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Shattuck-St Mary's School (also known as SSM) is a coeducational Episcopal Church-affiliated boarding school in Faribault, Minnesota known for its Centers of Excellence hockey, soccer and figure skating programs.
[edit] National recognitionIn the last decade, SSM has attracted national attention in areas the school refers to as "Centers of Excellence," namely ice hockey, soccer, figure skating, and the arts.[1] National Championships for SSM include the 2008 and 2007 18U Boys Hockey teams and the 2007 19U Girls Hockey team. The 2007 win for the 19U girls was their third straight National Championship. The 2007 16U Boys team placed second in nationals and the 14U Boys were also in the 2007 National tournament but lost in the Semifinals. On the ladies side the 16U team was also in the 2007 Nationals but failed to win a game.[2][3] The Girls U19 team in 2009 won the National Championship to regain their highly established reputation. A federal- and state-listed endangered species, the Dwarf Trout Lily, was initially discovered on the school's campus by a St. Mary's biology instructor in 1871. [edit] HistoryOn June 3, 1858, in a small rented building in Faribault, Minnesota, The Rev. Dr. James Lloyd Breck established the Episcopal mission school and seminary from which Shattuck-St. Mary's School has developed and prospered. When the school first opened, there were 45 young girls and boys and six divinity students, both Native American and white. About this time, the newly established Episcopal Diocese of Minnesota selected Henry Benjamin Whipple as its first Bishop. Bishop Whipple established his home in Faribault and, in 1860, took over the reins of the school, changing Breck's ambitious plan for "Bishop Seabury University" into something more realistic, namely "an honest school." In 1864, when Seabury Hall was completed, the school moved to its present site on the bluffs above the Straight River. With this change, the institution became a boarding school for young men and boys. In 1865, Tommy Crump, an English divinity student recently returned from the Civil War, started the boys drilling with sticks, thus beginning a military program that would last for more than a century. By 1866, more room was needed and, through the largess of Dr. George Cheyne Shattuck of Boston, Shattuck Hall was built specifically for the boys. Soon the grammar school itself became known as "Shattuck." That same year, Bishop Whipple opened a school for girls, St. Mary's Hall, in his home in downtown Faribault. The girls remained there until 1872 when the Bishop moved to a new house and St. Mary's Hall was turned over to a board of trustees. Also in 1872, the Chapel of the Good Shepherd was built through the generosity of Augusta Shumway of Chicago. Though she lost all her property in the great Chicago Fire, she kept her promise to build a chapel for "the Bishop's boys' school" by sending Whipple her insurance checks. With its rare all-stone spire, the chapel became the focal point of the Shattuck campus. By 1883, St. Mary's had also outgrown its downtown facilities, and a grand, ornate building, often referred to as "the Castle on the Rhine," was built on the bluffs, less than a half mile south of Shattuck. That unique building burned in 1924, and the limestone structure that stands today was built less than a year later. Both schools saw rapid growth during the next few years. Dr. James Dobbin, who had succeeded Dr. Breck in 1866 and who served as Rector of Shattuck School until 1914, was responsible for the construction of many beautiful limestone buildings, including the first Whipple Hall and the present Shumway Hall. In 1901, Dr. Dobbin founded St. James School for younger boys about a half mile north of Shattuck. In 1932, Seabury Theological Seminary merged with Western Theological Seminary and moved to Evanston, Illinois. In 1972, the three schools, Shattuck, St. Mary's and St. James, were joined into what is known today as Shattuck-St. Mary's School. In 1974, the military program was discontinued, and the St. James campus was sold. In 1988, the residential and academic programs were reconfigured so that the Middle School students (grades 6-8) were at the St. Mary's campus and the Upper School students (grades 9-12) were at the Shattuck Campus. In the early 1990s, facing serious financial concerns and declining enrollment a decision was made that would permanently change the course of the school. The school owned the only ice arena in Faribault and decided to use that to its competitive advantage to create a world class hockey program. This model, known as a 'center of excellence', has been expanded to include soccer, figure skating, the Center for Academic Achievement, and the Preconservatory Strings program. The School has grown 50% in the last 6 years, with students from 19 countries and 35 states. SSM's Total enrollment in the 2008-2009 school year was 435. In mid-2009, the Saint James campus was reaquired, and is currently being used for faculty housing, and is partially being rented out to the Cannon Valley STEM School for grades K-8. The School will break ground in the Fall of 2009 on its STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) building. [edit] Notable alumni
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[edit] References[edit] External linksCoordinates: 44°18′22″N 93°15′36″W / 44.30611°N 93.26°W
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