DrBanneker
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I have been meaning to write about these for a bit ever since I did my (lately not updated) thread on the best private schools for Black kids. There are four Black boarding schools left in the US down from about 80-100 before World War II. Not all of those were big but there were some famous ones like Gilbert Academy in New Orleans who had as alumni Andrew Young (UN Ambassador and Atlanta Mayor) and Ellis Marsalis (father of Wynton and Brandon), the Palmer School in Sedalia, NC and the Mather School in Beaufort, SC.
Now there are four profiled below. It seems all except Redemption Christian Academy only offer Grades 9-12 and are co-ed but tend to do a great job in educating students, even disadvantaged ones, and help them become college bound. Maybe they will get strengthened and multiply depending on how this anti-Black anti-DEI etc. blowback goes.
The Piney Woods School
Piney Woods, Mississippi
Student:Teacher ratio: 10:1
% of Students that attend 4-Year Colleges: 90%
Boarding+Tuition:
Based on need, sliding scale up to $40,000 per year
Total Students: 147
Piney Woods was established in 1909 by Laurance C. Jones and was for a time combined with a school for the blind for Blacks. The school has 2,000 acres of land including 65 acres for the main campus and 250 acres for a demonstration farm. Students can also play on the basketball team or run track & field.
Laurinbug Institute
Laurinburg, NC
Student:Teacher ratio: N/A
% of Students that attend 4-Year Colleges: 83%
Tuition+Boarding:
$16,000-20,000 per year
Total Students: 20-30
In the early 1900s the Blacks of Laurinbug, NC did not have any schools based elementary school and wrote Booker T. Washington asking for help starting a school. Booker T. contacted Emmanuel and Tinny McDuffie, graduates of the Black boarding school Snow Hill, also in North Carolina, and they founded the Laurinburg Institute in 1904. Over time it grew to perhaps the biggest Black private/boarding school in the country. It also was flexible in tuition since the area was so poor 20 bushels or corn or collard greens were often accepted as payment.
Laurinburg had an outstanding basketball program and produced many early great Black NBA players like Sam Jones and Spider Bennett as well as famous non-pro player Earl “the Goat” Manigault. Dizzy Gillespie attended on scholarship and one of its most recent alumni is Joe Budden.
Redemption Christian Academy
Troy, NY
Student:Teacher ratio: 8:1
% of Students that attend 4-Year Colleges: 95%
Boarding+Tuition:
$28,000 per year
Total Students: 100
Redemption Christian Academy is the only K-12 school but obviously only the 9-12 grade students are boarding. It also is the only school to be established post Jim Crow having been founded in 1979 by Pastor John Massey, Jr. It offers a series of unique programs besides the regular curriculum including a STEM/Maker program and a culinary arts program. It also has open/rolling enrollment and the opportunity for high school students to take college level classes at local universities in the Albany area.
Pine Forge Academy
Pine Forge, PA
Student:Teacher ratio: 12:1
% of Students that attend 4-Year Colleges: 98%
Boarding+Tuition: $20,500
Total Students: 148
Pine Forge Academy is a co-ed boarding school in Pennsylvania affiliated with the Seventh-Day Adventist Church. Started in 1946, it combines religious and college prep education. A Tribe Called Quest member Phife Dawg is an alum. Many students end up going to the Seventh Day Adventist affiliated HBCU Oakwood University.
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Now there are four profiled below. It seems all except Redemption Christian Academy only offer Grades 9-12 and are co-ed but tend to do a great job in educating students, even disadvantaged ones, and help them become college bound. Maybe they will get strengthened and multiply depending on how this anti-Black anti-DEI etc. blowback goes.
The Piney Woods School
Piney Woods, Mississippi
Student:Teacher ratio: 10:1
% of Students that attend 4-Year Colleges: 90%
Boarding+Tuition:
Based on need, sliding scale up to $40,000 per year
Total Students: 147
Piney Woods was established in 1909 by Laurance C. Jones and was for a time combined with a school for the blind for Blacks. The school has 2,000 acres of land including 65 acres for the main campus and 250 acres for a demonstration farm. Students can also play on the basketball team or run track & field.
Laurinbug Institute
Laurinburg, NC
Student:Teacher ratio: N/A
% of Students that attend 4-Year Colleges: 83%
Tuition+Boarding:
$16,000-20,000 per year
Total Students: 20-30
In the early 1900s the Blacks of Laurinbug, NC did not have any schools based elementary school and wrote Booker T. Washington asking for help starting a school. Booker T. contacted Emmanuel and Tinny McDuffie, graduates of the Black boarding school Snow Hill, also in North Carolina, and they founded the Laurinburg Institute in 1904. Over time it grew to perhaps the biggest Black private/boarding school in the country. It also was flexible in tuition since the area was so poor 20 bushels or corn or collard greens were often accepted as payment.
Laurinburg had an outstanding basketball program and produced many early great Black NBA players like Sam Jones and Spider Bennett as well as famous non-pro player Earl “the Goat” Manigault. Dizzy Gillespie attended on scholarship and one of its most recent alumni is Joe Budden.
Redemption Christian Academy
Troy, NY
Student:Teacher ratio: 8:1
% of Students that attend 4-Year Colleges: 95%
Boarding+Tuition:
$28,000 per year
Total Students: 100
Redemption Christian Academy is the only K-12 school but obviously only the 9-12 grade students are boarding. It also is the only school to be established post Jim Crow having been founded in 1979 by Pastor John Massey, Jr. It offers a series of unique programs besides the regular curriculum including a STEM/Maker program and a culinary arts program. It also has open/rolling enrollment and the opportunity for high school students to take college level classes at local universities in the Albany area.
Pine Forge Academy
Pine Forge, PA
Student:Teacher ratio: 12:1
% of Students that attend 4-Year Colleges: 98%
Boarding+Tuition: $20,500
Total Students: 148
Pine Forge Academy is a co-ed boarding school in Pennsylvania affiliated with the Seventh-Day Adventist Church. Started in 1946, it combines religious and college prep education. A Tribe Called Quest member Phife Dawg is an alum. Many students end up going to the Seventh Day Adventist affiliated HBCU Oakwood University.
@invalid @MostReal @Originalman @#1 pick @Ziggiy @SupaVillain @Tug life @Idaeo @get these nets @MostReal @Bryan Danielson @Rollie Forbes @Sonic Boom of the South @staticshock @Charlie Hustle @BigAggieLean. @Optimus Prime @How Sway? @DropTopDoc @Anerdyblackguy @EndDomination @murksiderock
That K-12 black boarding school to Howard/Spelman/Morehouse connection needs to be re-established
