Marvelwood School

The Marvelwood School is a college preparatory private boarding school located in Kent, Connecticut, United States. Marvelwood was founded in 1956 by Robert A. Bodkin and Ian Hanna in Cornwall, Connecticut. Bodkin remained headmaster until 1981. He was succeeded by Peter B. Tacy until 1989, H. Mark Johnson until 1997, Anne Davidson Scott until 2005, Scott E. Pottbecker until 2011, and Arthur F. Goodearl until 2018. Blythe Everett P'14,'16 is the current Head of School.

The Marvelwood School
Location
Kent
,
Connecticut

United States
Information
TypePrivate, Boarding
Established1956
Head of schoolBlythe Everett P'14, '16
Staff20
Faculty51
Enrollment110
CampusRural
Color(s)Blue and White
MascotPterodactyl
RivalStorm King School
Endowment$5.1 million
Tuition$62,200 (boarding) $39,000 (day)
Alumni1,852
Websitewww.marvelwood.org

Ian Hanna named the school after his relative Donald Grant Mitchell, an American novelist who was best known under the pseudonym Ik Marvel. The family owned an estate in New Haven, Connecticut, also called Marvelwood.[1]

About Marvelwood

Marvelwood was founded in 1956 in Cornwall, Connecticut, on a campus previously occupied by Rumsey Hall School. In 1995, Marvelwood moved from its cramped campus in Cornwall to the former Kent School girls' campus about 10 miles (16 km) away on Skiff Mountain in Kent, CT.

The Marvelwood student body consists primarily of boarding students, with about 20% of students commuting from home. Of those boarding students, about 24% are international, coming from countries such as China, Japan, South Korea, Spain, France, Russia, and Vietnam. The school offers a three-level ESL program to accommodate foreign speakers.[2]

Weekly community service and others hands-on programs are cornerstones of the School

Academic Programs

Intentionally small and flexible, Marvelwood offers an intimate mountain-top setting for students who benefit from focused and individual attention and encouragement. Students are engaged in unique and hands-on programming, nurturing them towards academic and personal confidence. Our program is geared to providing a strong preparation for college and laying the foundation for a lifetime of curiosity, inquiry and learning.

Marvelwood's optional Learning Support Program customizes one-on-one and small group curriculum to suit each student. Orton-Gillingham trained teachers work with students with dyslexia and other language-based learning differences.

Outside the classroom, students participate in a wide variety of activities, including weekly community service, competitive athletics, creative arts programs, and an award-winning film studies program. Marvelwood works locally with the Sharon Audubon Society and Institute for Bird Populations. Cornell University's Feeder Watch[3] survey also uses Marvelwood's weather data.

Campus Organizations

Music on the Mountain

Currently in its sixth year, Music on the Mountain was created as a way to showcase talented performers. Held about once per month, Music on the Mountain is an open mic event hosting a range of student and local performers. The types of performers vary immensely, from singers and musicians to comedians and dancers.[4]

Notable alumni

References
  1. http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1979/3/79.03.01.x.html
  2. http://www.marvelwood.org/page.cfm?p=361
  3. http://www.birds.cornell.edu/pfw/
  4. http://www.marvelwood.org/page.cfm?p=649
  5. http://www.scifi.com/ghi
  6. http://www.arthurlevering.com

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