The Woodward School | |
Motto: | Discimus Ut Ducamus We Learn So That We May Lead |
Established: | 1894 |
Type: | Private school |
Gender: | Female |
Headmaster: | Alex Magay |
Head Name: | Second Master |
Head Name2: | Assistant Headmaster |
Faculty: | 12 |
Grades: | 6-12 |
Streetaddress: | 1102 Hancock Street |
City: | Quincy |
State: | MA |
Country: | United States |
Campus: | Urban |
Athletics: | Wildcats |
Free Label: | Emblem |
Website: | thewoodwardschool.org |
Location: | 1102 Hancock St., Quincy, Massachusetts |
Coordinates: | 42.255°N -71.0058°W |
Built: | 1893 |
Architect: | Thayer, E.G. |
Architecture: | Queen Anne |
Added: | November 13, 1989 |
Refnum: | 89001954 |
The Woodward School is a school for girls in grades 6 - 12 and was founded in 1894. Located in Quincy, Massachusetts, near Quincy Center, it is the only private high school in the city.[1] On top of its core syllabus, the school offers AP courses, Latin, French, Spanish, Visual Arts, Rhetoric, Computer Science Music, Theatre, and a internship program for high school students.
The Woodward School was founded by Dr. Ebenezer Woodward, a prominent physician and cousin of John Adams. When Dr. Woodward died in 1869, his will established a trust fund to create and maintain a girls' school equivalent to the boys-only Adams Academy. The town of Quincy (which became a city in 1888) was named trustee of the fund, and was given 25 years to build the school.[1] [2] Management of the school was allocated in perpetuity to the town's selectmen. The school building was designed by E. G. Thayer in the Queen Anne style, with clapboard siding and a slate roof. It was built by Stephen Loxon and completed in 1894, just short of the 25-year deadline.[3] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places as Woodward Institute on November 13, 1989, reference number 89001954.