Hathaway Brown School

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Location
Hathaway Brown School
Shaker Heights, Ohio, USA
Information
Headmaster	William Christ
Students	832
Type	Private, Secular, All-Girls
Athletics	11 sports
Motto	Non Scholae Sed Vitae Discimus (We learn not for school but for life)
Mascot	Blazers
Established	1876
Colors	Brown and gold
Homepage	http://www.hb.edu

Hathaway Brown is an all-girls private school in Shaker Heights, Ohio, founded in 1876. It is also Ohio's oldest college preparatory school for girls. The HB experience spans the Early Childhood program, Primary School, Middle School, and Upper School.

1 History
- 1.1 Timeline
- 1.2 Headmaster
2 Mission
3 Athletics
- 3.1 Hathaway Brown Athletics Team Championships
4 Science Research & Engineering Program
5 Accreditation, Membership
6 Notable Alumnae

[edit] History

Hathaway Brown was born as "afternoon classes for young ladies" at the Brook School, a church-school for boys. In spite of a series of moves and changes in name, HB has provided a challenging education for young women for nearly 125 years. HB was created and nourished by the extraordinary generosity of Cleveland civic leaders. They imagined an institution devoted to the intellectual development of women at a time when hardly anyone believed women's minds mattered.

[edit] Timeline

1876: The head of the Brooks Academy allows young ladies to attend afternoon classes
1878: Frances Fisher establishes "Home and Day School"
1886: Anne Hathaway Brown buys school; later changes name to "Miss Anne H. Hathaway Brown's School for Girls"
1887: Miss Brown introduces our motto: non scholae sed vitae discimus ("we learn not for school but for life")
1911: Mary E. Raymond named principal of the Hathaway Brown School
1927: Cornerstone laid for the present complex that cost more than $1 million
1956: Anne Cutter Coburn, headmistress, helps to establish the Alumnae Fund for salaries, building maintenance, scholarship and endowment.
1966: First African-American student joins Hathaway Brown
1978: Margaret J. Madden, a Vassar graduate, named head of the school; oversees building expansion and four faculty chairs
1981:Strnad Fellowships in Creativity, an opportunity for a unique educational experience for juniors and seniors, created by Edna Dawley Strnad ’42.
1987: H. William Christ named 13th head of school
1991: Campaign for Hathaway Brown launched, raises $9.2 million through 1994
1996: W.E.S.T. (Women Engaged in Scholarly Thought) Fellowship Program launched for 7th and 8th graders who want to pursue independent study
1998: the Student Research Program launched
2008 or 2009: WorldWide Student Alliance is welcomed into The Hathaway Brown Community.

[edit] Headmaster

H. William Christ has been Head of School and teacher of English since 1987. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa and magna cum laude from Washington and Lee University, and received his M.A. from the University of Pennsylvania in English literature. Bill Christ is a leading advocate for girls' education nationally and has more than 20 years experience as a teacher and administrator in girls' schools. "His leadership," says National Coalition of Girls' Schools Director Meg Moulton, "has helped Hathaway Brown stand as a model for other schools as they think sensitively and proactively about what works well for girls in the classroom, on the playing field and in their lives."

[edit] Mission

Hathaway Brown School is dedicated to excellence in the education of girls. For us, educational excellence includes, but reaches well beyond, superb preparation for college. The true mission of the School, as reflected in our motto "Non scholae sed vitae discimus," is preparation for life.

We strive to foster in the minds of our students an abiding passion for learning, and in their hearts a constant devotion to strong character and public service. At this moment in history there is a great need for women of vision and courage who are empowered for leadership in a multicultural and globalized society. We seek to answer that need by inspiring our students to achieve their utmost potential, and rise boldly to the challenges of their times.

While transforming the lives of girls in our care is our primary calling, Hathaway Brown embraces broader aspirations as well: to help catalyze a new future for women; to stand among the country's leading schools in educational innovation; and to be such a force for the common good in our local community that we are cherished as a civic treasure.

[edit] Athletics

HB is renowned statewide for its great athletic program. It is consistently among the top athletic teams in Northeast Ohio. The team name is the Blazers, formerly the Preppers. The Preppers is also the name of HB's sibling school, University School. When the school decided to create its own identity, it was changed to the Blazers.

[edit] Hathaway Brown Athletics Team Championships

Basketball - OHSAA District Champions 2005, Private School League Champions 2002, 2004
Cross Country - Private School League Champions 2003, 2004
Golf - OHSAA District Champions 1998, Private School League Champions 2002, 2003, 2004
Field Hockey - OHSAA State Champions 2002, OHSAA District Champions 1983, 1985, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, Northeast Ohio Field Hockey League Champions 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, Private School League Champions 1994, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, Independent School League Champions 2005
Lacrosse - Midwest Schoolgirl Lacrosse Association Champions 1984, 1992, 2003, 2005, Private School League Champions 1995, 1996, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, Independent School League Champions 2006
Soccer - OHSAA State Champions 2004, OHSAA Regional Champions 2004, OHSAA District Champions 2003, 2004, Private School League Champions 2004, Independent School League Champions 2005
Softball - Private School League Champions 2004, 2005
Swimming and Diving - Private School League Champions 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, Independent School League Champions 2006
Tennis - Ohio Tennis Coaches' Association State Champions 2003, 2004, District Champions 1981, 1991, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, Northeast Ohio Tennis Assocation League Champions 1979 - Division A, 1980 - Division A, 1981 - Division A, 1983 - Division A, 1991 - Divison A, 1999 - Divison A/Group 1, 2000 - Division A/Group 2, 2001 - Division A, 2002 - Division C, 2003 - Division C, 2004 - Division A, 2004 - Division C, 2005 - Division A, Private School League Champions 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, Independent School League Champions 2005

[edit] Science Research & Engineering Program

Hathaway Brown’s Science Research & Engineering Program is an elective that was initiated in early 1998 by HB Director of Research Patricia K. Hunt. It now enrolls approximately one third of the grade 9-12 student population. Students in the Program are linked with supervising professionals from institutions such as Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals of Cleveland, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, NASA Glenn Research Center, and the Cleveland Museums of Art and Natural History for the purpose of conducting a research project. Once a placement is made, the SREP Director assists as necessary, also helping students prepare for optional competitions.

While most projects are scientific in nature, a number of students prefer to develop internship or shadowing experiences in non-scientific areas such as sports & entertainment management, architecture, radio broadcast, and fashion retail & marketing.

Current research projects in the Science Research & Engineering Program represent a cross section of the cutting edge research that is occurring in the Cleveland area, such as work on gene therapy, MEMS (microelectromechanical systems) nanotechnology, BioMEMS, and microelectrochemical sensor development, as well as research into cures for many life-threatening diseases. One project, called PEACE, addresses a real erosion problem in low earth orbit, and will fly in space twice, once as a short term exposure experiment aboard the space shuttle, and another time as a long term exposure experiment aboard the International Space Station. That version is in space now.

The work of HB’s Science Research & Engineering Program students has garnered hundreds of awards at the regional, state, national, and international levels since 1999, including hundreds of thousands of dollars in college scholarships, cash, and other prizes such as computers and all-expense paid trips to places including London, Germany, and Israel. Four SREP students have US Patents pending for their original inventions, and there are over 70 student authorships or co-authorships on technical publications or presentations.