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1926

Mother Marie Joseph Butler founded it in 1926 as a component of a chain of schools managed by the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary.

1929

Nightingale-Bamford School was formerly called Miss Nightingale's School, officially becoming "The Nightingale-Bamford School" in 1929.

1932

Midland is a co-ed boarding school near Los Olivos, California, founded in 1932 by Paul Squibb.

1939

The school instituted a form of community self-governance in 1939, modeled after the traditional New England town meeting.

1946

Horace Mann School also happens to be a founding member of the Ivy Preparatory School Athletic League, and since 1946, the School's teams have amassed 214 league championships and 25 state championships.

1956

Coyle, a 1956 Yale University graduate with a degree in history, spent nearly four years in the United States Army Counter Intelligence Corps before he decided to pursue a career in education.

1957

One of the only catholic schools in the area, Woodside Priory School was established in 1957 by Hungarian monks, and up until today, there are still monks in the school.

1971

On November 21, 1971, a group of original Subscribers signed their names to the Articles of Association of the present Green's Farms Association, and "GFA" was in business.

Then, in late 1971, a bomb exploded over Green's Farms: a Midwest developer filed a "DDD" application for a huge shopping center on the Post Road between Turkey Hill and Maple Avenue that would cut a swath deep into Green's Farms residential neighborhoods.

1972

By July 1972 the very professionally managed shopping center bid was conclusively defeated before the Town bodies; and the Green's Farms Association was established as a force of homeowners to be reckoned with!

1977

Up until 1977, The Thacher School was a boy-only institute, which opened its gates to girls, making it the oldest co-educational school in the state of California.

1977 was the year girls first entered the school, turning it into one of the best co-educational institutions.

1978

The original manuscript for this publication was written in 1978 by Maxfield S. Gibbons, the prime mover in the founding of The Green's Farms Association.

Next time you come across Burnett Vanilla Extract, remember that there is more to the creator of this than spice. It started as an only-boy school, with girls attending since 1978.

2010

In 2010, the High School Program was established to protect and build on the gains our students made in the K-8 program.

2016

In the fall of 2016, our College Success Program was established to assist high school graduates with the transition to and completion of their post-secondary education.

2017

Over 20% of students rely on financial aid which came to a high of over five million dollars in 2017.

2019

During the 2019-20 school year, a career launch program for college juniors is in development to give them comprehensive workplace training and experience so they are competitive when they enter the job market after graduation.

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