Portledge School
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| Portledge School |
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| Established | 1965 |
| Type | Private Independent Co-Ed |
| Headmaster | Steven Hahn |
| Students | 414 (06-07) |
| Grades | Pre-Nursery - 12th grade |
| Location | Locust Valley, New York USA |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Colors | Blue and White |
| Website | www.portledge.org |
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Portledge School is an independent college-preparatory day school located in Locust Valley, New York with 414 students in Pre-nursery through 12th grade (2006-2007 school year).
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History
Portledge was founded in 1965 in the Coffin estate on Duck Pond Road by a group now known as the "Founders" ( the annual Founders' Day celebration honors this occurrence as well as serving as Portledge's homecoming). Originally just the Carriage House (Middle School) and the Mansion (Lower School), the school built an Upper School (Gilmour Library), a Gym (Wellington Gym), Slanetz Science Center (SSC), and various sports fields over 40 years. Since 2000, the Middle School was completely rebuilt from an aging stable to a modern three level classroom and performance area complex. Most recently, a baseball and multipurpose field valued at over $500,000 were constructed on lands backing up on Duck Pond Road. The school went through various headmasters in its early years until Hugh Gregory was hired. Responsible for growing the school from one without a unified grading system to a nationally accredited institution, Gregory served for 29 years.
Academic Honesty
At the beginning of each school year, the school requires students above grade five to sign an honor statement, which is reaffirmed before taking tests. A disciplinary committee made up of students and faculty is organized each year in order to deal with breaches of this honor statement.
Faculty Advisors
Faculty Advisers serve much the same duties as a commons teacher or a guidance counselor at any public facility, making sure their advisees are doing well academically while also offering any guidance that they might need.
Dress Code
Students at Portledge are asked to abide to a dress code. For boys, this entails wearing a button down shirt, a tie, dress pants with a belt, and dress shoes, as well as keeping hair at a short length and staying clean shaven. Girls are required to wear collared shirts, and either pants or skirts that extend beneath the knees, and are required not to wear denim. This policy also requires that shirts be tucked in, and asks that sports jackets be worn by boys for any assembly. The dress code forbids sweatpants, sweatshirts, jeans, and hats. Generally, it is a custom for every first Friday of each month to be a "dress-down day", during which students may wear whatever they please as long as it is not offensive.
Athletics
Portledge offers many sports to its student athletes between fifth and twelfth grades, a number of which are not found in most public schools. Sports at Portledge include, but are not limited to, Men's and Women's Hockey, Men's and Women's Soccer, Men's and Women' Tennis, Men's and Women's Fencing (Foil and Epee), Squash, Men's and Women's Lacrosse, Cross Country, Men's and Women's Basketball and Men's baseball.
