Clear Spring School
Address
374 Dairy Hollow Road

Eureka Springs
,
Arkansas
72632

United States
Coordinates36°24′30″N 93°44′43″W / 36.408236°N 93.745364°W / 36.408236; -93.745364
Information
Funding typeIndependent, co-educational
Founded1974 (1974)
FounderWill and Laurie Fulton and Molly Fulton Seeligson
NCES School IDA9100177[1]
Head of schoolDebbie Hartsell
Teaching staff8.8 (on FTE basis)[1]
GradesPK–12
GenderCo-educational
Enrollment59 (2009–10)
Student to teacher ratio6.1[1]
AccreditationIndependent School Association of the Central States (ISACS) [1999–]
National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS)
PublicationThe Independent Mind
Websitewww.clearspringschool.org

Clear Spring School is an independent, co-educational school in Eureka Springs, United States. The school teaches approximately sixty students in prekindergarten through grade 12.

History

Clear Spring School was founded in 1974 by Will and Laurie Fulton and Molly Fulton Seeligson. Will and Molly’s father, Dr. Bernard Fulton, had previously founded the Greenhill School in Dallas, Texas. The vision of Clear Spring School, following the founders’ philosophy of true education, was to promote a lifelong love of learning. They recognized that when students make a personal and meaningful connection with a subject, then knowledge, skill, and growth naturally follow.

Beginning as a one-room school for students in grades 1 – 6, Clear Spring School gradually expanded to serve pre-primary students and later added a middle school and then high school program. Over the school’s early years, it was housed in four different donated spaces as the program grew, including Eureka Springs’ historic “Old Red Brick School House” (later destroyed by fire in 1990). With the school’s growth came the acquisition of 16 wooded acres, and a master plan that resulted in the construction of five buildings housing classrooms and administrative offices.

Clear Spring School has been nationally accredited through the Independent School Association of the Central States (ISACS) since 1999. In addition to ISACS accreditation, CSS is also a member of the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS).

Clear Spring School is divided into the following programs:

  • Pre-Primary Program—prekindergarten (PK) and kindergarten (KG)
  • Ełementary School—two classrooms divided into grades 1–3 and grades 4–5.
  • Middle School—grades 6 through 8 on a block schedule.
  • High School—grades 9 through 12 on a block schedule.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Search for Private Schools – School Detail for Clear Spring School". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved February 6, 2013.
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