2009, ISBN: 9781156241196

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Blair Academy is a private, coeducational, secondary Boarding high school with an enrollment of about 448 students for grades nine through twelve. The school has 78 faculty members. The school's campus is situated on 435 acres (1.76 km) hilltop in Blairstown Township, approximately 60 miles (97 km) west Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Blair Academy is a private, coeducational, secondary Boarding high school with an enrollment of about 448 students for grades nine through twelve. The school has 78 faculty members. The school's campus is situated on 435 acres (1.76 km) hilltop in Blairstown Township, approximately 60 miles (97 km) west of New York City, in rural Warren County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2009-10 school year, the school has an enrollment of 448 students and 60 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a studentteacher ratio of 7:1. The school was established by railroad magnate and noted philanthropist John Insley Blair (1862-1843) with help from the Presbyterian Church and other town fathers of Blairstown Township. Mr. Blair, The Reverend John A. Reiley, minister of the First Presbyterian Church, and Mr. John Bunnell, a local carriage maker, met on April 6, 1848 and agreed on the site for the school. Mr. Blair gave a small building (now known as Old Academy) to be called Blair Presbyterial Academy. Since the universal public education act was ten years away, Blair Academy assumed the task of educating the sons and daughters of local farmers and merchants, soon reaching beyond the surrounding community. John I. Blair was the schools principal benefactor, and his gifts of land made the growth of the school possible, such as Locke, East and Insley Hall. Mr. Blairs son, later provided the funds for the construction of Clinton Hall, the gymnasium, and general improvements and expansion of his house. The original gifts of John I. Blair were made by deeds of trust, which provided for the control and management of the school. From its founding and through the deeds of trust, Blair has always been closely associated with the Presbyterian Church specifically. More: Books, , High-Schools-in-Warren-County-New-Jersey~~Books-LLC, , , , , , , , , , General Books LLC<