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Chapters: St. George's School, Newport. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 31. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: St. George's School is a private, Episcopalian, coeducational boarding school in Middletown, Rhode Island, USA, just east of the city of Newport. The school was founded in 1896 by the Rev. John Byron Diman, a member of a prominent Rhode Island family. It sits on a hill overlooking the Atlantic Ocean and is known for having a beautiful campus. It is a member of the Independent School League and one of five schools collectively termed St. Grottlesex. In 1896, the Rev. John Byron Diman, founder of St. George's School, wrote in his Purposes of the School that: "The specific objectives of St. George's are to give its students the opportunity of developing to the fullest extent possible the particular gifts that are theirs and to encourage in them the desire to do so. Their immediate job after leaving the School is to handle successfully the demands of college; later it is hoped that their lives will be ones of service to the world and to God. The school's suburban campus is familiarly known as "The Hilltop", as it is located on a prominent hill just east of Newport. The campus is also known for its magnificent view of First, Second, and Third Beach (which was part of the campus during the early twentieth century). There are five boys dorms and six girls dorms. Two or three faculty members live with their families in apartments within each of the buildings. All dorm rooms are wired for telephone and internet access, and each dorm has a common room equipped with a microwave, television, and DVD player. Day Rooms Girls' Dorms Day Rooms Like most private schools in the ISL, St. George's operates on a six-day school week, meaning that classes meet on Saturday. Wednesdays and Saturda...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=2402126 ... Read more