Bancroft School

Bancroft School in

• 1900: Bancroft School established at 93 Elm Street by a group of Worcester parents.
• 1922: Moved to new facilities on Sever Street.
• 1958: Moved to current location at 110 Shore Drive after Norton Abrasives (now a brand of Saint-Gobain) donated 27 acres (110,000 m²) of land.
• 1969: Converted to fully co-ed. Prior to 1969, the Lower and Middle Schools served both boys and girls, but the Upper School enrolled girls only.
• 1970s: Added language lab, a larger woodworking shop, a new gym, an art building, and expanded playing fields.
• 1980s and 1990s: Dedicated the Art Center, Fletcher Athletic Center, Fuller Science Center, Harrington Performing Arts Theatre, Stoddard Center, and Garfield and Prouty Libraries.
• 2002: Renovated the Fuller Science Center and opened the McDonough Center, which houses the Lower and Middle School programs.
• 2009: Signed agreement with Tongji University, Shanghai, China, to establish a teacher and student exchange program between Bancroft and Tongji’s Number 1 High School.
• 2010: Installed 462 high-efficiency solar panels on the McDonough Center roof.
• 2011: Installed an additional 434 solar panels on the roof of the Fletcher Athletic Center.
• 2011: Initiated the region’s first iPad initiative for classroom teaching and learning.^[4]

Photos

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  Elm Street Building

Athletics

As one of the 11 member schools in the Eastern Independent League (EIL), Bancroft competes in a number of sports with other teams in the New England Preparatory School Athletic Council (NEPSAC).^[5][6]

Athletic Offerings

MS teams include:

• Boys: Baseball, Basketball, Lacrosse, Soccer, Tennis
• Girls: Basketball, Field Hockey, Lacrosse, Soccer, Softball, Volleyball
• Coed: Cross Country, Tennis

US varsity teams include:

• Boys: Baseball, Basketball, Crew, Lacrosse, Soccer, Tennis
• Girls: Basketball, Crew, Field Hockey, Lacrosse, Soccer, Tennis, Softball, Volleyball
• Coed: Alpine Skiing, Cross Country, Track & Field, Golf, Swim

Bancroft's athletic program has produced EIL and NEPSAC Championships across a number of its sports.^[7]

Record-Setting Volleyball Program

Bancroft's girls' volleyball program was established in 1996

Headmasters & Headmistresses

• 1900–1915: Frank Robson
• 1915–1926: Miriam Titcomb
• 1926–1938: Hope Fisher
• 1938–1943: Bradford Kingman
• 1943–1959: Henry Tiffany
• 1944–1946: Edith Jones (interim)
• 1959–1960: Elizabeth Vandemoer (interim)
• 1960–1981: Wyatt Garfield
• 1981–1992: Marigolden Tritschler
• 1992–1998: Theodore G. Sharp
• 1998–1999: Wyatt Garfield & Edgar Gauthier (interim-heads)
• 1999–2014: Scott R. Reisinger
• 2014–2022: James P. "Trey" Cassidy^[3]
• 2022-2023: Tim Saburn (interim)
• 2023-Present: Stephanie Luebbers

Notable alumni

Notable

• Jamie Dinan, Class of 1977; investor and founder of York Capital Management^[10]
• Esther Forbes, Class of 1908; winner of the 1943 Pulitzer Prize for History for a biography of Paul Revere and the 1944 Newbery Medal for Johnny Tremain
• Mahlon Hoagland, biochemist, discoverer of amino-acid activating enzymes^{[citation needed]}
• Kraft Stadium for American football in Jerusalem^[11]
• Denise Eisenberg Rich, Class of 1962;^[12] New York socialite
• Robert Waring Stoddard, Class of 1923; former editor of the Worcester Telegram & Gazette; one of the founders of the John Birch Society^[13]
• Jackson Stell, Class of 2009, also known as Big Wild; an electronic DJ, producer, composer, and engineer.

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