Hawken School

Hawken School
Address
Map
12465 County Line Road

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44040

United States
Coordinates41°31′38″N 81°23′11″W / 41.52722°N 81.38639°W / 41.52722; -81.38639
Information
TypeSecular, Coeducational Private school
MottoThat the better self shall prevail, and each generation introduce its successor to a higher plane of life.
Established1915
FounderJames A. Hawken
CEEB code361-262
Head of schoolD. Scott Looney [1]
GradesP3-12
Enrollment1045 (2016-2017)
Student to teacher ratio9:1
Color(s)Red and Gray[2]   
Athletics conferenceChagrin Valley Conference[2]
NicknameHawks [2]
RivalUniversity School
AccreditationNorth Central Association of Colleges and Schools[3]
NewspaperThe Affirmative No
YearbookThe Onyx
Tuition$37,950 (12th grade)
Websitewww.hawken.edu

Hawken School is an independent, coeducational, college preparatory day school in Northeast Ohio.

Hawken currently has two main campuses, the Lower and Middle Schools in Lyndhurst and the Upper School in Chester Township, plus a third, an urban campus in University Circle, The Sally & Bob Gries Center for Experiential and Service Learning, which is utilized by all grade levels. Hawken's motto is quoted from John Lancaster Spalding's Education and the Higher Life: "That the better self shall prevail, and each generation introduce its successor to a higher plane of life"; although a sign with the secondary motto, "Fair Play," hangs in every classroom on either campus. A new middle school complex at the Lyndhurst campus was built for the 2006–07 school year. Construction on the Gates Mills campus finished in 2016, marking the opening of Stirn Hall. D. Scott Looney is the current Head of School, having assumed the position on July 1, 2006.[1]

  1. ^ a b Hawken School. "Meet the Head of School." Hawken School. Accessed January 20, 2012. https://www.hawken.edu/headofschool.
  2. ^ a b c OHSAA. "Ohio High School Athletic Association member directory". Archived from the original on 2010-11-03. Retrieved 2010-02-17.
  3. ^ NCA-CASI. "NCA-Council on Accreditation and School Improvement". Archived from the original on 2010-06-20. Retrieved 2010-02-17.