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	Shrewsbury School - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Shrewsbury School is mainly a boarding school for boys aged between 13 ("Year 9") and 18 ("Year 13"), although day pupils are also accepted.
		Shrewsbury has some notable alumni, including the late DJ John Peel, Monty Python creator, Michael Palin and, most notably, English naturalist, Charles Darwin, who was born just a few miles from the school.
		Shrewsbury School ("The Free School") was founded in 1552 by King Edward VI, and in 1571 was augmented by Queen Elizabeth I.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Shrewsbury_School (529 words)

	Shrewsbury - Famous People
		Darwin was born in The Mount in the Frankwell area of Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England on February 12th 1809 and was the grandson of Erasmus Darwin (the English scientist and poet - considered one of the foremost physicians of his day).
		Today the original Shrewsbury School houses the town library, outside of which is a statue of Darwin who looks down benignly over his town as it develops and adapts.
		Shrewsbury Abbey is the setting for the chronicles of Brother Cadfael and even today the abbey still gets visitors from every corner of the globe, wanting to follow in the footsteps of Brother Cadfael.
	www.shrewsburytourism.co.uk /shrewsbury-famous-people (1255 words)

	Welcome to The Shrewsbury Montessori School
		Shrewsbury Montessori School is a not for profit school serving the needs of children ages 2 years 9 months to 12 years (pre-school through grade 6).
		Shrewsbury Montessori School does not discriminate in its admissions or hiring policies on the basis of race, gender, religion, disability, cultural heritage, political beliefs, national origin, sexual orientation, or marital status.
		The preschool of the Shrewsbury Montessori School is licensed by the
	www.shrewsburymontessori.org (238 words)

	Shrewsbury International School Bangkok
		Shrewsbury is proud of its strong academic emphasis.
		The Curriculum in the Senior School is based on the English National Curriculum in Key Stage 3, with individual department heads tailoring their courses to take into account the pupil make-up and the local environment.
		Shrewsbury International School is blessed with one of the most dramatic educational settings in the world.
	www.shrewsbury.ac.th (267 words)

	Shrewsbury School Football - Latest News
		Shrewsbury Under-16 team produced a magnificent display to earn a place in the County Cup Final when they won their semi-final away at Meole Brade 3-1 after extra-time in what turned out to be bruising local derby.
		Shrewsbury were the better side in the first half but the second half was more even and Repton scored the only goal of the game with 20 minutes left.
		Shrewsbury enjoyed a mixed start to the Midlands Independent Schools League campaign in the matches against Wolverhampton G.S. The 1st XI drew 0-0 but this match that should have been won with Shrewsbury on top for most of the match.
	www.woodfieldrd.demon.co.uk /shrewsnews.htm (1385 words)

	WorldNetDaily: Schools defend polling 6th-graders on oral sex
		Shrewsbury, Mass., school officials are defending as a vital way to stay informed about health risks a survey passed out to 11- and 12-year-olds that included questions about oral sex.
		School committee President Deborah Peeples said parents were allowed to view the survey ahead of time, but were not able to take a copy home to review before their children answer it.
		Shrewsbury was among 59 districts chosen this year to participate in the survey.
	www.worldnetdaily.com /news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=44762 (521 words)

	About Shrewsbury International School Bangkok (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Shrewsbury International School in Bangkok Thailand, is an independent institution affiliated to and licensed by Shrewsbury School, UK. The newly established Shrewsbury International School will reflect, replicate and achieve the high quality of education offered in the UK by Shrewsbury School itself.
		Participation in all aspects of school life and the educational benefit which ensues, requires a command of English language which is the medium of teaching and learning.
		Staff at Shrewsbury International School are a team of highly motivated teaching professionals, whose sole aim is to provide the best standards of education for the pupils at the school.
	www.shrewsbury.ac.th /about (227 words)

	Shrewsbury School
		Shrewsbury is one of England's oldest and largest boys' boarding schools, standing in a hundred and fifty acres of ground set high on the banks of the River Severn and overlooking the ancient town.
		It remains a school committed to full boarding education, and draws together boys from across the country, while retaining local roots through dayboys and local parents.
		As with any such school, there is much on offer, the extent of which can only be fully appreciated by visiting us in person; however, we hope that this website will give you something of a flavour of the place, and might encourage you to come to see us.
	www.shrewsbury.org.uk (130 words)

	Boston.com / News / Local / Shrewsbury poll shows parents favor later school start
		The concern of middle school parents is well founded, according to Amy Wolfson, an associate professor of psychiatry at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, who spoke about research on adolescents and sleep at a forum last Thursday.
		In Shrewsbury, the contract with the bus company expires at the end of the next school year, which may be a logical time to make a change.
		Asked whether the recommendation in Shrewsbury will be based primarily on the educational impact, the community's desires, or the economics, Burns said, ``We would like to think the most important piece is going to be the needs of the student.
	www.boston.com /news/local/articles/2003/11/20/shrewsbury_poll_shows_parents_favor_later_school_start (1176 words)

	Darwin Day Celebration - englishL
		Shrewsbury: Birthplace and Childhood - 1809 to 1825
		Shrewsbury Abbey, (Figure 23) is an imposing structure a short way beyond the English Bridge to the east of the town.
		Although the New Shrewsbury School was not in existence until more recently one should take the time to visit this campus across the Kingston Bridge and up the winding street to the top of the hill on the South side of town.
	www.darwinday.org /englishL/life/shrewsbury.html (2669 words)

	Shrewsbury articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Shrewsbury - The decision of whether the Shrewsbury police chief position will maintain its civil service designation now lies in the hands of town meeting members who will vote at a Special Town Meeting (STM) Monday, Nov. 13 at 7 p.m.
		At their Oct. 16 meeting, the Board of Selectmen voted four to one in favor of moving the issue to STM with the hopes that the position will become a contracted position appointed by the town manager, similar to other department head positions.
		In other Board of Selectmen news, the board formally announced the vacancy on the School Committee that will be left when Alden Harris resigns at the end of this month.
	www.communityadvocate.com /html/shrewsbury_articles_0.html (518 words)

	Shrewsbury School (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		'''Shrewsbury School''' is a leading British public school, located in Shrewsbury in the county of Shropshire.
		It is a boarding school for boys aged 13 ("Year 9") to 18 ("Year 13") with a current enrollment of about 720 students.
		Shrewsbury ("The Free School") was founded in 1552 by King Edward VI, and in 1571 was augmented by Queen Elizabeth I.
	shrewsbury-school.iqnaut.net.cob-web.org:8888 (189 words)

	A new school year, a new school in Shrewsbury By Sherry conohan Staff Writer
		When the Shrewsbury Boro School opens its doors Sept. 17, students and teachers will find a new gym/cafeteria with a performing arts stage, a new media/library center with a computer lab, and five new classrooms waiting for them.
		Barbara Forsyth, assistant superintendent of the school district and coordinator of special services, said she was very excited that the additional classrooms would allow the institution of all-day kindergarten this year.
		Back inside, both the old kindergarten rooms in the existing school were renovated, one for the preschool disabled classes and one for the occupational therapy and speech therapy teachers.
	hub.gmnews.com /News/2003/0829/Schools/029.html (1003 words)

	The Memorial Church-Services (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The objects of the Shrewsbury Fellowship are to encourage, through the sharing of intellectual and cultural experiences in the context of secondary school life, a better understanding between England and America.
		The Shrewsbury Fellowship offers an opportunity for an American student from Harvard to spend a school year as a full member of the community in one of England's finest "Public Schools" (as Preparatory Schools are called in England).
		It is situated on the edge of the attractive mediaeval town of Shrewsbury on the Welsh border, and is a private boarding school with 690 boys between the ages of 13 and 18 and a faculty of 80.
	www.memorialchurch.harvard.edu /ef/fellowship.shtml (1569 words)

	Shrewsbury High School Alumni Association
		The purpose of the Shrewsbury High School (SHS) Alumni Association is to bring together all interested alumni and friends of SHS graduates and to promote the best interests of the schools and community by fostering enthusiasn, involvement and close relationships.
		Jim Cunavelis, a Shrewsbury resident and a graduate of a private high school, proposed the idea of the SHS Alumni Association for SHS's size and the needs of its graduates.
		It is symbolic of Shrewsbury's heritage through the famous life of a colonial named Artemas Ward, and was designed for us by the late well-known Worcester sports cartoonist, Al Banks.
	www.shrewsburyalumni.org (402 words)

	Shrewsbury Massachusetts - The Massachusetts Real Estate center
		Shrewsbury Massachusetts, is a suburban community with an uneven and hilly terrain cut by a number of minor streams providing several small water power sites.
		The Shrewsbury population doubled from 1915 to 1940 as continued streetcar suburb growth brought more settlers into the community.
		The economy of modern Shrewsbury has been described as depending on agriculture, the resort industry and the providing of recreation and food for the population of Worcester.
	www.shrewsbury.net /ourtown.htm (297 words)

	Shrewsbury - My home town (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Shrewsbury, the county town of Shropshire, is in the English Midlands close to the Welsh border.
		Nowadays, Shrewsbury is a relatively quiet market town whose historic past has left a legacy of beautiful fl and white tudor buildings, churches and parks which attract numerous tourists every year.
		His statue now stands outside the public library (originally Shrewsbury School, where he was educated) in honour of his revolutionary work on the "Origin of the Species" (1859).
	www.cs.bilkent.edu.tr /~david/shrewsbury.html (426 words)

	Shrewsbury - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It is proposed that a fourth one be built to the east of the town, at either Emstrey or Preston.
		Also referred to as Shrewsbury Cakes, Shrewsbury Biscuits are a form of, often lemon flavoured, biscuit, that were orginally produced in Shrewsbury, which are currently available at a small number of locations in and around Shropshire.
		It is charactured to be the "grandfather of skyscrapers" as it is viewed as the ancestor of skyscrapers, as its iron frame was to evolve into the steel frame which is responsible for the development of modern skyscrapers.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Shrewsbury (3277 words)

	Public Schools - Town of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts
		Sherwood Middle School teachers worked to refine their beliefs and knowledge about the qualities of effective middle schools, while Oak Middle School teachers collaborated on effective standards-based grading practices.
		Secondly, Kelli McSweeney, the transition specialist at the high school, will chair a committee of special educators who are charged with developing a language-based program for children with significant learning disabilities.
		The fiscal committee established by the selectmen, the intensive work on the school budget by the administration and the school committee, and the substantial public discussion that will take place this year should provide the awareness and information needed relative to the school department's fiscal health.
	www.shrewsbury-ma.gov /schools/index.asp (593 words)

	Literary connections with Shrewsbury, Shropshire
		Job Orton (1717-1783) was born in Shrewsbury, educated at Shrewsbury School and was yet another influential figure to be connected with the High Street Unitarian Church.
		Charles Darwin (1809-1882) was born at Mount House and educated at a school at 13 Claremont Hill and later Shrewsbury School.
		Desmond Coke (1879-1959) was educated at Shrewsbury School and recalled it in one of his stories for boys.
	www3.shropshire-cc.gov.uk /shrewsbu.htm (862 words)

	Shrewsbury: Shrewsbury School (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Much attention was paid to learning by heart the lessons of the previous day; this I could effect with great facility learning forty or fifty lines of Virgil or Homer, whilst I was in morning chapel; but this exercise was utterly useless, for every verse was forgotten in forty-eight hours.
		When I left the school I was for my age neither high nor low in it; and I believe that I was considered by all my masters and by my Father as a very ordinary boy, rather below the common standard in intellect." (C. Darwin.
		The main building, South wing, of the Shrewsbury School was built between 1627 and 1630 and bears the royal arms of Charles I. "The building incorporated a master's house to the south of the archway and schoolrooms, the largest being on the top floor; this has a traceried windiow in its south gable...
	darwin.baruch.cuny.edu /biography/shrewsbury/school.html (272 words)

	SABC: Running a Business: Conference Facilities (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Shrewsbury High School is located off town walls and within a couple of minute's walk of the town centre and the beautiful quarry park, which is home to Shrewsbury flower show for 2 days during the summer.
		Catering facilities are available at the school for you to use your own caterers or alternatively use one of the wide range of eating establishments in the town centre.
		Sundorne School is a state secondary school located on the north side of the town.
	www.shrewsbury.gov.uk /public/business/runningabusiness/conferencefacilities/default.htm (3947 words)

	Public Schools - Town of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts
		This message relates to the school department budget for FY06 and the choice that confronts the citizens of the town.
		The bus fees of $190 per child (maximum $380 per family), however, will not be necessary if the town vote on Monday, June 6 supports the addition of $865,862 for the school department as part of the $1.5 million ballot question.
		It is well known that the school district provides a program that features MCAS scores in the top 15-19% of all school districts in Massachusetts at a cost of about $1,400 less than the state on a per pupil basis.
	www.shrewsbury-ma.com /schools/index.asp (415 words)

	Shrewsbury secondary schools admissions criteria \| Shropshire County Council
		Priority will be given to children living in the Shrewsbury area who will have an older sibling at the school on the day they are due to start at the school.
		This means we look at the straight line distance from your home address to your nearest school, as compared with the straight line distance from other applicants' homes to their nearest school.
		Very exceptionally where a child has a particular health reason requiring them to attend a specific school, that child may be given a place before any of the children who qualify under Priority 2 and 3.
	www.shropshire.gov.uk /schooladmissions.nsf/open/F5B93081DDEE38118025705E004CA190 (459 words)

	Shrewsbury schools - district elementary, middle, and high school information
		NCLB requires all districts and schools receiving Title I funds to meet state "adequate yearly progress" (AYP) goals for their total student populations and for specified demographic subgroups, including major ethnic/racial groups, economically disadvantaged students, limited English proficient (LEP) students, and students with disabilities.
		If a school fails to meet AYP goals for two or more years, it is classified as a school in need of improvement and faces consequences.
		Students in these schools may be eligible for school choice or supplemental services, including tutoring.
	www.greatschools.net /cgi-bin/ma/district_profile/379 (453 words)

	Shrewsbury: Shrewsbury School interiors (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The original complex of buildings was restored over a period of 9 years and terminated with reinstatement of the garden in 1983 (Carr and Fullman, 1983).
		Also at this end of the room, in the SE corner, was a punishment cell known as the Black Hole.
		It was said in the school that the initials still over the headmaster's gateway next to the school were a public house sign for 'stale bread, sour beer, salt butter, and stinking beef sold by Samuel Butler'."
	darwin.baruch.cuny.edu /biography/shrewsbury/school2.html (445 words)

	Shrewsbury School @ UK Schools Guide 2005
		This is one of the very few important scholarly libraries in a public school and possesses valuable medieval manuscripts and the entire collection of books owned by the school in Stuart times.
		Frequent dramatic productions are presented by the school and by individual houses; three major productions recently received awards at the Edinburgh Fringe and the orchestra performs in London at St John’s Smith Square and in Birmingham at the CBSO.
		Open-air activities such as hill-walking and mountaineering are encouraged and the school owns a farmhouse in Snowdonia.
	www.schoolsguidebook.co.uk /schools/Shrewsbury_School.html (839 words)

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