DOANE STUART SCHOOL
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History
The Doane Stuart School is one of the Region’s oldest and most prestigious college preparatory schools. The environment is one of inquiry and scholarship. The community is based on tolerance and respect. It is a place to grow your mind and build your heart.
In a school dedicated to religious inclusiveness, and therefore richly diverse, it is only fitting that Doane Stuart is inclusive, also, of both males and females. Doane Stuart is the Nation's only successfully merged Roman Catholic/Protestant school, and it is the Region’s leading coeducational, Early Childhood through Grade 12 independent school.
Doane Stuart, founded in 1975, traces its heritage to the merger of two Albany schools with long and proud histories grounded in the Roman Catholic and Episcopal traditions. The union of these two schools (Kenwood Academy, founded in 1852, and St. Agnes School, founded in 1870) is a statement to the broader community about the importance of teaching students to live together peacefully, respecting the religious traditions of others.
The name Doane Stuart was taken from the First Episcopal Bishop of Albany, The Right Reverend William Croswell Doane, and the Roman Catholic educator, Mother Janet Erskine Stuart, RSCJ.
Doane Stuart is an interfaith school. We respect students of all faiths and backgrounds. Our chapel services celebrate major world religions. The religion curriculum at Doane Stuart is non-doctrinal and asks the students to explore, intellectually, their own faiths, and the faiths of others. The interfaith nature of the school community is well illustrated by our resident Buddhist Temple housed on campus.
After a year-long renovation and restoration effort, a new chapter in the story of the Doane Stuart School began on September 16, 2009, as students began classes at the School’s permanent campus home. Overlooking the Hudson River, with views of the City of Albany, the historic 24-acre campus in Rensselaer provides a majestic backdrop for the next 150 years of opportunity and success.