Allendale Columbia School

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"At Allendale Columbia, we prepare students for the world they will inherit. In our trusting and responsive environment, students in nursery through grade 12 grow in confidence and develop scholastic independence. Together, our students and teachers imagine, design, and create in order to make a positive impact locally and globally."{{Cite web|title=Allendale Columbia {{!}} About Us|url=https://allendalecolumbia.org/about-us/|access-date=2021-10-06|language=en}}

Allendale Columbia has sixty-nine teachers. Of the twenty-five Upper School faculty members, 96% hold advanced degrees.{{Cite web|title=2018-2019 Allendale Columbia School Profile|url=https://www.myallendalecolumbia.org/public/resources/uploads/2018-2019_Allendale_Columbia_School_Profile_1543436046.pdf}}

Allendale Columbia School occupies more than {{convert|30|acres}} in Pittsford, New York that stretches to Oak Hill Country Club.{{Cite web|url=https://allendalecolumbia.org/facilities-and-campus-planning/|title=Allendale Columbia {{!}} Facilities and Campus Planning|website=allendalecolumbia.org|access-date=May 13, 2016}} The school is separated into three divisions: Lower School, Middle School and Upper School. The school also offers pre-primary school for children 18 months to three years old.{{Cite web|title=Allendale Columbia {{!}} Pre-Primary|url=https://allendalecolumbia.org/pre-primary/|access-date=2021-10-08|language=en}} While these divisions each have their own areas on campus, they share many common spaces, including a 500-seat performance center, library, dining commons for locally sourced lunches,{{Cite news|url=http://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2015/04/27/allendale-columbia-thrives-local-lunches/26466747/|title=Local lunches at Allendale Columbia a tasty change|newspaper=Democrat and Chronicle|access-date=May 13, 2016}} and athletic, music and arts facilities. The students change buildings for various classes and use the entire campus throughout their day.

The main buildings house 41 classrooms, five science laboratories, nine computer laboratories (three classroom and six mobile), three music classrooms, two art studios, a darkroom, a digital photography laboratory, a foreign language laboratory, a library, a performance center, two gymnasia, and a science wing.{{Cite web|url=http://allendalecolumbia.org/the-campus/a-distinctive-learning-environment|title=Allendale Columbia {{!}} A Distinctive Learning Environment|website=allendalecolumbia.org|access-date=May 11, 2016}}

In 2012, the school opened residences for foreign students, and it hosts 25-35 international students from as many as 15 different countries and four continents.{{Cite web|url=https://allendalecolumbia.org/admissions/international-students/|title=Allendale Columbia International Students|website=allendalecolumbia.org|access-date=May 11, 2016}}

In 2013, students began organizing and hosting an annual TEDx conference on campus, as an independently organized TED event.{{Cite web|url=http://www.fairport-erpost.com/article/20130116/NEWS/301169864|title=TEDx brings 'Ideas Worth Spreading' to Allendale Columbia School|last=writer|first=James Battaglia, staff|website=Fairport|access-date=May 13, 2016}}

In 2014, Allendale Columbia School created a summerLEAP partnership with School 17 of the Rochester City School District to provide summer enrichment programs for RCSD students.{{Cite web|url=http://www.summerleap.net/summerleap-at-allendale-columbia |title=summerLEAP at Allendale Columbia |date=March 21, 2016 |website=Greater Rochester Summer Learning Association |language=en-US |access-date=May 13, 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160708075814/http://www.summerleap.net/summerleap-at-allendale-columbia |archivedate=July 8, 2016 }}{{Cite web|url=http://13wham.com/features/bright-spot/bright-spot-summer-leap-program-at-allendale-columbia|title=Bright Spot: Summer Leap Program at Allendale Columbia|last=WHAM|date=12 July 2016|language=en-US|access-date=2016-09-07}}

In 2015, the school unveiled a new design and innovation laboratory with 3D printers, Mac computers, drafting tables, and tools.{{Cite web|url=http://www.twcnews.com/nys/rochester/news/2015/10/29/allendale-columbia-design-and-innovation-lab.html|title=Design and Innovation Lab Now Open at Allendale Columbia|website=TWC News|access-date=May 11, 2016}} That year, the school also partnered with the Hybrid Learning Consortium.{{Cite web|url=http://www.hybridlearningconsortium.org/Page/Home2|title=Home2|website=www.hybridlearningconsortium.org|access-date=2016-06-29}} It creates a globalized learning community offering a diverse variety of online courses to students around the world.

In 2016, the school celebrated its 125th anniversary.{{Cite news|url=http://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/local/columnists/memmott/2016/06/07/memmott-allendale-columbia-rejoices-anniversary-private-school-independent/85527866/|title=Memmott: Allendale Columbia rejoices in 125th anniversary|work=Rochester Democrat and Chronicle|access-date=2017-03-03|language=en}}

Allendale Columbia School is merged with The Harley School for interscholastic sports competition in grades 7 through 12.{{Cite web|url=http://hacathletics.org/philosophy-partnership/|title=HAC Athletics {{!}} Philosophy & Partnership|website=HAC Athletics|access-date=May 11, 2016}} The two schools began coordinating their athletic programs during the 1972–1973 school year. The joint program is referred to as Harley Allendale Columbia (HAC){{cite web |url=http://hacathletics.org/ |title=Home |website=hacathletics.org}} and originally competed as the Harley-Allendale Columbia Braves. In 1997, students of both schools voted to change the team name from the Braves to the Wolves.{{Cite web|last=DiVeronica|first=Jeff|title=East Rochester Pianotowners and Hilton Peaches? How Section V teams got their nicknames|url=https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/sports/high-school/2018/01/12/section-v-school-nicknames/989429001/|access-date=2021-03-29|website=Democrat and Chronicle|language=en-US}} Team supporters are known as the Wolfpack.

The HAC enforces a "no-cut" athletic program, and varsity places are guaranteed for any committed seniors. The HAC co-ordination exists to enhance the interscholastic athletic program of both schools by combining student bodies and resources, as well as faculty for coaching purposes.{{Cite web|url=http://hacathletics.org/facilities/|title=HAC Athletics {{!}} Facilities|website=HAC Athletics|access-date=May 11, 2016}} The school has had success in the Section V Finger-Lakes West Division,{{cite web |url=http://www.sectionv.org/ |title=Home |website=sectionv.org}} including sectional titles in boys' and girls' tennis, boys' and girls' soccer, boys' and girls' cross country and boys' and girls' basketball.

• V = Varsity, JV = Junior Varsity, M = Modified

• Alison Castle, photographer and author{{Cite web|url=https://allendalecolumbia.org/alison-castle-91-heads-backstage-at-snl-for-new-book/|title=Allendale Columbia {{!}} Alison Castle '91 Heads Backstage at SNL for New Book|website=Allendale Columbia|access-date=May 11, 2016}}
• Carson Cooman, Composer-in-Residence at Harvard University{{Cite web|url=https://allendalecolumbia.org/alumni/alumni-profiles/carson-cooman-00/|title=Allendale Columbia {{!}} Carson Cooman '00|website=allendalecolumbia.org|access-date=2016-05-23}}
• Richard C. David, politician and Mayor of Binghamton, New York{{Cite news|url=https://www.bupipedream.com/news/95817/a-guide-to-faces-to-know-around-campus/|title=A guide to faces to know around campus|date=2018-06-22|work=Pipe Dream|access-date=2018-06-25}}
• Taye Diggs (later transferred to School of the Arts (Rochester, New York), actor{{Cite web|url=http://hollywoodlife.com/celeb/taye-diggs/|title=Taye Diggs|last=Brow|first=Jason|date=June 25, 2015|website=Hollywood Life|language=en-US|access-date=May 11, 2016}}
• Nancy Northup, President of the Center for Reproductive Rights{{Cite news|url=https://allendalecolumbia.org/daa2017northup/|title=Allendale Columbia {{!}} Nancy Northup '77 Honored with 2017 Distinguished Alumni Award|work=Allendale Columbia|access-date=2018-08-02|language=en}}
• Katelin Schutz, physicist and cosmologist{{cite web |url=https://allendalecolumbia.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2014/09/Allendale-Columbia-School-Fall-2014-Beyond-the-Birches.pdf |title=Beyond the Birches - News for the Allendale Columbia School Community |date=Fall 2014 |access-date=2021-01-19 |archive-date=2021-01-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128002401/https://allendalecolumbia.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2014/09/Allendale-Columbia-School-Fall-2014-Beyond-the-Birches.pdf |url-status=dead }}
• Kristen Wiig, actress and comedian, student, 1987-89 {{Cite web|url=http://www.mpnnow.com/article/20090515/NEWS/305159900|title=Live from New York ... it's Kristen Wiig|last=writer|first=Dan Goldman, staff|website=MPNnow|access-date=May 11, 2016}}

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