A school (from Greek σχολεῖον - scholeion) is an institution designed to allow and encourage students (or "pupils") to learn, under the supervision of teachers. Most countries have systems of formal education, which is commonly compulsory. In these systems, students often progress through a series of schools: primary school, secondary school, and possibly a university, vocational school or a college. There are also non-governmental schools, called private or independent schools. A school may be dedicated to a particular field, such as a school of economics or a school of dance. Alternative schools may provide nontraditional curriculum and methods. In homeschooling and online schools, teaching and learning take place outside of a traditional school building. The use of the term school varies by country, as do the names of the various levels of education within the country.
Stonyhurst College is an independent, Roman Catholic school in the Jesuit tradition, providing boarding and day education to approximately four hundred boys and girls aged 13-18. It is located on the Stonyhurst Estate near Clitheroe in rural Lancashire, England, where it occupies a Grade I listed building. Founded in 1593, it was originally located at St Omer in the Spanish Netherlands, at a time when penal laws prohibited Roman Catholic education in England. Due to the persecution of the Jesuits, the school was forced to relocate to Bruges in 1762 and Liège in 1773. In 1794, following a relaxation of the law in England, the school finally settled in Lancashire.
Under the motto Quant Je Puis (As Much As I Can), Stonyhurst offers a broad curriculum of study, music, art, drama, sport and CCF, together with spiritual guidance and charity work. Notable alumni include three saints, twelve Beati, twenty-two martyrs, eight archbishops, seven Victoria Cross winners, fourteen international rugby players, Charles Carroll of Carrollton, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and Eduardo Lopez de Romaña. The school is also home to a number of treasures including a fragment from the crown of thorns and the remains of St Gordianus.
The Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney (PLC Sydney) is an independent, Presbyterian, day and boarding school for girls in Croydon, an inner-western suburb of Sydney, Australia. Alumni include Sibyl Morrison, the first female barrister in New South Wales, Marie Byles, the first practicing female solicitor in New South Wales, and Florence Mary Taylor, the first qualified female architect and first woman to train as an engineer in Australia.
Mary Jane McLeod Bethune ( July 10, 1875-- May 18, 1955) was an educator and civil rights leader best known for starting a school for black students that eventually became Bethune-Cookman University. Born in South Carolina to parents who had been slaves, she took an early interest in her own education. With the help of benefactors, Bethune attended college hoping to become a missionary in Africa. When that did not materialize, she started a school for black girls in Daytona Beach. From six students it grew and merged with an institute for black boys and eventually became the Bethune-Cookman School. Bethune worked tirelessly to ensure funding for the school, and used it to exhibit what educated black people could do.
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