The Woodward School is a school for girls in grades 6 - 12 and was founded in 1894. Located in

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, near

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, it is the only private

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in the city. On top of its core syllabus, the school offers AP courses, Latin, French, Spanish, Visual Arts, Rhetoric, Computer Science Music, Theatre, and a internship program for high school students.

History

The Woodward School was founded by Dr. Ebenezer Woodward, a prominent physician and cousin of

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. When Dr. Woodward died in 1869, his will established a trust fund to create and maintain a girls' school equivalent to the boys-only Adams Academy. The town of Quincy (which became a city in 1888) was named trustee of the fund, and was given 25 years to build the school. Management of the school was allocated in perpetuity to the town's selectmen. The school building was designed by E. G. Thayer in the Queen Anne style, with clapboard siding and a

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roof. It was built by Stephen Loxon and completed in 1894, just short of the 25-year deadline. It was added to the

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as Woodward Institute on November 13, 1989, reference number 89001954.

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External links

History of the school at the Woodward School homepageWoodward School's planned expansionWoodward's Latin programSchool's success in Christmas Parade float competition
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