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20-530: The cemetery is nonsectarian , and contains the graves of many famous people in its 10  ha area. It is maintained by the Tokyo Metropolitan Park Association. Zōshigaya Cemetery was founded by the local government of Tokyo Prefecture in 1874 as a public graveyard following the policy of the new government of the Meiji period , which prohibited burial in the central part of Tokyo. Cremation

40-408: A 500-seat performance center, library, dining commons for locally sourced lunches, and athletic, music and arts facilities. The students change buildings for various classes and use the entire campus throughout their day. The main buildings house 41 classrooms, five science laboratories, nine computer laboratories (three classroom and six mobile), three music classrooms, two art studios, a darkroom ,

60-472: A digital photography laboratory, a foreign language laboratory, a library, a performance center, two gymnasia, and a science wing. In 2012, the school opened residences for foreign students, and it hosts 25-35 international students from as many as 15 different countries and four continents. In 2013, students began organizing and hosting an annual TEDx conference on campus, as an independently organized TED event. In 2014, Allendale Columbia School created

80-438: A diverse variety of online courses to students around the world. In 2016, the school celebrated its 125th anniversary. Allendale Columbia School is merged with The Harley School for interscholastic sports competition in grades 7 through 12. The two schools began coordinating their athletic programs during the 1972–1973 school year. The joint program is referred to as Harley Allendale Columbia (HAC) and originally competed as

100-644: A fraternity in which ability, open-mindedness, farsightedness, and a progressive, forward-looking attitude would be recognized as the basic attributes." It currently boasts 35 chapters and four colonies in the United States and one chapter in Canada . The fraternity founded the Pi Lambda Phi Fraternity Educational Foundation The first nonsectarian sorority was Phi Sigma Sigma . Phi Sigma Sigma ( ΦΣΣ ), colloquially known as "Phi Sig",

120-632: A positive impact locally and globally." Allendale Columbia has sixty-nine teachers. Of the twenty-five Upper School faculty members, 96% hold advanced degrees. Allendale Columbia School occupies more than 30 acres (12 ha) in Pittsford, New York that stretches to Oak Hill Country Club . The school is separated into three divisions: Lower School, Middle School and Upper School. The school also offers pre-primary school for children 18 months to three years old. While these divisions each have their own areas on campus, they share many common spaces, including

140-540: A summerLEAP partnership with School 17 of the Rochester City School District to provide summer enrichment programs for RCSD students. In 2015, the school unveiled a new design and innovation laboratory with 3D printers, Mac computers, drafting tables, and tools. That year, the school also partnered with the Hybrid Learning Consortium . It creates a globalized learning community offering

160-448: Is most often used to challenge support to Catholic parochial schools (38% of private school attendance); Protestant schools with an undifferentiated "Christian" often get a pass. These schools often claim both "nonsectarian" and "Christian" in their promotional materials. The United States Department of Education differentiates Christian from Conservative Christian in its analyses. Organizations that are explicitly nonsectarian include

180-714: The Apex Clubs of Australia , those participating in the Ethical Culture Movement , the National Jewish Medical and Research Center , and the Tibetan Buddhist Center of Philadelphia. In Northern Ireland , nonsectarian refers to groups identifying themselves as neither Republican or Unionist , such as the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland , Green Party Northern Ireland , People Before Profit or

200-521: The Police Service of Northern Ireland . Allendale Columbia School Allendale Columbia School (often shortened to Allendale Columbia or abbreviated as A.C. ) is an independent , nonsectarian , college preparatory school for students in nursery through twelfth grade in Rochester, New York , USA. The Columbia School for girls, established in 1890 by Caroline Milliman and Alida Lattimore, and

220-1064: The University of Richmond , Syracuse University , Tulane University , the University of Chicago , the University of Denver , the University of Southern California , Vanderbilt University , the Washington University in St. Louis , and Woodbury University in California. Private primary and secondary schools in the United States that self-identify as being nonsectarian include Allendale Columbia School in Rochester, New York , Baylor School in Chattanooga, Tennessee , Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School in New York, Germantown Academy in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania (the oldest nonsectarian school in

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240-468: The Allendale School for boys, established in 1926 by a group of Rochester businessmen, merged in 1972 to form the current co-educational school. Allendale Columbia students come from 28 different school districts in the greater Rochester, New York region, as well as from 10 different countries. International students live in two houses on campus. The school was named by Worth magazine as of one of

260-718: The Harley-Allendale Columbia Braves. In 1997, students of both schools voted to change the team name from the Braves to the Wolves. Team supporters are known as the Wolfpack. The HAC enforces a "no-cut" athletic program, and varsity places are guaranteed for any committed seniors. The HAC co-ordination exists to enhance the interscholastic athletic program of both schools by combining student bodies and resources, as well as faculty for coaching purposes. The school has had success in

280-503: The Tokyo Metropolitan Park Association in 1985. The name of the cemetery at first was Zōshigaya-Asahidechō-Bochi ( 雑司ヶ谷旭出町墓地 ) ; as Zōshigaya-Asahidechō was the name of the town in which it was located. It was changed to the current name of Zōshigaya Reien ( 雑司ヶ谷霊園 ) in 1935. Among those interred here are (Japanese surnames are in capital letters): Before Natsume Sōseki himself was buried in Zōshigaya Cemetery, he selected

300-608: The United States) , Pine Crest School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida , and The Pembroke Hill School in Kansas City, Missouri . Pi Lambda Phi ( ΠΛΦ or Pi Lam) is a college social fraternity founded by Frederick Manfred Werner, Louis Samter Levy, and Henry Mark Fisher at Yale University in 1895. It was founded as the first nonsectarian fraternity, "a fraternity in which all men were brothers, no matter what their religion;

320-1641: The cemetery as the final resting place for the friend of the Sensei in the novel Kokoro (1914). 35°43′22″N 139°43′11″E  /  35.722753°N 139.719764°E  / 35.722753; 139.719764 Nonsectarian Nonsectarian institutions are secular institutions or other organizations not affiliated with or restricted to a particular religious group. Examples of North American universities that identify themselves as being nonsectarian include Adelphi University , Berea College , Boston University , Bradley University , Brandeis University , Columbia College in Missouri, Concordia University in Montréal, Canada, Cornell University , Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, Denison University , Duke University , Elon University , Fairleigh Dickinson University , Franklin & Marshall College , George Washington University , Hawaii Pacific University , Hillsdale College , Hofstra University , Howard University , Ithaca College , Long Island University , National University , New York University , Northwestern University , Ohio Wesleyan University , Pratt Institute , Quinnipiac University in Connecticut, Reed College in Oregon, Whitman College in Washington, Rice University ,

340-649: The top 100 feeder schools to Ivy League universities. It was also ranked as the best private high school in Monroe County by Niche and The Post-Standard . Newsweek named Allendale Columbia as one of the best STEM schools in America. "At Allendale Columbia, we prepare students for the world they will inherit. In our trusting and responsive environment, students in nursery through grade 12 grow in confidence and develop scholastic independence. Together, our students and teachers imagine, design, and create in order to make

360-470: Was prohibited in 1873 and nine sites were designated new public graveyards in 1874. The local government of Tokyo prefecture established six cemeteries including Zōshigaya. Its construction and administration works were entrusted to the Tokyo Chamber (the Tokyo Chamber of Commerce and Industry of today). In 1876, the administration of the cemetery were taken into care by the prefectural government, and then by

380-419: Was the first collegiate nonsectarian sorority to welcome women of all faiths and backgrounds. Founded by ten women on November 26, 1913, at Hunter College in New York, Phi Sigma Sigma is now an international sorority with 60,000 initiated members, 115 collegiate chapters, and more than 100 alumnae chapters, clubs, and associations across the United States and Canada. Delta Phi Epsilon sorority, founded in 1917,

400-472: Was the first nonsectarian social sorority founded at a professional school. An 1956 amendment to the Constitution of Virginia allowed for tuition grants to be paid by the state to nonsectarian private schools . Blaine amendments to thirty-eight state constitutions forbid direct government aid to educational institutions with a religious affiliation. The typical wording, "religious sects or denominations,"

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