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Chapters: Boarding Schools in Missouri, Defunct Schools in Missouri, Elementary Schools in Missouri, High Schools in Missouri, International Baccalaureate Schools in Missouri, Magnet Schools in Missouri, Middle Schools in Missouri, Missouri School Stubs, Preparatory Schools in Missouri, Private Schools in Missouri, Rock Bridge High School, David H. Hickman High School, List of High Schools in Missouri, Wentworth Military Academy and College, St. Louis University High School, the Pembroke Hill School, Crispus Attucks Elementary School, Parkway South High School, Kemper Military School, Saint Louis Priory School, William Chrisman High School, Missouri State High School Activities Association, Chaminade College Preparatory School, South Callaway High School, John Burroughs School, Cleveland Junior Naval Academy, St. John Vianney High School (Kirkwood, Missouri), John F. Kennedy Catholic High School (Manchester, Missouri), Nowlin Middle School, Wentzville Holt High School, St. Charles High School, Christian Brothers College High School, Visitation Academy of St. Louis, St. Mary's High School (St. Louis, Missouri), Rosati-Kain High School, Lindbergh High School (St. Louis, Missouri), Marquette High School (Chesterfield, Missouri), Greenwood Laboratory School, Benton High School, Hazelwood West High School (Hazelwood, Missouri), Columbia Independent School, Bishop Dubourg High School, Westport High School, Mary Institute and St. Louis Country Day School, California R-1 High School, the Barstow School, Sumner High School, Webb City High School, Kirksville High School, Missouri Military Academy, Ursuline Academy (St. Louis, Missouri), Kickapoo High School (Springfield, Missouri), Warrensburg High School, Thayer Learning Center, List of Schools of Kansas City, Sikeston High School, Kirkwood High School, Parkway West High School, Notre Dame de Sion, Raytown South High School, North Andrew High School, Francis Howell High School, Rayto...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=613449 ... Read more

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Chapters: Wentworth Military Academy and College, Missouri Military Academy, Thayer Learning Center, Thomas Jefferson School. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 33. 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: Wentworth Military Academy and College -Lexington's Civil War Battle of the Hemp Bales was still a recent memory when Stephen G. Wentworth founded Wentworth Military Academy in 1880. By the 1870s, the town had already attained the reputation as the Athens of the West for its many academic institutions. Lexington was home to three notable schools for girls. Lexington Baptist Female College was started in 1850 in the old county courthouse that had been abandoned upon the construction of the new Lafayette County Courthouse, built in 1847 and still in use today. In 1869 the Baptist Female College moved its operation to the former home of Pony Express Founder William B. Waddell at the corner of 13th and South Streets. Elizabeth Aull Seminary was opened in the fall of 1860 and operated in a large building on Highland Avenue. Central Female College, later Central College for Women, began in 1868 and, in 1871, took over the old Masonic College on the grounds of the Battlefield. However, Lexingtons educators, business leaders and ministers had made numerous attempts to establish a school for boys and young men. Public schools were not yet widespread and there was a glaring need for a boys' school, but none had been successful. The most visible failed effort was the Masonic College of Missouri, which moved to Lexington in 1847 and operated until 1859. On May 12, 1879, Wentworths twenty-seven year old son William died. As a memorial, Wentworth focused his attention on finally making a school for boys a reality in Lexington. In the spring of 1880, Mr. Wentworth announced that a new school named Wen...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=5392728 ... Read more