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Tabor Academy (Massachusetts) Alumni
Tabor Academy may refer to: * Tabor Academy, Braintree, a secondary school in Braintree, Essex, England *Tabor Academy (Massachusetts) Tabor Academy is an independent preparatory school located in Marion, Massachusetts, United States. Tabor is known for its marine science courses. Tabor's location on Sippican Harbor, Buzzards Bay, has earned it the name of "The School by the ..., a college preparatory school in Marion, Massachusetts, United States See also * Tabor (other) {{Schooldis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tabor Academy, Braintree
Tabor Academy is a Secondary school with Academy status located in Braintree, Essex, England. Its executive headteacher is Anita Johnson, the CEO of the Loxford School Trust and the Headteacher of Loxford School, and Tabor's headteacher is Sarah Speller, who took over from Elizabeth Robinson in 2018. History The school started life in the early part of the twentieth century on Panfield Lane. Nominally co-educational, girls and boys were separated; the school effectively was split into two parts. Later with the introduction of the 1944 Education Act the school opened as a newly established secondary modern school and eventually became a fully coeducational school. It was eventually renamed the Margaret Tabor Secondary Modern School. The Tabor part of the name derived from the then local and prominent Tabor family who were major woollen merchants in the 16th century. The family shield was used as the badge of the school, and can still be seen today decorating Bocking bridg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tabor Academy (Massachusetts)
Tabor Academy is an independent preparatory school located in Marion, Massachusetts, United States. Tabor is known for its marine science courses. Tabor's location on Sippican Harbor, Buzzards Bay, has earned it the name of "The School by the Sea". ''The Wall Street Journal'' in 2007 ranked Tabor as one of the world's top 50 schools to prepare students to gain acceptance to America's most elite universities. Tabor participates in the Independent School League (ISL) and is a member of the New England Preparatory School Athletic Council . History Taber's vision Tabor Academy was founded in 1876 as a school for children from Marion, Massachusetts, by a bequest in the will of Elizabeth Sprague (Pitcher) Taber, a wealthy widow and benefactress of the town. Article 27 of her will stated, "I have lately caused to be erected on a lot owned by me in Marion Lower Village, a building ... to be known as 'The Tabor Academy'." She named the school after Mount Tabor, a mountain of biblical im ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |