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Albany Female Academy
Albany Academy for Girls is an independent college-preparatory day school for girls in Albany, New York, United States, enrolling students from preschool (age 3) to grade 12. Founded in 1814 by Ebenezer Foote as the ''Albany Female Academy'', AAG is the oldest independent girls day school in the United States. It is located on the corners of William Stormont Hackett, Hackett Boulevard and Academy Road, across the street from its brother school The Albany Academy. In July 2007, the administrative teams of The Albany Academy and Albany Academy for Girls merged into The Albany Academies. Both schools bring with them deeply treasured values of community, tradition and purpose. In 2024, the school continued its campus realignment efforts and launched a rebrand of the unified school as "Albany Academy." Collaboration with The Albany Academy The Board of Trustees announced that The Albany Academy and Albany Academy for Girls would merge into The Albany Academies in July 2007. In 2024 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Private School
A private school or independent school is a school not administered or funded by the government, unlike a State school, public school. Private schools are schools that are not dependent upon national or local government to finance their financial endowment. Unless privately owned they typically have a board of governors and have a system of governance that ensures their independent operation. Private schools retain the right to select their students and are funded in whole or in part by charging their students for Tuition payments, tuition, rather than relying on taxation through public (government) funding; at some private schools students may be eligible for a scholarship, lowering this tuition fee, dependent on a student's talents or abilities (e.g., sports scholarship, art scholarship, academic scholarship), need for financial aid, or Scholarship Tax Credit, tax credit scholarships that might be available. Roughly one in 10 U.S. families have chosen to enroll their childr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
College Board
The College Board, styled as CollegeBoard, is an American not-for-profit organization that was formed in December 1899 as the College Entrance Examination Board (CEEB) to expand access to higher education. While the College Board is not an association of colleges, it runs a membership association of Educational institution, institutions, including over 6,000 schools, colleges, universities, and other educational organizations. The College Board develops and administers standardized tests and curricula used by K–12 and post-secondary education institutions to promote college-readiness and as part of the college admissions process. The College Board is headquartered in New York City. David Coleman (education), David Coleman has been the CEO of the College Board since October 2012. He replaced Gaston Caperton, former List of governors of West Virginia, governor of West Virginia, who had held this position since 1999. The current president of the College Board is Jeremy Singer. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jane Stanford
Jane Elizabeth Lathrop Stanford (August 25, 1828 – February 28, 1905) was an American philanthropist and co-founder of Stanford University in 1885 (opened 1891), along with her husband, Leland Stanford, in memory of their only child, Leland Stanford Jr., who died of typhoid fever at age 15 in 1884. After her husband's death in 1893, she funded and operated the university almost single-handedly until her unsolved murder by strychnine poisoning in 1905. She was the eighth First Lady of California. Her husband served as governor from January 10, 1862 to December 10, 1863. Early life Born Jane Elizabeth Lathrop in Albany, New York, she was the daughter of shopkeeper Dyer Lathrop and Jane Anne (Shields) Lathrop. She attended The Albany Academy for Girls, the longest-running girls' day school in the country. She was the second of six siblings: * Daniel Shields Lathrop (1825–1883) * Jane Elizabeth Lathrop (8/25/1828-2/28/1905) * Ariel (1830–1908) * Anna Maria Lathrop (9/3/18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Margaretta Fryer Manning
Mary Margaretta Fryer Manning (1844–1928) was an American social leader with wide experience in business, social, and philanthropic areas. During the years that her husband, Daniel Manning, held the portfolio of the United States Secretary of the Treasury, their home in Washington, D.C. became a center of social and political affairs in Washington. After widowhood in 1887, she spent part of each year in the city. Her patriotism was shown in her work for the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Mohawk Chapter of Albany, New York, of which she was regent. Sent by President William McKinley to Paris in 1900, he appointed her commissioner to the Exposition Universelle and to represent the U.S. and the DAR at the unveiling of the statue of Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette (July 4, 1900). The previous day, she assisted in unveiling the statue of George Washington, a gift of the women of the U.S. to France. Among her many roles, Manning served as President-General of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Blanchard Lynde
Mary Blanchard Lynde (December 4, 1819 – June 26, 1897) was an American philanthropist and social reformer, active in all of the progressive women's movements in Wisconsin. She was the co-founder of the Wisconsin Industrial School for Girls, and the first woman in Wisconsin to receive a state office appointment. Biography Mary Elizabeth Blanchard was born in Truxton, New York, December 4, 1819. Her father was Azariel Blanchard. Her mother was Elizabeth Babcock, a native of South Kingstown, Rhode Island. She was educated principally in the Albany Academy for Girls, Albany Female Academy, where she was graduated in 1839, taking the first prize medal for composition, which was presented by the governor of New York, governor of the State, Hon. William H. Seward. After marrying Hon. William Pitt Lynde, she spent most of her married life in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The couple had at least six children. In the 1850s, Lynde was a co-founder of Milwaukee's Ladies' Benevolent Society a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Gardiner Horsford
Mary Gardiner Horsford (born Mary L'Hommedieu Gardiner; September 27, 1824 – November 25, 1855) was an American poet and the wife of chemist Eben Norton Horsford. Mary L'Hommedieu Gardiner was born in New York City, the daughter of Samuel Smith Gardiner and Catherine L'Hommedieu. She was a descendant of Lion Gardiner and a cousin to Julia Gardiner Tyler. In 1840, she began a three-year course of education at Albany Female Academy. It was there that she met her future husband, Eben Norton Horsford, who was then a teacher. Her father, cautious of the young teacher's financial prospects, denied permission for the marriage until Horsford had attained the Rumford Chair of Physics, and the couple were married on August 4, 1847. They lived at Sylvester Manor, which had descended through her mother's family. Her career as a poet began in her youth and continued during her marriage. She wrote for ''The Knickerbocker'', ''Godey's Lady's Book'', and other periodicals. Her poem "My Nativ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magdalene Isadora La Grange
Magdalene Merritt (, LaGrange; September 17, 1864 – 1935) was an American poet. She published two volumes, ''Songs of the Helderberg'' (1893) and ''Helderberg harmonies'' (1909). Early life and education Magdalene Isadora La Grange was born in Guilderland, New York, September 17, 1864. Her parents were Myndert (1815-1892) and Julia Ann (1821-1902), second cousins of Count Johannes de la Grange who emigrated to the United States in 1656 from La Rochelle, France. Magdalene's siblings included, James, Andrew, Eleanor, Myndert, Vanderzee, Julia, Norman, Hester, Angelica, Ada, Harlan, Clinton, and Mary. Her family was of Huguenot origin. The ancestral home, "Elmwood Farm", was in the possession of the family for more than 200 years. Merritt was educated in the Albany Female College, Albany, New York. She studied for three years with Prof. William P. Morgan. Career She began at an early age to write prose articles for the press. Some of her early poems were published and were so we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Lynch Botta
Anne Charlotte Lynch Botta (November 11, 1815 – March 23, 1891) was an American poet, writer, teacher and socialite whose home was the central gathering place of the literary elite of her era. Biography Early life She was born Anne Charlotte Lynch in Bennington, Vermont. Her father was Patrick Lynch (died 1819), of Dublin, Ireland, who took part in the United Irishmen Rebellion of 1798. For this, he was imprisoned and then banished from Ireland. He came to the United States at the age of 18, eventually making his way to Bennington where he set up a dry-goods business, and where he met his future wife, Charlotte Gray (1789-1873), daughter of Revolutionary War veteran Lt. Col. Ebenezer Gray (1743-1795). Patrick Lynch and Charlotte Gray married in 1812. Along with their daughter Anne, they had a son, Thomas Rawson Lynch (1813-1845). Lynch's father died in 1819, shipwrecked off the coast of Puerto Principe, in the West Indies. After the death of her father, the family moved to Har ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New England Prep School Athletic Association
New or NEW may refer to: Music * New, singer of K-pop group The Boyz * ''New'' (album), by Paul McCartney, 2013 ** "New" (Paul McCartney song), 2013 * ''New'' (EP), by Regurgitator, 1995 * "New" (Daya song), 2017 * "New" (No Doubt song), 1999 * "new", a song by Loona from the 2017 single album '' Yves'' * "The New", a song by Interpol from the 2002 album ''Turn On the Bright Lights'' Transportation * Lakefront Airport, New Orleans, U.S., IATA airport code NEW * Newcraighall railway station, Scotland, station code NEW Other uses * ''New'' (film), a 2004 Tamil movie * New (surname), an English family name * NEW (TV station), in Australia * new and delete (C++), in the computer programming language * Net economic welfare, a proposed macroeconomic indicator * Net explosive weight, also known as net explosive quantity * Network of enlightened Women, an American organization * Newar language, ISO 639-2/3 language code new * Next Entertainment World, a South Korean media company ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Secondary Schools Admission Test Board
The Enrollment Management Association, formerly known as the Secondary School Admission Test Board (SSATB), is a nonprofit organization founded in 1957 in the United States by independent school admission officers with three goals in mind: to provide a forum for exchange and support among admission professionals, to create an admission test for use by private schools, and to assist parents and students in their independent school search. The Enrollment Management Association is a member organization servicing enrollment management professionals in more than 900 independent schools and organizations. The association offers a wide range of professional development services including webinars, special reports, and regional meetings. In addition, The Enrollment Management Association hosts the industry's largesannual conferencefocused exclusively on peer networking, information, and training. The Enrollment Management Association develops and administers the Secondary School Admiss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Association Of Boys' Schools
Association may refer to: *Club (organization), an association of two or more people united by a common interest or goal *Trade association, an organization founded and funded by businesses that operate in a specific industry *Voluntary association, a body formed by individuals to accomplish a purpose, usually as volunteers * Non profit association, a body formed by individuals to accomplish a purpose without any profit interest *Collaboration, the act of working together Association in various fields of study *Association (archaeology), the close relationship between objects or contexts. *Association (astronomy), combined or co-added group of astronomical exposures *Association (chemistry) *Association (ecology), a type of ecological community *Genetic association, when one or more genotypes within a population co-occur *Association (object-oriented programming), defines a relationship between classes of objects *Association (psychology), a connection between two or more concept ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Capital Region Independent Schools Association
The Capital Region Independent Schools Association (Crisa) includes 18 private, independent schools in the region of New York State. * Academy of the Holy Names, Albany (Girls, Day, K-12, Roman Catholic) * The Albany Academy, Albany (Boys, Day, K-12) * Albany Academy for Girls, Albany (Girls, Day, K-12) * Augustine Classical Academy, Mechanicville (Coed, Day, K-12, Classical & Christian) * Bet Shraga Hebrew Academy of the Capital District, Albany (Coed, Day, K-8, Jewish) Bethlehem Children's School Slingerlands (Coed, Day, K-8) * Brown School, Schenectady (Coed, Day, PreK-12) * Christian Brothers Academy, Colonie (Boys, Day, 6–12, Roman Catholic) * Darrow School, New Lebanon (Coed, Boarding/Day, 9–12) * Doane Stuart School, Rensselaer (Coed, Day, K-12) * Emma Willard School, Troy (Girls, Boarding/Day, 9–12) * Hoosac School, Hoosick, (Coed, Boarding/Day, 8–12, Episcopal) * Loudonville Christian School, Loudonville (Coed, Day, PreK-12, Evangelical Christian) * Monte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
