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

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, but resides today on a campus in

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, located in the

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. Stoneleigh-Burnham is affiliated with the

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(NCGS), the

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, The Association of Boarding Schools, and is accredited with the

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. 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

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named

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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

, by Reverend John Farwell Moors. * 1877: The Classical School for Girls founded in

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, by Bessie Talbot Capen and Mary A. Burnham. The founders are encouraged by then-President of

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, 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

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, 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.

References

External links

* * Head of Schoo
official blog

The Association of Boarding Schools profile
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