An orphan school is a secular or religious institution dedicated to the education of children whose families cannot afford to have them educated. In countries with universal
public education
State schools (in England, Wales, Australia and New Zealand) or public schools (Scottish English and North American English) are generally primary or secondary schools that educate all students without charge. They are funded in whole or in pa ...
systems, orphan schools are no longer common.
Orphan schools in the United States
The casualties of
American Civil War did more than simply reduce the male population of the country, they also dramatically increased the number of widows and orphans. Many states reacted to the crisis by erecting new (or taking over existing) buildings to "care for, educate and train the children of fallen soldiers."
Orphan schools in Ireland
See also
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Orphanage
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Foundling hospital
The Foundling Hospital in London, England, was founded in 1739 by the philanthropic sea captain Thomas Coram. It was a children's home established for the "education and maintenance of exposed and deserted young children." The word "hospital" w ...
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Residential education
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Girard College
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Friends of the Orphans
NPH USA is a non-profit organization operating in Latin America and the Caribbean to support the homes, health services, and educational programs of Nuestros Pequeños Hermanos (NPH, Spanish for "Our Little Brothers and Sisters"). They aim to h ...
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Catholic Charities
The Catholic Church operates numerous charitable organizations.
Catholic spiritual teaching includes spreading the Gospel, while Catholic social teaching emphasises support for the sick, the poor and the afflicted through the corporal and spir ...
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Howard Association
Howard Association, a benevolent organization, was formed in Norfolk, Virginia during the 1856 Yellow Fever Epidemic which killed 1 in 3 residents of Norfolk and sister city Portsmouth in Hampton Roads. Contributions were used to set up a hospit ...
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United States Children's Bureau
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Orphans International
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Charles Loring Brace
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Roman Catholic Orphan School
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Bellefaire Orphanage
The Bellefaire Orphanage was a Jewish orphanage in Cleveland Ohio founded in 1868 as an orphanage for children who lost their parents in the Civil War, making it one of the oldest orphanages in the US.
The orphanage was established by the Midwest ...
(Ohio)
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Bethesda Orphanage
Bethesda Academy (previously known as Bethesda Home for Boys) is a boys' school and former orphanage located in unincorporated Chatham County, Georgia, in the United States, near Savannah. Its historic building was listed on the National Registe ...
(Georgia)
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Girls and Boys Town
Boys Town, officially Father Flanagan's Boys' Home, is a non-profit organization based in Boys Town, Nebraska, dedicated to caring for children and families.
History
Boys Town was founded on December 12, 1917, as an orphanage for boys. Origin ...
(Nebraska)
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Leake and Watt's Children's Home
Leake and Watts Services, Inc. is a not-for-profit social services agency in New York City that provides services for children and families in the areas of foster care, adoption, special education, Head Start and other related subjects. (New York City, New York)
* St Joseph's Orphanage (
Crescent Hill, Louisville
Crescent Hill is a neighborhood four miles (6 km) east of downtown Louisville, Kentucky USA. This area was originally called "Beargrass" because it sits on a ridge between two forks of Beargrass Creek. The boundaries of Crescent Hill are N E ...
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St. Cabrini Home (West Park, New York)
* Carversville Christian Orphanage (
Carversville, Pennsylvania
Carversville is an unincorporated community and geographically isolated area in Solebury Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States, approximately 45 miles north of Philadelphia. It was originally a Lenape gathering placed called Aquet ...
)
* Light of Hope Orphanage (
Gore Orphanage
Gore Orphanage is the subject of a local legend in Northern Ohio, which refers to a supposedly haunted ruin near the city of Vermilion, Ohio, Vermilion in Lorain County, Ohio, Lorain County, Ohio. The ruin is a building that formerly housed the Sw ...
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Sequoyah High School (Oklahoma)
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Howard Colored Orphan Asylum (
Weeksville, Brooklyn, New York)
* Masonic Home for Children (
Oxford, North Carolina)
References
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External links
Orphans' Home Website
Child welfare
Social welfare charities
School types
Adoption, fostering, orphan care and displacement