Miss Porter's Scool

Miss Porter's Scool

1. Founded 1843

   • Moved to schoolhouse in 1847
     • Up until 1847, Miss Porter educated her girls in the historic "stone store" located on Main Street in Farmington. She rented out an upstairs room and taught them there until the building funded by the Farmington Female Seminary Association was completed.
     • Purchased building that was previously a hotel to house her students

2. Sarah Porter

   • Rev. Noah Porter
     • More on Noah Porter and his relationship to the Amistad case: http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/amistad/por.htm
     • Mehitable "Hetty" Meigs
   • Died 1900
   • Attended Farmington Academy
   • Additional information on Sarah Porter
     • http://www.cwhf.org/inductees/education-preservation/sarah-porter#.VlM6mE2Ufcs
   • Attended Farmington Academy 1828-1830
   • Spent time at Yale College, though she did not officially study there
     • Her brother, Noah Porter, was eventually named the president of Yale College, which is why she was able to be educated by one of its most notable professors.

3. Take a tour of Miss Porter's School

   • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlxiX15Fv3M

4. The school's history presented from the point of view of the current staff

   • http://www.porters.org/Page/Explore/School-History

5. Curriculum

   • The curriculum implemented at Miss Porter's School was challenging and in-depth. Her students got much more out of their time at school than did the children of Farmington public schools at the time.
   • Miss Porter offered courses like: geography, history, arithmetic, Latin, music, geometry, Greek, etc.

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