationally accredited through the Independent School Association of the Central States (ISACS) since 1999. In addition to ISACS accreditation, CSS is also a member of the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS).

The National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) is a U.S.-based membership organization for private, nonprofit, K-12 schools. Founded in 1963, NAIS represents independent schools and associations in the United States, including day, boarding, and day/boarding schools; elementary and secondary schools; boys', girls', and coeducational schools. NAIS has affiliate members internationally as well.

Clear Spring School is divided into the following programs:

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