Draft:Middlebridge School
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| Middlebridge School | |
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| Address | |
333 Ocean Road , Rhode Island 02882 | |
| Information | |
| Type | Private |
| Motto | Belong and Become |
| Established | 2008 |
| Founder | John Kaufman |
| Head of school | John Kaufman |
| Faculty | 75 |
| Grades | 8-12, occasionally 7th |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Enrollment | ~75 |
| International students | Yes |
| Average class size | 6 |
| Student to teacher ratio | 6:1 |
| Color(s) | Orange and Blue |
| Athletics | Yes |
| Athletics conference | Coastal Prep League |
| Mascot | Owls |
| Accreditation | NEASC |
| Tuition | $102,500 (2024) |
| Website | middlebridgeschool |
Middlebridge School is a private, coeducational boarding school in Narragansett, Rhode Island, for students with language-based learning differences. The school was founded in 2008 by a group of faculty from the former Pine Ridge School, in Williston, VT, which closed in 2009. The first and current Head of School is John Kaufman, having held the role since the school's founding.[1]
History
[edit]In the mid-2000s, Pine Ridge School, a similar program to Middlebridge, was suffering from a lack of enrollment and began taking on large amounts of debt to cover its expenses. Pine Ridge's original mission was to help highly intelligent students who were being held back by their learning differences to reach their true potential. However, in a last-ditch effort to save the program, Pine Ridge opted to admit students who were more behaviorally challenged than the school was designed to accommodate. Feeling the change in direction of the school, a group of faculty led by John Kaufman decided to leave the program to start Middlebridge School, with the goal to reinstate the original mission of Pine Ridge.[2]
Originally, the school occupied Camp Jori, in Wakefield, RI. However, in 2013, Middlebridge acquired Hazard Castle, formerly used by the Our Lady of Peace nun retreat, to be the new home of the school. The property, coming with attached dormitories, a dining hall, kitchen, lounge space, ample land surrounding the property, and other facilities, was a perfect fit for a new boarding school, and allowed Middlebridge to grow to its current size.[3][4]
More recently, the school has built two new buildings to complement Hazard Castle: the gymnasium in 2017, and the Performing Arts Center in 2023.
Athletics
[edit]The school's mascot is the Owls, named for the owls that inhabit the woods surrounding the school. The Owls compete in the Coastal Prep League (CPL) in Men's and Women's Basketball and Coed Soccer.
Recent Success
[edit]The Owls Men's Basketball team has advanced to the CPL championship game three times, in three consecutive seasons from 2021-22 to 2023-24, although they have lost in all three of their appearances. Although the soccer team saw limited initial success, the Owls eventually broke through and won back-to-back CPL championships in 2023 and 2024, and are the reigning champions as of December 2024.
References
[edit]- ^ "Faculty". Middlebridge School. Retrieved 2024-12-17.
- ^ Picard, Ken. "Five Years After Closing, Pine Ridge School Still Quiet". Seven Days. Retrieved 2024-12-17.
- ^ Writer, Iain Wilson Staff (2013-07-26). "Middlebridge School now has room to grow". The Independent. Retrieved 2024-12-17.
- ^ https://static1.squarespace.com/static/611ac1ccc2e5781275981b69/t/61f8651d6d868154b21512a6/1643668779285/MBS-AR-2017.pdf