Hathaway Brown School
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Hathaway Brown is an all-girls private school
in Shaker Heights, Ohio
, founded in 1876. It is also Ohio's second oldest college preparatory school for girls. The HB experience spans the early childhood program, primary school, middle school, and upper school.
HB’s inclusive environment, outstanding faculty, and unique programs draw families from 72 communities across Northeast Ohio to its beautiful 16-acre Shaker Heights campus, which houses an aquatics center, invention lab, visual and performing arts spaces, and working television studio. Immersive academic, service, and cultural opportunities abound, and graduates attend many of the country’s top universities.
The school is consistently honored by well-regarded educational instutions, social service organizations, businesses, professional societies, and journalistic publications. The number of HB students who have been named finalists or semifinalists in the prestigious Intel and Siemens science competitions far surpasses all other schools in Ohio and all independent girls' day schools in the United States. In 2010, more students at HB were recognized by the National Merit and National Achievement scholarship programs than any other member of the Cleveland Council of Independent Schools. HB has been named one of the NorthCoast 99 great workplaces for top talent in Northeast Ohio for 12 consecutive years. It is the only secondary school to receive the award throughout the history of the program. The school's athletics program is extremely well regarded and regularly honored, with two current State Champion and two State Runner-Up designations to its credit, along with numerous regional and divisional titles. And educational colleagues throughout the country consider HB a leader in the field. The 2010 Education Innovation Summit brought more than 600 educators from 110 public, private, and parochial schools in 30 U.S. states and Canada to HB to explore ways to improve offerings for all children.
Since its beginning as "afternoon classes for young ladies" at the all-boys' private Brooks Military School in downtown Cleveland, Hathaway Brown School has been helping students find and pursue opportunities, maximize their own potential, and make a difference in the world. The school moved to its current location in Shaker Heights in 1927 and it is now home to 830 students in preschool through twelfth grade, 29 percent of whom are students of color. Twenty-seven percent of students received financial aid awards in 2011-2012. The school maintains small class sizes in all divisions, and the student:faculty ratio is 8:1. The school is generously supported by gifts from HB alumnae around the world, as well as parents, faculty members, and friends of the institution. As of June 30, 2011, the market value of HB's endowment was $41,095,187. The school offers extensive transportation services and a one-to-one technology program.
For the last 25 years, HB has flourished under the leadership of Head of School Bill Christ. The school's unique academic architecture allows students of all ages to gain an extraordinarily sound foundation in core subjects and to pursue their passions through the signature Institute for 21st Century Education.
Other non-sancitioned state championships:
, University Hospitals of Cleveland
, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, NASA Glenn Research Center, and the Cleveland Museums of Art
and Natural History
for the purpose of conducting a research project. Once a placement is made, the SREP Director assists as necessary, also helping students prepare for optional competitions.
While most projects are scientific in nature, a number of students prefer to develop internship or shadowing experiences in non-scientific areas such as sports and entertainment management, architecture, radio broadcast, and fashion retail and marketing.
Current research projects in the Science Research & Engineering Program represent a cross section of the cutting edge research that is occurring in the Cleveland area, such as work on gene therapy
, MEMS (microelectromechanical systems) nanotechnology
, BioMEMS, and microelectrochemical sensor development, as well as research into cures for many life-threatening diseases. One project, called PEACE, addresses a real erosion problem in low earth orbit, and will fly in space twice, once as a short term exposure experiment aboard the space shuttle, and another time as a long term exposure experiment aboard the International Space Station
. That version is in space now.
The work of HB's Science Research & Engineering Program students has garnered hundreds of awards at the regional, state, national, and international levels since 1999, including hundreds of thousands of dollars in college scholarships, cash, and other prizes such as computers and all-expense paid trips to places including London
, Germany
, and Israel
. Four SREP students have US Patents
pending for their original inventions, and there are over 70 student authorships or co-authorships on technical publications or presentations.
Private school
Private schools, also known as independent schools or nonstate schools, are not administered by local, state or national governments; thus, they retain the right to select their students and are funded in whole or in part by charging their students' tuition, rather than relying on mandatory...
in Shaker Heights, Ohio
Shaker Heights, Ohio
Shaker Heights is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 Census, the city population was 28,448. It is an inner-ring streetcar suburb of Cleveland that abuts the city on its eastern side.-Topography:Shaker Heights is located at...
, founded in 1876. It is also Ohio's second oldest college preparatory school for girls. The HB experience spans the early childhood program, primary school, middle school, and upper school.
History
Founded in 1876, Hathaway Brown is committed to a fusion of academic and experiential learning. This co-ed Early Childhood and all-girls’ K-12 independent day school focuses on educational innovation as it prepares students to rise boldly to the challenges of our times and live out the HB motto of learning “not for school, but for life.”HB’s inclusive environment, outstanding faculty, and unique programs draw families from 72 communities across Northeast Ohio to its beautiful 16-acre Shaker Heights campus, which houses an aquatics center, invention lab, visual and performing arts spaces, and working television studio. Immersive academic, service, and cultural opportunities abound, and graduates attend many of the country’s top universities.
The school is consistently honored by well-regarded educational instutions, social service organizations, businesses, professional societies, and journalistic publications. The number of HB students who have been named finalists or semifinalists in the prestigious Intel and Siemens science competitions far surpasses all other schools in Ohio and all independent girls' day schools in the United States. In 2010, more students at HB were recognized by the National Merit and National Achievement scholarship programs than any other member of the Cleveland Council of Independent Schools. HB has been named one of the NorthCoast 99 great workplaces for top talent in Northeast Ohio for 12 consecutive years. It is the only secondary school to receive the award throughout the history of the program. The school's athletics program is extremely well regarded and regularly honored, with two current State Champion and two State Runner-Up designations to its credit, along with numerous regional and divisional titles. And educational colleagues throughout the country consider HB a leader in the field. The 2010 Education Innovation Summit brought more than 600 educators from 110 public, private, and parochial schools in 30 U.S. states and Canada to HB to explore ways to improve offerings for all children.
Since its beginning as "afternoon classes for young ladies" at the all-boys' private Brooks Military School in downtown Cleveland, Hathaway Brown School has been helping students find and pursue opportunities, maximize their own potential, and make a difference in the world. The school moved to its current location in Shaker Heights in 1927 and it is now home to 830 students in preschool through twelfth grade, 29 percent of whom are students of color. Twenty-seven percent of students received financial aid awards in 2011-2012. The school maintains small class sizes in all divisions, and the student:faculty ratio is 8:1. The school is generously supported by gifts from HB alumnae around the world, as well as parents, faculty members, and friends of the institution. As of June 30, 2011, the market value of HB's endowment was $41,095,187. The school offers extensive transportation services and a one-to-one technology program.
For the last 25 years, HB has flourished under the leadership of Head of School Bill Christ. The school's unique academic architecture allows students of all ages to gain an extraordinarily sound foundation in core subjects and to pursue their passions through the signature Institute for 21st Century Education.
Timeline
- 1875: The head of the Brooks Academy allows young ladies to attend afternoon classes
- 1876: Frances Fisher establishes "Home and Day School"
- 1886: Anne Hathaway Brown buys school; later changes name to "Miss Anne H. Hathaway Brown's School for Girls"
- 1887: Miss Brown introduces their motto: non scholae sed vitae discimus ("we learn not for school but for life")
- 1911: Mary E. Raymond named principal of the Hathaway Brown School
- 1927: Cornerstone laid for the present complex that cost more than $1 million
- 1956: Anne Cutter Coburn, headmistress, helps to establish the Alumnae Fund for salaries, building maintenance, scholarship and endowment.
- 1966: First African-American student joins Hathaway Brown
- 1978: Margaret J. Madden, a Vassar graduate, named head of the school; oversees building expansion and four faculty chairs
- 1981: Strnad Fellowships in Creativity, an opportunity for a unique educational experience for juniors and seniors, created by Edna Dawley Strnad 1942.
- 1987: H. William Christ named 13th head of school
- 1991: Campaign for Hathaway Brown launched, raises $9.2 million through 1994
- 1996: W.E.S.T. (Women Engaged in Scholarly Thought) Fellowship Program launched for 7th and 8th graders who want to pursue independent study
- 1998: the Student Research Program launched
- 2008 or 2009: WorldWide Student Alliance is welcomed into The Hathaway Brown Community.
- 2010: First Education Innovation Summit held at Hathaway Brown.
Athletics
HB is consistently among the top athletic teams in Northeast Ohio.Ohio High School Athletic Association team state championships
- Girls BasketballBasketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
- 2009, 2010, 2011 - Girls Field HockeyField hockeyField Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...
- 2008, 2002 - Girls Soccer - 2007, 2004
- Girls GolfGolfGolf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
- 2010
Other non-sancitioned state championships:
- Girls LacrosseLacrosseLacrosse is a team sport of Native American origin played using a small rubber ball and a long-handled stick called a crosse or lacrosse stick, mainly played in the United States and Canada. It is a contact sport which requires padding. The head of the lacrosse stick is strung with loose mesh...
-2010
Other athletic accomplishments
- BasketballBasketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
- OHSAA State runner-up 2006, 2007, OHSAA District Champions 2005, 2006, 2007, Private School League Champions 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 - Cross CountryCross country runningCross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...
- Private School League Champions 2003, 2004 - GolfGolfGolf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
- OHSAA District Champions 1998, Private School League Champions 2002, 2003, 2004 - Field HockeyField hockeyField Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...
- Final Four appearances last 7 years, OHSAA District Champions 1983, 1985, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, Northeast Ohio Field Hockey League Champions 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, Private School League Champions 1994, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, Independent School League Champions 2005 - LacrosseLacrosseLacrosse is a team sport of Native American origin played using a small rubber ball and a long-handled stick called a crosse or lacrosse stick, mainly played in the United States and Canada. It is a contact sport which requires padding. The head of the lacrosse stick is strung with loose mesh...
- OHSAA State Champions 2010 OHSAA State Semifinalists 2006, 2007, Midwest Schoolgirl Lacrosse Association Champions 1984, 1992, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007 Private School League Champions 1995, 1996, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, Independent School League Champions 2006 - Soccer - OHSAA Regional Champions 2004, 2007, OHSAA District Champions 2003, 2004, 2007, Private School League Champions 2004, Independent School League Champions 2005
- SoftballSoftballSoftball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand...
- Private School League Champions 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008 - SwimmingSwimming (sport)Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...
and DivingDivingDiving is the sport of jumping or falling into water from a platform or springboard, sometimes while performing acrobatics. Diving is an internationally-recognized sport that is part of the Olympic Games. In addition, unstructured and non-competitive diving is a recreational pastime.Diving is one...
- 8th in State 2007, Private School League Champions 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, Independent School League Champions 2006 - TennisTennisTennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
- Ohio Tennis Coaches' Association State Champions 2003, 2004, 2007, District Champions 1981, 1991, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, Northeast Ohio Tennis Association League Champions 1979 - Division A, 1980 - Division A, 1981 - Division A, 1983 - Division A, 1991 - Division A, 1999 - Division A/Group 1, 2000 - Division A/Group 2, 2001 - Division A, 2002 - Division C, 2003 - Division C, 2004 - Division A, 2004 - Division C, 2005 - Division A, Private School League Champions 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, Independent School League Champions 2005 - DebateDebateDebate or debating is a method of interactive and representational argument. Debate is a broader form of argument than logical argument, which only examines consistency from axiom, and factual argument, which only examines what is or isn't the case or rhetoric which is a technique of persuasion...
- 13 Students went to states in debate in 2009.
Science Research and Engineering Program
Hathaway Brown’s Science Research and Engineering Program is an elective that was initiated in early 1998 by HB Director of Research Patricia K. Hunt. It now enrolls approximately one third of the grade 9-12 student population. Students in the Program are linked with supervising professionals from institutions such as Case Western Reserve UniversityCase Western Reserve University
Case Western Reserve University is a private research university located in Cleveland, Ohio, USA...
, University Hospitals of Cleveland
University Hospitals of Cleveland
University Hospitals is a major not-for-profit medical center in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. Case Medical Center is the primary affiliate hospital of Case Western Reserve University - a relationship that was first established in 1896...
, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, NASA Glenn Research Center, and the Cleveland Museums of Art
Cleveland Museum of Art
The Cleveland Museum of Art is an art museum situated in the Wade Park District, in the University Circle neighborhood on Cleveland's east side. Internationally renowned for its substantial holdings of Asian and Egyptian art, the museum houses a diverse permanent collection of more than 43,000...
and Natural History
Cleveland Museum of Natural History
The Cleveland Museum of Natural History is a natural history museum located approximately five miles east of downtown Cleveland, Ohio in University Circle, a 550-acre concentration of educational, cultural and medical institutions...
for the purpose of conducting a research project. Once a placement is made, the SREP Director assists as necessary, also helping students prepare for optional competitions.
While most projects are scientific in nature, a number of students prefer to develop internship or shadowing experiences in non-scientific areas such as sports and entertainment management, architecture, radio broadcast, and fashion retail and marketing.
Current research projects in the Science Research & Engineering Program represent a cross section of the cutting edge research that is occurring in the Cleveland area, such as work on gene therapy
Gene therapy
Gene therapy is the insertion, alteration, or removal of genes within an individual's cells and biological tissues to treat disease. It is a technique for correcting defective genes that are responsible for disease development...
, MEMS (microelectromechanical systems) nanotechnology
Microelectromechanical systems
Microelectromechanical systems is the technology of very small mechanical devices driven by electricity; it merges at the nano-scale into nanoelectromechanical systems and nanotechnology...
, BioMEMS, and microelectrochemical sensor development, as well as research into cures for many life-threatening diseases. One project, called PEACE, addresses a real erosion problem in low earth orbit, and will fly in space twice, once as a short term exposure experiment aboard the space shuttle, and another time as a long term exposure experiment aboard the International Space Station
International Space Station
The International Space Station is a habitable, artificial satellite in low Earth orbit. The ISS follows the Salyut, Almaz, Cosmos, Skylab, and Mir space stations, as the 11th space station launched, not including the Genesis I and II prototypes...
. That version is in space now.
The work of HB's Science Research & Engineering Program students has garnered hundreds of awards at the regional, state, national, and international levels since 1999, including hundreds of thousands of dollars in college scholarships, cash, and other prizes such as computers and all-expense paid trips to places including London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, and Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
. Four SREP students have US Patents
Patent
A patent is a form of intellectual property. It consists of a set of exclusive rights granted by a sovereign state to an inventor or their assignee for a limited period of time in exchange for the public disclosure of an invention....
pending for their original inventions, and there are over 70 student authorships or co-authorships on technical publications or presentations.
Accreditation and membership
- Independent School Association of Central States, State of Ohio
- Member, National Association of Independent Schools
- Founding Member, National Coalition of Girls Schools
Notable alumnae
- Margaret HamiltonMargaret HamiltonMargaret Hamilton was an American film actress known for her portrayal of the Wicked Witch of the West in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz...
, actress, most famous for role as Wicked Witch of the WestWicked Witch of the WestThe Wicked Witch of the West is a fictional character and the most significant antagonist in L. Frank Baum's children's book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz...
in The Wizard of OzThe Wizard of Oz (1939 film)The Wizard of Oz is a 1939 American musical fantasy film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was directed primarily by Victor Fleming. Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson and Edgar Allan Woolf received credit for the screenplay, but there were uncredited contributions by others. The lyrics for the songs... - Ruth Hanna McCormickRuth Hanna McCormickRuth Hanna, Ruth Hanna McCormick or Ruth Hanna McCormick Simms was a United States Representative from Illinois.-Life:Ruth Hanna McCormick Simms was the daughter of Mark Hanna and the wife of Sen...
, United States Representative from IllinoisIllinoisIllinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...