| Portsmouth Abbey School | |
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285 Corys Lane , , 02871
United States
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| Coordinates | 41°36′12″N 71°16′19″W / 41.60333°N 71.27194°W / 41.60333; -71.27194 |
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| Type | Private, day & boarding, college-prep |
| Motto | Veritas (Truth) |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic, Benedictines |
| Established | 1926 |
| Founder | John Hugh Diman |
| Status | Active |
| Headmaster | Matthew Walter[1] |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Enrollment | 355[2] (2015–2016) |
| Average class size | 14 |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Color(s) | Red and black |
| Slogan | Veritas "Truth" |
| Song | "Portsmouth, Place of Fellowship" |
| Athletics conference | Eastern Independent League |
| Sports | 45 athletics teams in 16 sports |
| Mascot | Raven |
| Accreditation | New England Association of Schools and Colleges[3] |
| Publication | The Raven (Literary Magazine) Portsmouth Abbey School Alumni Bulletin |
| Newspaper | The Beacon {f.k.a. the Beaverboard} |
| Yearbook | The Gregorian |
| School fees | $63,050/boarding year |
| Website | www |
Portsmouth Abbey School is a coeducational Catholic, Benedictine boarding and day school for students in grades 9 to 12. Founded in 1926 by the English Benedictines, the school is located on a 525-acre campus in Portsmouth, along Rhode Island's Narragansett Bay.
The school and monastery are located on land originally owned by the Freeborn family beginning in the 1650s. The land was later owned by the Anthony family, and in 1778 it was the site of the Battle of Rhode Island during the American Revolution. In 1864, Amos Smith, a Providence financier, built what is now known as the Manor House and created a gentleman's farm on the site with the help of architect Richard Upjohn. After buying the Manor House and surrounding land in 1918, Dom Leonard Sargent of Boston, a convert from the Episcopal Church, founded Portsmouth Priory on October 18, 1918. The priory was founded as, and remains, a house of the English Benedictine Congregation. It is one of only three American houses in the congregation, and maintains a unique connection with sister schools in England, including Ampleforth College and Downside School.
A parcel of the school's land is leased to The Aquidneck Club (formerly the Carnegie Abbey Club) where the student golf team practices and holds its interscholastic golf matches.[4]
Today the school, often referred to as "the Abbey," has students from 17 nations and 26 states.[5]
In 2006, the school installed a Vestas V47-660 kW wind turbine, the first such project in Rhode Island,[6][7][8] to provide forty percent of the school's electricity.
The Abbey's Church of St. Gregory the Great contains a wire sculpture titled Trinity, created by the late American sculptor Richard Lippold in 1960. The sculpture is made of a 22,000 foot web of gold plated wire surrounding a gold and silver Crucifix, created by Meinrad Burch. The sculpture underwent an award-winning restoration in 2009, carried out by Newmans’ Ltd., of Newport, Rhode Island.[9]
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