Indian Springs School is a private school that includes grades 8-12 with both boarding and day school students. It is located at the base of Oak Mountain in Indian Springs Village, Shelby County, Alabama, USA, near the city of Pelham.
Indian Springs School was founded in 1952 by Birmingham-born, MIT-educated businessman Harvey G. Woodward, who left the funds and instructions for creating the school in his will at his death in 1930. In some ways, ...
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Indian Springs School is a private school that includes grades 8-12 with both boarding and day school students. It is located at the base of Oak Mountain in Indian Springs Village, Shelby County, Alabama, USA, near the city of Pelham.
Indian Springs School was founded in 1952 by Birmingham-born, MIT-educated businessman Harvey G. Woodward, who left the funds and instructions for creating the school in his will at his death in 1930. In some ways, his vision was a progressive one. Woodward wanted to make the school available to both upperclass and lowerclass people. He instructed that the school should champion a holistic approach to learning (the school's motto is "Discere Vivendo," or "Learning Through Living"). During its first years, the school was a working farm which the students tended, although this element was shortly eliminated. However, Woodward also stipulated that the school could only admit Whites, non-Jews, and males, limitations which were all eventually challenged and...
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