Walnut Hill School

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Walnut Hill School for the Arts
Walnut Hill School
Natick
,
Massachusetts

United States
Information
Type Private, boarding, arts
Motto Non Nobis Solum
"Not for ourselves alone"
Established1893
Head of SchoolEric Barber
Enrollment239
Campus30 acres (120,000 m2)
Color(s)  Red (historic)
  Purple (modern)
Tuition$79,960 (boarding)
$62,150 (day)
Website walnuthillarts.org

Walnut Hill School for the Arts is an independent boarding school and day school for the arts located in Natick, Massachusetts, United States. It is intended for student artists in grades 9-12. [1]

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History and programs

Boarding school

Walnut Hill was founded in 1893 by Florence Bigelow and Charlotte Conant as a college preparatory school for women and a feeder school for Wellesley College. In 1972, the school rebranded itself as an arts-focused and coeducational school. [1]

Majors

Students at Walnut Hill major in one of five arts disciplines: Dance, Music, Theatre, Visual Art, and Writing, Film, and Media Arts (WFMA, for short). Writing, Film and Media Arts classes include, but are not limited to, Poetry, Short Story Writing, Screenwriting & Playwriting, ColLaboratory, and Darkroom Photography. [2]

Boston Ballet

Boston Ballet School merged with the Walnut Hill dance program in 2020 rebranding the company as Boston Ballet's pre professional division at Walnut Hill. This decision was met with backlash by members of the Walnut Hill community. [3]

Campus

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Walnut Hill School campus

The Walnut Hill campus has thirteen buildings on 40 acres (16 ha). [4] Stowe, Eliot, Highland, Clark, New Cottage, Westerly, North House and Elizabeth Bishop Hall are the school's dorms. The campus also holds the Academic and Technology Center; the Delbridge Family Center for the Arts; the Dance Center; the Keiter Center for the Performing Arts; the Writing, Film, and Media Arts (WFMA) building; the Office of Admission; and the Head's House.

Eliot is the largest building on campus; its second and third floors serve as a dormitory. It contains Boswell Hall, the Keefe center, the dining hall, the student campus center and the school bookstore. Highland contains music practice rooms (both regular and soundproof), the Visual Art studios, Pooke Gallery, Amelia Hall and Highland Dormitory. Stowe, in addition to being a dormitory, is the location of the switchboard and many administrative offices, including the Head of School's office, external relations and facilities.

The Delbridge Family Center for the Arts is the most recent addition to the campus. It began construction in the 2015–2016 school year and was completed in July 2016. This structure includes a dance studio, a black box and a gallery.

Notable alumni

References

  1. 1 2 "Walnut Hill School for the Arts | Private Arts High School". www.walnuthillarts.org. Retrieved September 9, 2022.
  2. ↑ "Writing, Film & Media Arts - Walnut Hill School for the Arts |". www.walnuthillarts.org. Retrieved November 27, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Boston Ballet School and Walnut Hill Are Merging Their High School Pre-Professional Programs". Pointe Magazine. December 18, 2019. Retrieved November 16, 2021.
  4. ↑ "Walnut Hill School". The Independent. July 6, 1914. Retrieved August 1, 2012.
  5. ↑ "Van Hansis : Biography". IMDb.com. Retrieved February 24, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Judith Hoag". IMDb.com. Retrieved February 24, 2014.

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