The Eastern Independent League ( EIL ) is composed of eleven New England preparatory schools that compete athletically and academically. The EIL's eleven members compete in a number of sports in the New England Prep School Athletic Conference (NEPSAC).
7-627: The Eastern Independent League is composed of 11 schools. Sports played in the EIL include: The EIL has been one of the most competitive boys' basketball leagues in New England over the years. Recently, however, the league has been dominated by Beaver Country Day School who won every championship between the 2009–10 and 2018–19 seasons. Beaver Country Day School 42°19′06″N 71°09′52″W / 42.31838°N 71.16444°W / 42.31838; -71.16444 Beaver Country Day School
14-509: A progressive educator and a follower of the educational reformer John Dewey ; Smith had previously been head of the Park School of Baltimore . The school opened in a facility in Brookline and moved to the present Chestnut Hill campus in the mid-1920s. Crosby Hodgman succeeded Smith as headmaster in 1943 and led the school until 1967 when Donald Nickerson became head. Nickerson resigned in 1973 and
21-696: Is an independent, college-preparatory day school for students in grades 6 through 12, founded in 1920. The school is located on a 17-acre (69,000 m ) campus in the village of Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts , near Boston . Beaver is a member of the Cum Laude Society , the Independent Curriculum Group, and the National Association of Independent Schools . Beaver is accredited by the New England Association of Schools. Beaver
28-645: Is diverse, with students coming from over 60 towns in the metropolitan Boston area and speaking 20 languages besides English at home. About 25% of students and 25% of faculty are people of color. Twenty-five percent of students receive financial aid . Tuition for the 2022–2023 academic year for all grades was $ 58,805. Beaver is a part of the Eastern Independent League and fields interscholastic teams in sailing, soccer, field hockey, golf, cross country, basketball, fencing , volleyball, wrestling, squash, baseball, softball, tennis, ultimate , and lacrosse. In
35-403: The art department at the school in 1921 and remained on the faculty until 1949. Beaver offers grades 6 through 12. Enrollment (2019-2020) is 491 students, of whom 355 are in the upper school (grades 9–12) and about 136 are in the middle school (grades 6–8). Classes average about 15 students; one hundred percent of Beaver graduates go on to four-year colleges and universities. The school community
42-510: Was incorporated as an elementary school and an all-girls high school in 1920 by a group of parents who were interested in progressive education and the Country Day School movement . The school was named in Boston, where some of the founders had been involved with a school for younger children, later referred to as "Little Beaver." Beaver's first school principal was Eugene Randolph Smith,
49-566: Was succeeded by Philip E. McCurdy. McCurdy's successor, Jerome B. Martin led the school from 1985 until 1992, when Peter R. Hutton took over. Peter Hutton stepped down in June 2020, and Kim Samson took over as Head of School. From the 1930s into the early 1940s, Beaver was part of the Eight-Year Study , an educational experiment to test the efficacy of progressive education. The school adopted coeducation in 1971. Painter Beatrice Van Ness founded
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