The Bolles School
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Jacksonville and Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida United States |
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| Type | Private, day, boarding |
| Motto | The Bolles Way: Pursuing excellence through courage, integrity, and compassion. |
| Established | 1933 |
| Head teacher | David J. Farace |
| Faculty | 200 |
| Grades | Pre-K – 12 |
| Enrollment | 1,800 |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Campus size | 84 acres (0.34 km2) |
| Color(s) | Blue and Orange |
| Nickname | Bulldogs |
| Newspaper | The Bugle |
| Yearbook | The Turris |
| Tuition | $47,000 (seven-day boarding) $23,870 (day student 9–12) $23,160 (day student 6–8) $18,300 (4–5) $14,530 (K-3) $9,600 (pre-K) |
| Website | bolles.org |
The Bolles School is an American private college preparatory day and boarding school in Jacksonville, Florida. It has a lower school (including pre-kindergarten), a middle school, and a high school, spread across four campuses around the Jacksonville area, and enrolls about 1,800 students a year. The school was founded in 1933 as an all-boys military academy. It dropped its military focus in 1962 and became coeducational in 1971. Its athletics programs have been recognized as some of the best in the Florida High School Athletic Association by Sports Illustrated magazine.
The school was founded as an all-boys' military academy in 1933 by Agnes Cain Painter, a friend of philanthropist Richard J. Bolles. The original campus, now known as the San Jose Campus, was founded in a former hotel on San Jose Boulevard near the east bank of the St. Johns River. Bolles announced that it would drop its military status in 1961 and the graduating class of 1962 ended the military era. It began admitting girls in 1971. Today, male and female students are enrolled in relatively equal numbers.
International students have enrolled at Bolles since the late 1930s, and the school maintains separate boys and girls boarding facilities for 90 students from other states and 22 foreign counties. The school also has an active Student exchange program with schools in Japan, France and Spain. Participants live with the host family while attending school.
John E. Trainer, Jr. served as the sixth Bolles President/Headmaster from 2002 until 2012 and oversaw growth of the Bartram campus, creation of an elementary school in Ponte Vedra Beach, and boosting the schools endowment. He was succeeded by Brian E. M. Johnson for the 2012-13 school year, who was succeeded by Bradley R. Johnson '79, who was succeeded by the current Head of School David J. Farace.
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