Bancroft School

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Type Private secondary Enrollment 450 students Phone +1 508-853-2640 Number of students 450		Established 1900 Color(s) Blue and gray Mascot Bulldogs Founded 1900

Head of school James P. "Trey" Cassidy Athletics conference Eastern Independent League (EIL) and New England Preparatory School Athletic Council (NEPSAC) Address 110 Shore Dr, Worcester, MA 01605, USA Similar Worcester Academy, St John's High School, Bancroft School of Massage, Massach Academy, Notre Dame Academy Profiles Facebook Twitter

The Bancroft School in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, is an independent, co-educational, preK - 12, college-preparatory day school. Students typically live in Central Massachusetts and MetroWest Boston. The school campus measures 30-acre (120,000 m²). The school has three divisions: pre-kindergarten and elementary school, middle, and high school.

Notable alumni

Notable alumni of Bancroft School include:

Esther Forbes, Class of 1908; winner of the 194Pulitzer Prize for History for a biography of Paul Revere and the 1944 Newbery Medal for Johnny Tremain

Mahlon Hoagland, biochemist, discoverer of amino-acid activating enzymes

Myra Kraft (née Hiatt) (1942–2011), Bancroft Class of 1960; philanthropist with the New England Patriots Charitable Foundation, Robert K. and Myra H. Kraft Foundation, American Repertory Theatre, Brandeis University, United Way of Massachusetts Bay, Boys and Girls Clubs of Boston, Kraft Stadium for American football in Jerusalem

Denise Eisenberg Rich, Class of 1962; New York socialite

Robert Waring Stoddard, Class of 1923; former editor of the Worcester Telegram & Gazette; one of the founders of the John Birch Society

References

Bancroft School Wikipedia

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