Grove School (Connecticut)

Grove School
Address
175 Copse Road Madison, Connecticut, 06443
Information
School type	Private, university-preparatory school, day and boarding
Founded	1934
CEEB code	070365
Director	Peter Chorney
Principal	Sean Kursawe
Education Director	Robert Ruggiero
Grades	7–12
Gender	Co-educational
Accreditation	New England Association of Schools and Colleges[1]
Website	www.groveschool.org

Grove School, in Madison, Connecticut, is a private, coeducational college-preparatory therapeutic boarding and day school (grades 7–12 and an optional postgraduate year). It utilizes a year-round, trimester calendar, with four two-week breaks. Total enrollment is about 160 students.^[2][3]

History

Grove was founded as a boys’ school in 1934 by Dr. Jess Perlman, who led the school until 1956.^[4][5] From 1956 to 1986, Dr. Jack Sanford Davis served as Executive Director.^[6] In 1986, Richard Chorney purchased Grove, converted it into a for-profit propriety corporation with a board of directors, and appointed his son Peter J. Chorney as Executive Director and President & CEO. In the fall of 1991, Grove School became coeducational.

Students

Most students hail from the Tristate Area and the New York metropolitan area, although some are from states including California, North Carolina, Wisconsin, and Texas, and countries including Kuwait, Austria, Haiti, and Iraq.

Faculty

Members of the employee community include teachers, faculty advisors, psychiatrists, therapists, spiritual advisors, and nurses, in addition to administrative and maintenance staff, a business office, care staff, and many others. An advisor, therapist, psychiatrist, and academic case manager comprise a treatment team, which maintains close contact with a student's family and school district, if applicable.^[7] Most faculty work full-time. Many teachers are dorm counselors as well. Many are recruited from local teaching colleges, especially CCSU, Yale University, and SCSU. Special education teachers also work as academic case managers. Advisors, who are assigned to about five students, double as administrators-on-duty or directors.^[8][9] Therapists typically have an LCSW, PhD, or other credential, and psychiatrists may also work as therapists.^[10][11] Many of the clinicians maintain private practices aside from Grove.^{[12][13][8][14]}

College placement

Students graduate from Grove and matriculate to a variety of two or four year colleges, or to work in a number of vocations^[15] Some of the most popular college choices include: Amherst College, Central Connecticut State University, Clark University, Curry College, Howard University, Keene State College, Liberty University, Maguire University, Middlesex Community College, Mitchell College, Morehouse College, Smith College, Southern Connecticut State University, Spellman College, Swarthmore College, The University of Chicago, The University of Vermont, University of Connecticut, Wesleyan University, Williams College, and Yale University.^[16][17][18]

Co-curricular activities

Grove has an extensive program in the performing arts that creates frequent student productions.^[19][20] Students may also choose to participate in a variety of varsity and junior varsity athletic teams.^[21] After the school day and on weekends, there are numerous recreational activities on and off campus. Student-run clubs meet weekly under the direction of a faculty adviser. Grove has a chapter of the National Honor Society.^[22] Finally, some students can engage in independent studies at Grove.^[23]

Alternative, Site-Specific, Therapeutic and Educational Adventure (ASSTEA) is a signature program at Grove. ASSTEA strives to connect students to the natural world in a setting outside of the traditional classroom. Typically lasting about a week, the program brings students abroad, where they have the chance to practice responsibility, leadership, and teamwork, while strengthening community.

Campus

Grove School is situated on ninety acres of marshes and woodlands, directly adjacent to the I-95 highway. The dormitories include White House, Middle House, Tessler–Olshin duplex, Lodge, Perlman, Redlich, Patch, Koegler, Charles, Loomis, Grey House, Red House, and Blue House. Grove has constructed many new buildings in the past five years. In 2010, the Alice Chorney Education Center, with nine classrooms, a science lab, a conference room, and a media center.^[24] In 2011, an office was built for the administrators-on-duty (AODs) during the day. In 2012, the Robert A. J. Ranieri III Athletics and Recreation Center was completed. In 2015, construction was finished on two new dormitories, the Tessler–Olshin duplex. Finally, in January 2016, a new dining hall was opened, with office space for therapists that opened separately in September.^[25]

References

External links

• Grove School website