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  Stowe, Buckinghamshire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Stowe is the name shared by an ancient village, country house and school (Stowe School) in Buckinghamshire in England.
In the early 17th century, the manor of Stowe was completely rebuilt by Sir Richard Temple, from the old medieval stronghold to what is now the core of the impressive mansion for which the area is known today.
Earl Temple of Stowe is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Stowe,_Buckinghamshire   (1102 words)

  
 Stowe School - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Stowe School is a well known British public school in Stowe, Buckinghamshire.
As of 2005, there are 490 boys in total, and 100 girls, with 20 in the junior school and the rest in the Sixth Form section.
The school is used as a first class cricket ground by Northamptonshire CCC, and is the home ground of the Northants Second XI.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Stowe_School   (769 words)

  
 Stowe School and Landscape Gardens Buckinghamshire
Stowe, one of the largest houses in the country, is surrounded by the most historically important of all English landscape gardens.
Stowe School still owns the building but in 1989 the gardens were given to the National Trust.
The interior is well maintained by Stowe School and all the main reception rooms are open to the public.
www.touruk.co.uk /houses/housebucks_stowe.htm   (927 words)

  
 UCHC Library Website
Dr. Stowe was appointed to this position in 1963, two years after the Connecticut legislature authorized the University to establish schools of medicine and dental medicine.
Stowe's previous position had been at Stanford University where he had been an associate dean with responsibilities for education and research in Stanford's school of medicine.
Stowe graduated from the Yale University Sch ool of Medicine in 1938 and subsequently was a teaching fellow in obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Minnesota Hospitals.
library.uchc.edu /about/stowe.html   (283 words)

  
 Town of Stowe, Vermont - Schools
Stowe's first public school, a log structure located in the Upper Village, was built in 1803.
It was not until 1954, however, with the construction of the Stowe Elementary School in Stowe Village, that the last of the town's one room schools was closed.
Stowe is a member of the Lamoille South Supervisory Union (with Elmore and Morristown) which provides a number of human resource, personnel and administrative services to the local school district.
www.townofstowevt.org /schools/index.html   (361 words)

  
 The Back Page: Stowe School teachers offered real grades, real lessons   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
Stowe School was built in the mid-1890s and was named after Harriet Beecher Stowe, who had lived a short distance away.
Stowe School was the largest and most important of the elementary schools in town until Central Elementary School (now Doherty Middle School) was built in 1952.
Stowe, John Dove, and Jackson (especially Jackson) were handsome buildings that would have been preserved, perhaps cherished, on a private school campus.
www.andovertownsman.com /news/20060511/ET_003.html   (1093 words)

  
 <Stowe Elementary>   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
Stowe's mission is to "provide children, guided by district outcomes, and adults the opportunity to learn within an environmentally sensitive setting and curriculum" (Stowe, 1999, p.
Stowe Elementary is known for its environmental-based curriculumn.
I was excited to go to Stowe to see their alternative energy system, nature trail, and, especially, the school lunch program.
www.d.umn.edu /~carl2332/StoweElementary.htm   (231 words)

  
 Dukes of Buckingham and Chandos: Stowe
Stowe was the main residence for the first and second Dukes.
It is not intended to present a full description of Stowe here; the notes reflect my particular interests and accidental discoveries that may be of interest to others.
An extensive correspondence about Stowe and its occupants is preserved at the Huntington Library.
www.dukesofbuckingham.org /places/stowe/stowe.htm   (131 words)

  
 Town of Stowe, Vermont - History
By 1855 Stowe, with the addition of land from the Towns of Mansfield and Sterling, had become the largest town (in area) in the state.
Stowe was originally part of Chittenden County; later it became part of Washington County, and finally Lamoille County.
Stowe’s population congregated in five distinct locations: the original Upper or North Village, the Center or Middle Village (present village), the Mill Village directly downstream, the Lower Village, and Smith’s Falls (Moscow).
www.townofstowevt.org /history   (1787 words)

  
 Stowe House Preservation Trust : Home
Stowe House is a major work of architecture on an immense and palatial scale which has inspired and contains the work of a number of leading 18th century designers including Vanbrugh, Adam, Gibbs, Kent and Soane.
The Stowe House Preservation Trust was established in 1997 to restore and preserve it for the benefit of the public and the nation.
Stowe House is on English Heritage's current list of buildings at risk, and on the World Monuments Fund list (2002) for the 100 most endangered sites of significance worldwide.
www.shpt.org   (225 words)

  
 About Stowe: History - Stowe Area Association   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
The first school was started in a private house in the North or Upper Village within six years of the settlement of the town.
The first school in what is now the incorporated Village of Stowe, was taught by Dr. Joseph Robinson in the summer of 1817 in a room fitted up in a barn.
In 1863 a new three-room school building was erected in the Village which, besides its function as a District School, enabled the addition of courses for those of both sexes wishing to study beyond the elementary grades.
www.gostowe.com /about/history3.php   (1070 words)

  
 Stowe School : Directions & Contact Details   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
Stowe School, Buckingham, MK18 5EH, England : +44 (0)1280 818000 : enquiries@stowe.co.uk
Stowe and the Stowe Landscape Gardens are well sign posted.
From Bicester on the A421 at the first roundabout, follow signs to Stowe Landscape Gardens, at the T junction turn right, follow the road towards the village of Tingewick.
www.stowe.co.uk /directions/index.html   (179 words)

  
 National Trust | Stowe Landscape Gardens | House   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
Stowe's setting is as vital to the estate as the house itself.
Since Stowe School opened in May 1923, the interior has been overhauled to include classrooms, dormitories and a new chapel.
Stowe House is currently undergoing a lengthy 6 phase restoration programme by the Stowe House Preservation Trust.
www.nationaltrust.org.uk /main/w-vh/w-visits/w-findaplace/w-stowegardens/w-stowegardens-house.htm   (239 words)

  
 America's Newest Class War
Stowe Mountain Resort, seven miles from the picture-postcard town center, is one of the East's oldest and most storied ski areas, and the place where I and many of my neighbors can be found on big-snow days.
The casualties have included a middle school principal who was reduced to part-time; the school also lost a librarian, nurse, and custodian, and funding for extracurricular activities was cut in half, forcing parents to hold fundraisers to maintain the after-school programs.
Steel, a local developer and lately a crusader to save Stowe's schools (where his two children are students), is chair of the Act 60 Action Committee, a group that meets biweekly to strategize about how to counter what its members feel is a frontal assault on their community.
www.motherjones.com /news/feature/1999/09/goodman.html   (4705 words)

  
 Service Learning Basics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
Stowe has received the prestigious Governor's Award for Excellence in Pollution Prevention, was honored by the St. Louis River Citizen's Action Committee with their Environmental Stewardship Award, and recently received one of the Fifth Annual Environmental Initiative Awards in April, 1998.
Stowe's programs have been supported financially through grants and private donations; however, it is the commitment of the Stowe community: teachers, support staff, parents, community groups, and students, that have brought environmental education to life at Stowe.
Stowe Elementary has been involved in environmental service activities since the beginning of its environmental emphasis; however over two years ago, Stowe introduced the idea of environmental service-learning to its environmental education curriculum.
www.duluth.k12.mn.us /stowe/service_learning/basics.htm   (600 words)

  
 Golf near the Golden Eagle
Stowe Country Club, located just.6 miles from the Golden Eagle has evolved into one of Vermont's most enjoyable resort golf courses.
Located 3 miles from Stowe, this par 36 nine-hole course of 3 par threes, 3 par fours and 3 par fives offers variety with its water holes.
From the middle tees, the yardage is 3,200, with a rating of 67.8 and a slope of 116.
www.stoweagle.com /golf.html   (429 words)

  
 Harriet Beecher Stowe School
Harriet Beecher Stowe School, named after the famous Cincinnati abolitionist and author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin, was established in 1914 by Jennie D. Porter, who was also its first principal.
She believed that in order to gain their full potential, the students would have to be taught in segregated schools where they could develop themselves away from the prejudice of white students and could be taught by African American teachers.
Stowe School is placed in the larger context of the Cincinnati Public Schools in this 1977 thesis by Walter Nicholes.
library.cincymuseum.org /aag/history/stoweschool.html   (554 words)

  
 About Stowe High School
Stowe High School is a small, rural school that is influenced by a vibrant village providing 12 months of robust resort activity.
Ours is a school with support for all learners while having an emphasis on academics.
Striving for excellence, through diverse and comprehensive programs designed to inspire a life-long love of learning, the Stowe School District,in cooperation with our community, will provide a stimulating and supportive environmentthat challenges all students to be respectful and responsible world citizens.
www.stowe.k12.vt.us /SHS/about_shs.htm   (238 words)

  
 Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Stowe School
Stowe, Harriet Beecher STOWE, HARRIET BEECHER [Stowe, Harriet Beecher] 1811-96, American novelist and humanitarian, b.
Harriet Beecher Stowe and the domestication of free labor ideology.(Critical Essay)
Bust story: Pope at Stowe, or the politics and myths of landscape gardening.
www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Stowe+School   (573 words)

  
 Stowe Tuition Break Considered   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
As stipulated by state law, receiving schools, such as Stowe, must refund tuition dollars to sending school districts if the actual per student cost is significantly less than the projected tuition charged.
At the end of that school year, the state conducts an analysis of expenses incurred by the receiving school.
She explained the number of students attending school can fluctuate over the course of a school year, significantly affecting the cost per student.
www.newsandcitizen.com /back/2_1_2001/bstowe.htm   (485 words)

  
 Stowe School - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Stowe School - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Stowe School, English public school (independent secondary school), in Stowe, Buckinghamshire, southern central England.
Stowe, Harriet Beecher (1811-1896), American writer and abolitionist, author of Uncle Tom's Cabin (1850-1852), a forceful indictment of slavery and...
uk.encarta.msn.com /Stowe_School.html   (106 words)

  
 Stowe School Landscape Gardens
You can wander through Stowe’s green valleys and vistas which are set with lakes, monuments and temples or take the intellectual challenge set by its 18th Century creators to find the political and classical meaning behind each elegant temple and statue.
At the centre is Stowe House (not NT), occupied by Stowe School, and all around is Stowe Park.
The creation of the Temple family, Stowe has been described as ‘a work to wonder at’ in its size, splendour and variety.
www.churchwell.co.uk /stowe-school.htm   (192 words)

  
 Stowe House Preservation Plan (Building Conservation Winner 2005)
No major restoration or renovation had been carried out at Stowe since the 1860s, and the historic fabric has deteriorated to such an extent that the building was placed on English Heritage's Buildings at Risk Register and the World Monuments Fund list of the 100 most endangered sites of significance.
The project consisted of urgent repairs to the masonry and rendered details of the north colonnades, central pavilion and wings, imitating samples of the original rendering found hidden behind re-built walls.
The Stowe House Preservation Plan was the winner in the Building Conservation category of RICS awards 2005.
www.rics.org /RICSWEB/getpage.aspx?p=CAsAG3mdgE2A_d1Uu9TNkg   (372 words)

  
 Stowe Vermont Real Estate, Ken Libby, VT Realtor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
Stowe is home to the best skiing in Vermont, full of charming local shops, world class restaurants, and nearby multiple golf courses.
The Stowe, Vermont school system is consistently ranked as one of the best in VT, and there are many community events through out the year.
Owner and Broker Ken Libby was the former Stowe Vermont Police Chief, has served as the President of the Vermont Association of Realtors, and is currently the 2006 Chair of the National Association of Realtors Resort and Second Home Committee.
www.stowerealty.com   (274 words)

  
 STOWE ELEMENTARY HISTORY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
During the school year of 1914-1915, there was no Stowe School.
In 1915-1916, a new Stowe School was built at E. 33rd and Cleveland.
Stowe school will provide a caring environment for all students which addresses their individual needs within a quality educational framework.
www.dmps.k12.ia.us /schools/1stowe/histor.htm   (265 words)

  
 The Stowe School Alumni Web
This Stowe School website was built with a desire to put into one place, a little virtual reminder of The Stowe School (or Stowe Prep as it was also known).
For those visitors who may be unfamiliar, The Stowe School, on the Mountain Road in Stowe, Vermont USA had its beginnings in the early 1960's and offered young adults of high school age, a private boarding school experience within the environmental backdrop of beautiful Northern Vermont.
The school closed its doors in the 1990's and the physical location is now a resort.
www.stowe-school.com   (164 words)

  
 STOWE SCHOOL
Set in 750 acres of landscape garden and parkland, founded in 1923 in the former home of the Dukes of Buckingham and Chandos, Stowe School is set in a magnificent and inspiring location.
Stowe is essentially a country boarding school of unrivalled beauty, committed to the pursuit of intellectual, cultural and sporting excellence, offering the broadest of facilities.
Stowe offers a wide range of scholarships (with up to 50% reduction in fees) and bursaries to boys and girls demonstrating academic, musical, artistic, creative, sporting talents and all-round ability.
www.isbi.com /isbi-viewschool/2116-STOWE_SCHOOL-2.html   (570 words)

  
 Stowe Events : Weddings
The stunning setting, the tranquil location and the friendly atmosphere of Stowe make it the perfect location for a very special wedding day.
At Stowe we do not offer a ‘wedding package', we tailor our services to meet the unique demands of each couple.
In booking a wedding at Stowe you are assured the highest level of personal attention to ensure that your wedding day runs perfectly.
www.stoweevents.co.uk /weddings/index.html   (632 words)

  
 Stowe School wins RICS Building Conservation Award 2005
Stowe House in Buckinghamshire has been named winner of this year’s RICS Building Conservation Award 2005 at a gala event in London today (7 October).
Home to Stowe School since 1923, the house is one of Britain’s earliest neoclassical palaces*.
The Stowe House Preservation Trust was established in 1997 to restore and preserve Stowe for the benefit of the public and the nation, and has championed the restoration and secured funding, including money from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
www.rics.org /AboutRICS/RICSAwards/RICSBuildingConservationAward/pr_bc_2005.html   (319 words)

  
 Harriet Beecher Stowe School - Enfield - Connecticut - School Information
This school is a public school with grade levels Kindergarten through Sixth Grade.
The national average is 15 which means this school has less students in the classroom than most.
In this school there are 136 male students and 163 female students making the female students exceed the number of male students in this school.
www.schoolfolks.com /school/47466   (233 words)

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