Stoneleigh-Burnham School (SBS) is an independent boarding and day school for girls in grades 7–12 and postgraduate. Founded in 1869, the school is a combination of five founding schools in New England, but resides today on a campus in Greenfield, Massachusetts, United States, located in the Pioneer Valley. Stoneleigh-Burnham is affiliated with the National Coalition of Girls' Schools (NCGS), the National Association of Independent Schools, The Association of Boarding Schools, and is accredited with the New England Association of Schools and Colleges. The Head of Stoneleigh-Burnham School is Stephanie Luebbers. The school's motto is ''Veritas Supra Omnia'' (Truth Above All); and the school's mascot is an owl named Athena who wears the colors blue and white.

History

Stoneleigh-Burnham School is the result of the merger of five girls’ schools, dating back to 1869 with the Prospect Hill School of Greenfield, Massachusetts. The history of Stoneleigh-Burnham School as a timeline: * 1869: Prospect Hill School founded in Greenfield, Massachusetts, by Reverend John Farwell Moors. * 1877: The Classical School for Girls founded in Northampton, Massachusetts, by Bessie Talbot Capen and Mary A. Burnham. The founders are encouraged by then-President of Smith College, Laurenus Clarke Seelye, to provide young women with a better preparation for entrance into Smith College. * 1885: The Classical School for Girls is renamed the Mary A. Burnham School, in honor of founder Burnham. * 1909: The Elmhurst School is founded in Connersville, Indiana, by Isabel Cressler and Caroline Sumner, also at the urging of Seelye. * 1926: Elmhurst School relocates to a larger campus in Rye, New Hampshire, and is renamed the Stoneleigh School for Girls. * 1930: The Stoneleigh School for Girls merges with Prospect Hill School forming Stoneleigh-Prospect Hill School on what is today the Stoneleigh-Burnham School campus. * 1968: Stoneleigh-Prospect Hill merges with the Mary A. Burnham School to form Stoneleigh-Burnham School.

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External links

* * Head of Schoo
official blog

The Association of Boarding Schools profile
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