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HISTORY OF THE SCHOOL

Indian Springs School was founded in 1952 by Birmingham-born, MIT-educated businessman Harvey G. Woodward, who left the funds and instructions for creating the school in his will at his death in 1930. In some ways, his vision was a progressive one. Woodward wanted to make the school available to both Alabama's elite and rural poor. He instructed that the school should champion a holistic approach to learning (the school's motto is "Discere Vivendo," or "Learning Through Living.") During its first years, the school was a working farm which the students tended. However, Woodward also stipulated that the school could Only Admit Whites And Males , limitations which were successfully challenged in court.


PRESENT-DAY INDIAN SPRINGS SCHOOL

In 2004 , ISS had 268 students, 74% of whom were Day students and 26% of whom were boarders.


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FURTHER READING

  • "Where There's a Will: The Story of Indian Springs School" by Pam Jones, ''Alabama Heritage'' Magazine, Number 77, Summer 2005, 26-33.



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