Type Private School Headmaster Ann Kent Enrollment app. 455 Mascot Wildcat Color Green, Gold, & White | Established 1852 Grades Pre-K–12 Phone +1 225-683-5383 Founded 1852 Lowest grade Pre-kindergarten | |
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Address 10830 Bank St, Clinton, LA 70722, USA Similar East Feliciana Parish Sc, East Feliciana High Sch, East Feliciana Middle Sc, Northeast High School, Zachary High School | ||
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Silliman Institute is a private coeducational school located in Clinton, Louisiana. It was founded in 1852, and reopened in 1966 by parents who opposed government intervention in education, especially desegregation of Louisiana's segregated school system. Today, the majority of students are still racially white, but the student body is also made up of a minority of other ethnic backgrounds. The school enrolls students from throughout East and West Feliciana Parish, and surrounding areas.
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History
Silliman Institute was founded in 1852 as Silliman Female Collegiate Institute. It operated as a women's college between the years of 1852 and 1866. In 1866 the campus was donated to the Louisiana Presbytery and was known as Silliman College until 1931 when the school was shut down due to economic conditions and declining enrollment. The campus was used by the Louisiana Presbytery between 1934 and 1960 as the site of their annual summer conferences.
A group of local parents who were concerned with government funded social engineering and anti christian legislation directed at public school systems, bought the old campus in 1965 and began holding classes for grades 1 through 7 in 1966. This occurred prior to the public schools in East Feliciana Parish being ordered to integrate by the Federal courts, in 1969, but local parents were well aware that the order would be coming. Silliman was expanded to include high school in 1967.
In the late 1990s Silliman Institute was one of 23 private schools in Louisiana ruled ineligible for that state's tuition grant program because of its refusal to adopt racially non-discriminatory admissions policies. A majority of the board of directors at the time disapproved of making the changes necessary to become eligible for the grants. The minority of the board issued 1000 new shares of stock in the school's governing corporation and were sued by other directors in an attempt to prevent this attempted end-run around the majority position. The sale of the shares was approved by Judge Wilson Ramshur in November 1999. Changes to the school's admission's policies, as evidenced by the non-discrimination policy posted on the school's official website, were later instituted, allowing for its graduates to qualify for the TOPS scholarship. Approximately 71% of the school's 2013 graduating class received the state's TOPS scholarship.
The school promotes themes of religious liberty, civil rights, states rights and traditional interpretations of the Constitution. Ironically the state of La. Is now utilizing private schools in order to assist students who are falling victim to the very programs once believed to be superior forms of education.
The current racial make-up of the school's student body is 98.18% White, 1% Hispanic, 0.4% Black, and 0.4% Asian/Pacific Islander
Accreditation
The Silliman Institute is a member of the Mississippi Association of Independent Schools. It is accredited by the Louisiana State Board of Education.
Athletics
While the school competes in athletics as a member of the Mississippi Association of Independent Schools (MAIS). Prior to 1991, it competed as a member of the Louisiana Independent School Association. Silliman offers football, basketball, baseball, softball, golf, tennis, cross country, track, cheerleading, and dance.
During the 2015 calendar year, Silliman won three State Championships in baseball, softball, and football.
Rivals include Centreville Academy (Centreville, Mississippi) and the Central Private School (Central, Louisiana).