Indian Springs School
Address
190 Woodward Drive

Indian Springs, Alabama
35124

United States
Coordinates33°20′27″N 86°46′17″W / 33.3409°N 86.7715°W / 33.3409; -86.7715
Information
TypePrivate, boarding and day, secondary school
MottoDiscere Vivendo
(Learning Through Living)
Established1952 (1952)
CEEB code011440
Head of schoolScott Schamberger
Teaching staff38
Grades8–12[1]
GenderCoeducational
Enrollment324[1] (2022-2023)
Student to teacher ratio8:1[1]
Campus350 acres (140 ha) with an 11-acre (4.5 ha) lake
Color(s)Maroon and grey
  
AthleticsBoys' and girls' cross country, basketball, bowling, tennis, and soccer
Boys' baseball and golf
Girls' volleyball and softball
NicknameSprings
AccreditationAdvancED, NCA CASI, NWAC, SACS CASI
NewspaperWoodward Post
YearbookKhalas
Websitewww.indiansprings.org

Indian Springs School is a private school for grades eight through twelve, near Birmingham, Alabama, United States. It has both boarding and day students, and is located in Indian Springs Village, Shelby County, Alabama.

History

Indian Springs School was founded in 1952, endowed by Birmingham businessman Harvey G. Woodward, an alumnus of MIT. He died in 1930 and, in his will bequeathed the funds and instructions for creating the school. Woodward wanted to make the school available to all classes of students. He stipulated that the school could admit only Christian, white boys, at a time when racial segregation was statewide in public facilities.[2] He instructed that the school should use a holistic approach to learning (the school's motto is "Discere Vivendo", or "Learning through Living").

During its first years, the school was based on a working farm, where students carried out all the work needed, in addition to other studies. This element was soon eliminated. Indian Springs opened in 1952 with ten staff members and sixty students. The first director of the school was Louis "Doc" Armstrong. He made several changes to Woodward's original plans for the school. He developed a curriculum as a preparatory school and opened admissions to Jewish boys.

When the school was founded, most private and public facilities were segregated in Alabama. The restrictions on enrollment were sequentially abolished by 1976, both by actions of the first director and to comply with the Supreme Court ruling and later federal civil rights legislation in 1964.[2]

Campus

Indian Springs School's campus is on 350 acres (140 ha) in northern Shelby County, 15 miles (24 km) south of downtown Birmingham. Through the 1970s, the school was remote and surrounded by the woodlands of its campus, in addition to Oak Mountain State Park abutting its southern boundary. In the late 1970s, facing increasing debts and possible bankruptcy because of decreased enrollment, the school sold hundreds of acres surrounding the campus.

Instruction takes place in seven academic buildings, which house 23 classrooms, a science center, a concert hall, a theater, a student lounge, a college center, a technology lab, a 19,000-volume library, and special studios for chorus, art, photography, and drama. The athletic facilities include two gymnasiums, with two basketball courts, two volleyball courts, and two weight rooms. The campus has six tennis courts, a competition soccer field, a baseball field, a softball field, a cross country track, and a practice field/track. A new organic orchard, Fertile Minds, complements the greenhouse in producing food for the students. In 2006, new dorms for both boys and girls were opened.

For school year 2022–2023, the tuition per year is $27,300 for day students, $50,400 for Alabama resident boarding students, $56,500 for non-Alabama domestic boarding students, and $63,200 for international boarding students. There are annual bus and meal plan fees that are not included. Tuition fluctuates yearly.[3]

Sexual misconduct allegations

In 2019, after an internal investigation by a third party, Indian Springs released a report accusing former faculty members of sexual misconduct.[4][5][6]

Enrollment Numbers

For the 2022–2023 school year:[1]

  • Total students: 324
  • Day students: 242
  • Boarding students: 82
  • States represented: 9
  • Countries represented: 11
  • Faculty: 38
  • Student-Teacher ratio: 8 to 1

The demographic breakdown of the 323 students enrolled in 2021-2022 was:[7]

  • White: 63.2%
  • Asian: 24.5%
  • Black: 4.4%
  • Hispanic: 3.7%
  • Multiracial: 2.5%

Representation in other media

Notable people

Alumni

Notable alumni[9] include:

Faculty

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Welcome to Indian Springs School!". Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Where There's a Will: The Story of Indian Springs School" by Pam Jones, Alabama Heritage Magazine, Number 77, Summer 2005, 26-33.
  3. ↑ "Learn about the costs for attending Indian Springs School".
  4. ↑ Remkus, Ashley (19 June 2019). "5 former Alabama private school employees accused of sexual misconduct". al.com. Retrieved June 19, 2019.
  5. ↑ Robert Sherman, Phil Pinarski (19 June 2019). "Indian Springs School finds sexual abuse evidence of 5 educators". Retrieved June 20, 2019.
  6. ↑ Seale, Michael (19 June 2019). "Indian Springs releases report on sexual misconduct investigation". Patch.com. Retrieved June 19, 2019.
  7. ↑ "Indian Springs School Students - Niche". Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  8. ↑ "Looking for Alaska at My High School" by John Green, Uploaded on August 6, 2010. Quote: The school in my novel is "almost inch for inch the same place as Indian Springs School was in 1995."
  9. 1 2 "Springs imaginations have built companies, penned books, and saved lives".
  10. 1 2 3 4 Indian Springs School shines as 'The Fault in Our Stars' reaches meteoric levels al.com, June 10, 2014. Quote: "Green is only one of a number of notable Springs alumni; others include fellow author Daniel Alarcon, director John Badham, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia CEO and president Charles Plosser, Continental Bakery owner Carole Griffin, Game of Thrones TV show writer David Hill, Russell Lands chairman and CEO Ben Russell and many more."
  11. ↑ Daniel Alarcón '95 Named 2015 Outstanding Alum indiansprings.org, June 4, 2015
  12. 1 2 Directors John Badham, Michael McCullers will attend Indian Springs School event in Birmingham Harvey, Alec, al.com, July 29, 2010.
  13. ↑ Cooke, John B. (Spring 2016) "Finding the Muse of the Man Called Cruse". Comic Book Creator No. 12, p. 32-39
  14. ↑ Cruse, Howard (April 25, 2011) "Book Promotion Time Archived 2021-05-05 at the Wayback Machine" Loose Cruse weblog - accessed June 28, 2019
  15. ↑ Cook, Sarah (Summer 2017). "Hanelle Culpepper Meier '88: From School Plays to Hollywood Productions". Indian Springs, A Magazine for Alumni and Friends of Indian Springs School. Indian Springs, Alabama: Indian Springs School. 15 (2): 49.
  16. ↑ Boucher, Geoff (March 1, 2019). "'Star Trek': Hanelle Culpepper Will Direct Picard Pilot, First Woman To Launch Starfleet Series". Deadline.
  17. ↑ Talbot, Margaret (June 2, 2014). "The Teen Whisperer". The New Yorker.
  18. ↑ "Countdown to Bliss". observer.com. 7 November 2005. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  19. ↑ "Alum Awards at Indian Springs School | Birmingham, AL". indiansprings.myschoolapp.com. Retrieved 2023-08-07.
  20. ↑ "Another way to serve: After 20 years in Navy, Elaine Luria running for Congress" Archived 2018-11-07 at the Wayback Machine Southern Jewish Life, March 7, 2018.
  21. ↑ ""Mountain Brook native Elaine Luria wins Virginia Congressional seat"". al.com. November 7, 2018. Retrieved February 16, 2019.
  22. ↑ "KMars rover flight director says Indian Springs School helped launch career". AL.com, Advance Local Media LLC. 21 August 2012.
  23. ↑ "Wine rebel teaches classes at alma mater Indian Springs School | al.com". Blog.al.com. Retrieved 2012-09-28.
  24. ↑ "BSC Press Release". bsc.edu. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  25. ↑ "ISS Magazine - Spring 2012". issuu.com. Retrieved 3 October 2016.

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