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- Oct, 1993 Issue #24 |
JOHN DEWEY ACADEMY ACCREDITATION
Great Barrington, Massachusetts
413-528-9800
A year ago, a team of six educators
visited The John Dewey Academy for three days.
Malcolm W. Gauld, Head of the Hyde School, served
as the chairperson; Christopher Norris, Assistant
Head of Proctor Academy, served as co-chair of this
committee. Other members were John N. Buxton, Assistant
Headmaster of St. Paul's School; Nancy Juliano,
Foreign Language Department Head, The Ethel Walker School;
C. Jay Readinger, Business Manager, Moses Brown
School; and Joyce Wilson, Mathematics Department
Head, Suffield Academy. The committee read a 1450
page report, interviewed students, faculty, and parents, observed
classes, studied policies and student files before submitting
a 28 page report which concluded, "The Visiting Committee
departed Great Barrington inspired by what it saw and excited
for the future of the School."
The John Dewey Academy not only
has the smallest enrollment but also is the first proprietary
school to receive accreditation from The New England Association
of Schools and Colleges. The John Dewey Academy is a residential,
twelve months, college preparatory, therapeutic high school
which provides intensive educational and counseling for self-destructive,
acting-out, gifted adolescents who possesses superior innate
intellectual and creative potential. Some students had been
hospitalized. Many arrive medicated, though none currently
are.
Dr. Thomas Bratter, president,
states, "The New England Association of Schools and Colleges
has demonstrated its integrity and courage by approving this
quality school because in view of my personal legal difficulties,
the decision could have been delayed. Quite understandably
the entire John Dewey Academy appreciates and is honored to
become the newest accredited school by NEASC.
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© 1993, Woodbury Reports, Inc. (This article may be reproduced
without prior approval if the copyright notice and proper
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