Box Hill School

Box Hill School

Infobox Secondary school
name =Box Hill School
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established =1959
address = Mickleham
city =Dorking
state = Surrey
country =England
campus =
type =Independent school
affiliation =
affiliations = Round Square
headmaster = Mr Mark Eagers
founder = Mr Roy McComish
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faculty =
students = ~400
grades = Years 7 to 13
lower_age = 11
upper_age = 18
gender = Boys and girls
houses = 6
district =
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accreditation =
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colours = green, white
publication = The Boxhillian
yearbook = Folio
free_label_1 = Former pupils
free_1 = Old Boxhillians
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website = [http://www.boxhillschool.org.uk boxhillschool.org.uk]
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Box Hill School is an independent coeducational boarding and day school situated in the village of Mickleham near Dorking, England. The school has approximately 400 students aged 11-18, a large proportion of which are from overseas. The school will offer the International Baccalaureate from September 2008.

The school was founded in September 1959 by Roy McComish, a housemaster and art master at Gordonstoun School in Scotland. It is one of the founding schools of the International Round Square Association. Mark Eagers has been headmaster since September 2002.

Round Square ideals

The school was one of the fouding members of the Round Square international association which has over sixty different schools all around the world. The school actively partakes in all the ideals of the round square, these are:

I- internationalismThe school has students from all over the world and the school comunity in total speak around thirty different languages, the community is one of sheer diversity, and is made a much richer experience for the pupils that go there because of it.Fact|date=October 2008

D- DemocracyThe school has a thriving and influential student council where the students in the school have a large say in the pastrol care they receive and the Activities program that runs in box hill.

E- enviromentMuch work is done on Box hill to help keep the area classed as "an area of natural outstanding beauty" looking in such immaculate condition. The enthusiasim of the students at the school has resulted in the school having an amazing natuaral resource in box hill.

A- ActionThe school organise Expeditions

L- leadership

Thirds

Each student is assigned to a group or "third" for competitions in music, sports and various other events. There were originally three groups of pupils, however the number of "thirds" has now increased to nine to accommodate the larger school population. The current "thirds" are:
# Spartans
# Olympians
# Trojans
# Thebans
# Corinthians
# Athenians


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