Roycemore School

Roycemore School is an independent, nonsectarian, co-educational college preparatory school located in Evanston, Illinois serving students in pre-kindergarten through Grade 12. The school's current enrollment is approximately 315 students. The school's old building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[1]

History

Roycemore School was founded in 1915 as a co-ed school, but boys could only go up to 3rd grade. It became fully co-ed in 1962.

Originally located in north Evanston, Illinois, near Northwestern University, Roycemore's signature Prairie Style building was designed by noted Prairie School architect Thomas Eddy Tallmadge.[2][3] Tallmadge, who worked with the renowned Daniel H. Burnham, later taught at Armour Institute (Illinois Institute of Technology). The former Roycemore School building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987, based upon its unique open Prairie Style school floor plan.[1]

Relocation

As its property lease with Northwestern University for the lot at Lincoln St. and Orrington Ave. was due to end in 2014, in early 2000 the school began looking for another Evanston location that would allow room to continue a trend of enrollment growth that had occurred over the previous 10 years, with updated technology and to accommodate a larger, regulation-sized gymnasium.

Roycemore began classes at 1200 Davis Street in Evanston on January 6, 2012. The 3 acre lot, adjacent to Evanston's Alexander Park, was the location of a 55,000-square-foot building that was once the headquarters of the General Board of Pension Funds for the United Methodist Church. Roycemore completely renovated the building and added a nearly 8,000-square-foot gymnasium.

Athletics

The school has no-cut athletic teams starting in the fifth grade, including basketball, soccer and volleyball.

Roycemore's mascot is the Griffin and the school colors are blue and gold.

Each year, Roycemore School holds its annual Palio, which is the school's oldest tradition. Palio was modeled after the pageant that proceeds the Palio di Siena in Italy. Students from grades 1-12 display the progress they have made in physical education classes during the year. The emphasis is on rhythmics, dance, gymnastics, and sports skills. Roycemore's Palio has a colorful procession, where each new Kindergarten class is handed down a banner with the coat of arms from the graduating Senior class that the younger students will carry until graduation in twelfth grade.

Notable alumni

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "Thomas Tallmadge". Prairie Styles. Retrieved December 4, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Thomas Tallmadge Commissions". Prairie Styles. Retrieved December 4, 2013.
  4. ↑ Schulman, Daniel. "Frances Badger". chicagomodern.org. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
  5. ↑ Inspiring Excellence, Celebrating Individuality (PDF). Roycemore School. p. 9. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
  6. ↑ Sleeman, Elizabeth. The International Who's Who of Women 2002 (3rd ed.). Europa Publications. p. 221. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
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