Doane Stuart School
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Rensselaer, New York United States |
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| Type | Independent school, private school, co-ed |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Ecumenical / Episcopal |
| Established | 1852 (as Kenwood Academy) |
| Head of school | Pamela Clarke |
| Faculty | 50 teachers |
| Grades | Pre-K-12 |
| Enrollment | 290 students |
| Average class size | 14 students |
| Student to teacher ratio | 7:1 |
| Campus | 24 acres (97,000 m2) |
| Color(s) | Navy Blue and Forest Green |
| Athletics | 7 interscholastic sports teams |
| Mascot | Thunder Chicken |
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Van Rensselaer High School
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| Location | 199 Washington Ave., Rensselaer, New York |
| Coordinates | 42°39′32″N 73°43′37″W / 42.65889°N 73.72694°WCoordinates: 42°39′32″N 73°43′37″W / 42.65889°N 73.72694°W |
| Area | 24.53 acres (9.93 ha) |
| Built | 1930-1931, 1938-1939 |
| Architect | Gardinier, Clarence H.; Fullerton, Howard O. |
| Architectural style | Art Deco |
| NRHP Reference # | 12000511 |
| Added to NRHP | August 14, 2012 |
The Doane Stuart School is an independent, private coeducational school in Rensselaer, New York. School materials indicate a low student to teacher ratio and a college preparatory curriculum. The school also has emphases on community service and interfaith tolerance. The school is a member of the National Association of Episcopal Schools and the National Association of Independent Schools.
The Doane Stuart School was founded in 1975 as a merger between the Roman Catholic Kenwood Academy (founded by the Society of the Sacred Heart in 1852) and the Episcopal St. Agnes School (founded 1870). This unique merger is the only known merger of a Roman Catholic school and an Episcopal school in the United States.
The name Doane Stuart was chosen to honor the First Episcopal Bishop of Albany, the Right Reverend William Croswell Doane, son of George Washington Doane founder of St. Mary's Hall-Doane Academy, now Doane Academy, and the Roman Catholic educator, Janet Erskine Stuart, RSCJ. Doane Stuart was established as a co-educational school.
The location chosen for the school was the campus of the old Kenwood Academy, located in Albany. The Convent of the Sacred Heart leased space to the school, while retaining a retirement home for its sisters on the site. Initially, the school included boarding for girls as well an English as a Second Language program for foreign students. In the early 1990s, the boarding and ESL programs were ended.
On March 2008, the Board of Trustees of Doane Stuart announced it had decided to end its affiliation with the Network of Sacred Heart Schools. At about the same time, the Convent of the Sacred Heart notified the school it would not renew its lease on the Kenwood campus.
In April 2008, the Board of Directors sent a letter to school supporters stating that an offer it made to purchase the former Van Rensselaer High School in Rensselaer, New York had been accepted. The former high school was built in two sections in 1930-1931 and 1938-1939; the latter section built with Public Works Administration funds. It is a two-story, "T"-shaped brick and cut stone building on a raised basement. An addition was erected in 1995. The gable roof is topped by a three-stage octagonal cupola. It has a projecting cut stone entrance with Art Deco styling. The building housed a public school until 2007.
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