The mission of Salisbury School is to educate young men by inspiring in each student an enthusiasm for learning and the self-confidence needed for intellectual, physical, and moral development. The close partnership of student and teacher encourages each young man to take pride in his own education and to make responsible decisions for his future. With established expectations for performance and behavior, Salisbury School promotes service to others, trust and honesty, religious faith, and respect for ethnic, cultural, gender and learning differences. The School?s spirit of community fosters long-lasting ties of friendship, healthy competition, and enjoyment of life. Salisbury strives to graduate young men ready to meet the challenges of college and adulthood with an appreciation of their responsibilities in the world community.


Celebrating a Boys School Education

We see first hand the strengths and attributes of an education designed for boys. Our insights are garnered mostly from the living proof of the 290 boys that we work with on a daily basis: our charges in the classrooms, the dormitories, and the theater, and on the fields and over the weekends. This is a special place to learn, play, and grow. So much has been published to complement our experiences and validate our opinions. What was once viewed as an outdated education model is now being promoted nationally. We know and understand young men, and celebrate what it means to be a boy!

Why Boys Choose Salisbury
It is often the boy who makes the mature decision to attend Salisbury instead of a rival coed school. He feels the camaraderie and the kinship, and is attracted by the high quality academic program, the nurturing environment, the leadership opportunities, and the healthy social environment that is short on pretense and posturing. Salisbury can greatly impact a young man?s academic, social, and co-curricular life because we focus on a single gender.

A 100 Year Tradition
We provide boys with an educational environment that is uncomplicated, and focused on core values and high standards. We are a school that is designed for boys. We are a school that recognizes and works with a young man?s academic and developmental needs. We educate young men by inspiring in each student an enthusiasm for learning and the self-confidence needed for intellectual, spiritual, physical, and moral development. We want every boy to achieve, and to have fun doing it!

Benefits of a Single-Gender Classroom
An all-boys classroom is one with less distraction. The teacher, male or female, is able to foster confidence and promote growth. Open discussions result where boys challenge themselves and each other. Boys become confident risk-takers in the arts as well as in the sciences. Perhaps he will write a poem for our literary magazine or design and edit a Faulkner web page. Also, he may enroll in one of our ten lab science classes or become active with the solar or electric car.


An Active and Healthy Social Life
Some boys will not pursue a single-gender boarding school for fear that they will not have a social life. It is a fact that life at any boarding school is quite busy. Time that is not filled with academics and co-curricular activities (e.g. athletics and the arts) is sometimes at a premium. Over 90% of our students are boarders, so our director of student activities has the charge of providing numerous fun and healthy choices. Dances with a variety of girls? and coed schools are a mainstay on Saturday night. On and off campus special events provide opportunities for our boys to meet girls, and are always on the calendar, like our annual Winter Carnival and trips to Six Flags. We have fewer disciplinary issues because we are a single-gender school. As for the boys, they like feeling that they can be themselves, and are less susceptible to peer pressure and social cliques.

A Niche for Every Boy
Just as we offer English for every student, we have a sports team or a spot in the play for every boy. Students feel comfortable trying something new, be it a sport or painting. Being given an opportunity such as this means everything to a boy, whether he is an experienced athlete or a novice. It is important to note that boys do not compete with girls for resources or leadership positions in clubs and organizations. For example, prime ice or gym time is not fought over, and, thus, we can have more teams for boys. The editors for our newspaper, literary magazine, and the yearbook as well as the student government will be boys.

Truly, Salisbury School is a unique place. Our setting, size, and mission set us apart. Being a boy?s school might not be the reason that candidates decide to attend Salisbury, but it is one of the reasons that boys have a wonderfully rich experience while they are here.

Peter B. Gilbert
Director of Admissions and Financial Aid

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The School's Founding

The Rev. Dr. George E. Quaile founded Salisbury School in 1901 after serving as headmaster of St. Austin?s School on Staten Island in New York from 1894 to 1901. Dr. Quaile was a rare man of moral leadership and broad vision. He purchased the orginal tract of land amid the rolling Berkshires for the present site of Salisbury School, selecting property that was originally a farm. The existing Main Building was constructed under Dr. Quaile?s direction and was the start of Salisbury School in 1901 as an independent college preparatory school.

After his death in 1934, Dr. Quaile was succeeded by his son, Emerson B. Quaile, a Salisbury graduate who was a Master of Latin at neighboring Hotchkiss at the time of his appointment. The Depression years stalled the growth of the School as Emerson Quaile had the arduous task of maintaining traditional academic standards in a lean era when student enrollment sharply declined. His untimely death in 1942 ended the impressive career of this dedicated headmaster.

Campus Expansion

The Rev. George D. Langdon succeeded Emerson Quaile in 1942. With the blessing of the Board of Trustees, Mr. Langdon initiated an expansion program which resulted in a complex of school buildings. A greatly increased enrollment and a maturing of the academic program accompanied this development of the physical plant. After Mr. Langdon?s retirement in 1965, growth continued under his successor, the Rev. Edwin M. Ward.

Traditions and Values

During the sixteen years of Rev. Ward?s headmastership, Salisbury adhered to its traditions and values during a period of turbulence in American education and emerged as one of the finest all-male schools in America. Upon Rev. Ward?s departure in 1981, the Reverend Peter W. Sipple was appointed Salisbury?s fifth headmaster in its eighty-year history. During the 1981-1982 academic year, the Reverend Raymond Nelson served as interim headmaster until Mr. Sipple had completed his tenure at Oregon Episcopal School.

Centennial Celebrated

Mr. Richard T. Flood, Jr., dean of the school at Noble and Greenough School, was appointed Salisbury?s sixth headmaster in 1988. Under Mr. Flood?s fifteen years at the School, Salisbury celebrated its Centennial (in 2001) and saw extensive building in conjunction with that celebration. Most notable were the building of the Wachtmeister Mathematics and Science Building, the Centennial Humanities Building (which also includes the Phinny Library, the Ruger Fine Arts Center, and the Tremaine Art Gallery), and athletic fields on the north side of Route 44.

In November of 2002, Mr. Chisholm S. Chandler was appointed to succeed Mr. Flood. Having served the Salisbury School admissions and college offices successfully after he graduated from Brown University, Mr. Chandler became the seventh headmaster in July of 2003.

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Salisbury welcomes area residents and friends of the School to use the facilities listed and to attend certain events and performances. These facilities and public events are open to the community as specified. For more information, please click on the links below.

EVENTS
Theatrical productions held in the Miles P.H. Seifert '53 Theatre, student exhibitions on display in the Tremaine Gallery, and the Hanging of the Greens and Lessons and Carols services celebrated in the Chapel are all free and open to the public. Please check our events calendar for individual listings.

THE PHINNY LIBRARY
Located in the Centennial Library and Humanities Building, The Phinny Library is an inviting space with natural light, wood paneling and panoramic views. Study carrels and tables are nestled throughout the library, and the many comfortable chairs welcome you to read one of the Library's 25,000 volumes or 100 magazine subscriptions.

Material may be borrowed when unavailable form the Scoville Memorial Library. Guests of the Library may check out fiction and nonfiction books. The loan period for these books is three weeks with no renewal. If a Salisbury student is in need of the borrowed book, it will be recalled. Our reference materials and periodicals do not circulate, but are available on site. We regret that our video collection does not circulate and that on-line sources are unavailable.

Interesting displays of the library collections are on view in the foyer and change monthly.

RUDD RINK
Home to the School's three hockey teams, Rudd Rink is an Olympic-sized ice surface. The rink is operational from November 1 until March 1. The facility houses a large warming room that is often used to host family gatherings and birthday parties. For rental information and scheduling, please contact Athletic Director Tim Sinclair at (860) 435- 5898.

In addition, the School opens the rink for public skating sessions. Please check the events calendar for times and dates through the winter.

THE TREMAINE GALLERY
Situated on the lower level of the Centennial Building, next to the Ruger Fine Arts Center, the Tremaine Gallery is primarily a showcase for student work. This permanent collection grows yearly as outstanding creations are selected by the Art Department, and is rotated three times a year. Occasionally, there are exhibits by alumni and friends of the School. The space is also used to host benefit exhibits by local non-profit organizations. For more information about the Gallery exhibits and hours, please contact Art Department Chair Roger McKee at (860) 435-5824.

THE CHAPEL
Positioned on the Hilltop to overlook the breathtaking Berkshire Mountains, the Chapel seats approximately 300 people. The Chapel has opens its doors to the public during the traditional Hanging of the Greens and Lessons and Carols Services. The Chapel has also hosted Salisbury Forum guest speakers, which is a series produced for community residents. Alumni and friends of the School may hold wedding and funeral services in the Chapel. Please call The Reverend Ned Mulligan at (860) 435-5879 for more information.

MILES P.H. SEIFERT '53 THEATRE
This venue is transformed three times a year with each production of the Salisbury Drama Society. The productions are free and open to the public. Check the events calendar for listings of these and any lectures that may be open to the larger community.

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Salisbury is a dynamic, modern school, but we take pride in the history that makes us so unique. We embrace the founding rector?s belief that a boy?s secondary school has the responsibility for addressing every aspect of development. Listed below are some of Salisbury?s traditions that continue to be such important parts of our boys? overall school experience:

CHAPEL
Salisbury welcomes students and faculty of all faiths but maintains its historic ties to the Episcopal Church. The entire school community gathers every Tuesday and Friday morning in the Chapel for reflection or to hear a message. These services embrace all faiths.

SIT-DOWN DINNERS
Twice a week for dinner, students eat family style with their advisor or with a randomly assigned faculty member and fellow students. This promotes a deeper sense of community and allows new students the chance to get to know boys from older or younger classes than their own.

SCHOOL MEETINGS
Weather permitting, we gather in the Quadrangle for updates from faculty members and students on what lies ahead in a given week. The student body president oversees these meetings, giving the first words of welcome as well as the dismissal.

SPORTSMANSHIP
Another valued tradition is good sportsmanship toward opponents, coaches, referees, and spectators who may be cheering for another team. A Salisbury team is expected to be magnanimous in victory and gracious in defeat. A victory by a winning team or squad is often applauded at school meetings.

RED LIGHT IN THE CUPOLA
After a varsity team wins a sports match, the red light in the Main Building?s cupola is lit to alert the rest of the community to the team?s victory.

HANGING OF THE GREENS
Shortly before students go on break for the winter holidays, the entire school community gathers in the Chapel for the traditional Hanging of the Greens. Two nights later we celebrate the service of Lessons and Carols, sung by a joint student-faculty choir.

DRESS CODE
All students wear jackets and ties to class, sit-down meals, Chapel, and special school events. In the winter, a student may wear a turtleneck shirt instead of a tie and in the spring, Bermuda shorts may be worn on hot days. For other meals, students are permitted to wear collared shirts and trousers (no jeans). From the end of Saturday?s class until Monday morning, dress is casual.

SIXTH FORM PRIVILEGES
All Sixth Formers are entitled to wear a blue blazer with the Salisbury crest on the left jacket pocket. Graduates at commencement exercises traditionally wear a school blazer and white slacks. The ?senior rug? area, named in memory of the Rev. George D. Langdon, the ?senior steps,? and the ?senior mound? are restricted to Sixth Form Students.

MOTTO
The Salisbury Motto is Esse Quam Videri, which orginates in Sallust?s Bellum Catalinarium, 54. Sallust compared Cato to Caesar and wrote that Cato preferred to be virtuous rather than appear to be so. Consequently, the less Cato sought recognition the more he found it. ?To be rather than to seem to be? is an affirmation of personal honor at the heart of the Salisbury experience.

SCHOOL SEAL
The Salisbury Seal is colored red for bravery and gold for generosity. The four crosses above and below the crest symbolize faith in God through Christ. The shell is a vessel used by the Crusaders. The heart symbolizes charity and the arrows preparedness. The open books is for learning and the acorn and its brand for maturity.

SCHOOL MASCOT
In the spring of 1995, the Sixth Form adopted the Crimson Knight as the School?s mascot. It symbolized the history, character, and devotion of the Knights represented in The Sarum Hymn.


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Headmaster's Message

Salisbury School has entered its second century of educating boys. The School?s founder and first headmaster, The Reverend George Emerson Quaile, began with a fundamental mission and philosophy, and we celebrate and hold true to these ideals more than 100 years later. We are a boys? school that values loyalty and honor. We are a small school that strives to develop a boy?s mind, body, and spirit. Finally, we are a school founded in the tradition of the Episcopal Church and seek to instill in each boy a moral compass that will guide him during his college years and in the world thereafter.

Our boys are challenged each day by their teachers, their coaches, and their advisors. No one ever gets lost or falls through the cracks at Salisbury. We view ourselves as a community of learners who care for and support each other in all endeavors. Indeed, many graduates look back on their experience at Salisbury as much more than just an important chapter of their education or a stepping stone to the college of their choice. They realize that they have been and continue to be part of a family that will always be a cherished piece of their lives.

I hope that as you examine this brief overview of life at Salisbury, you will get a flavor for what we believe is so unique about our ?Hilltop.? If you have not done so already, I encourage you to visit our campus so you may experience life here first-hand. Come and join a class, watch one of our athletic teams practice, or view a play rehearsal. We look forward to welcoming you!

Chisholm S. Chandler
Headmaster