The Donoho School

The Donoho School
Address
2501 Henry Road
Anniston, Alabama
USA
Coordinates 33°39′12″N 85°47′25″W / 33.65333°N 85.79028°W / 33.65333; -85.79028Coordinates: 33°39′12″N 85°47′25″W / 33.65333°N 85.79028°W / 33.65333; -85.79028
Information
Established 1963
President David Noone
Enrollment 347[1]
Mascot Falcons
Website School website

The Donoho School is a private school in Anniston, Alabama that was honored by the Blue Ribbon Schools Program in 2005.[2] The Donoho School serves students in grades 1 through 12 as well as early childhood education.[1]

History

Founded as a secondary institution in 1963 and chartered under the name of The Anniston Academy, the school has enjoyed a healthy expansion to meet the growing needs of the community it serves. The present Lower Division was founded as The Episcopal Day School in 1961 as an independent elementary school. Housed originally in the facilities of the Church of St. Michael and All Angels, the school moved into Grace Episcopal Church in 1967.

In 1970, headmaster Allan Strand attributed the school's growth to white parents fleeing racially integrated public schools.[3]

In 1976 the name was changed to The Donoho School in recognition of Mrs. Harriet Wallis Donoho, a founder and benefactor of the school. In 1983, then headmaster Tom Potts said they the name change was also motivated by a desire to distance the school from similarly named all white segregation academies that had opened in other Alabama cities[4]

In the summer of 1976, The Episcopal Day School merged with The Donoho School and became the Lower Division. In 1980 the Lower and Middle Divisions moved into a new facility constructed on the Donoho campus and The Donoho Upper School divided to become a Middle Division, containing grades seven and eight, and an Upper Division for grades nine through twelve.

In 1981, the headmaster said the school not a segregation academy and would like to enroll more black students.[5]

In 1989 the Middle Division moved into a new facility constructed adjacent to the Upper Division. This expansion allowed the school to offer two sections per grade in kindergarten through grade twelve. Further additions in the early childhood department have brought the school to its current status of two sections in pre-kindergarten through grade twelve.

Facilities

"The Donoho School" campus of approximately 75 acres is located in the foothills of the southern Appalachian Mountains. Anniston, Alabama is accessible with two exits on Interstate Route 20 approximately 100 miles from Atlanta, Georgia, to the east, and 60 miles from Birmingham, Alabama, to the west.

The Upper, Middle and Lower divisions are in separate buildings though closely located. The academic facilities are designed to accommodate the college preparatory program. The facilities include the Harriet Wallis Donoho Library which has over makes available to students over 14,000 volumes.

References

  1. 1 2 , accessed September 16, 2017
  2. ↑ , accessed November 5, 2009
  3. ↑ Sherman, Amelia (May 24, 1970). "Private School Increasing in County". Anniston Star. p. 8A.
  4. ↑ McViccar, D Morgan (September 29, 1983). "Donoho School Designation Honors Potts". Anniston Star. p. 1.
  5. ↑ Johnston, Erica (April 12, 1981). "School rolls are shrinking". Anniston Star. p. 1.
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