In the last entry, we discussed the creation of the Middle School under the leadership of Alex Horsley and Hanshi Deshbandhu.   While this was one of the most important and long-lasting of his achievements, Horsley himself said that the greatest accomplishment during his tenure was the “construction of the Noel-Baker Building.”  Board Clerk Dorothy […]

In the last entry we discussed the appointment of a new Head of School, Alex Horsley.  One of his early initiatives was to task Hanshi Deshbandhu with the creation of a separate Middle School.  Up to this point in time, students had either been in the Lower School (up to 6th grade) or in the […]

After a long search for a new Head of School, the Board chose English-born Quaker, Alex Horsley.  This was the beginning of a truly new era for the School. Many of the founders had departed in one fashion or another, and the School’s enrollment had been declining steadily.  The new Head of School had to […]