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I recently updated the Athletics section to detail which athletic conferences the school is a member of and to list a couple notable former athletes who I played football with in my days there. Big Haircut (talk) 00:11, 12 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Who was the athlete who wound up at Rice? I updated the link to the Thresher article but it doesn't say which player was your classmate. Kjtobo (talk) 16:54, 28 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Suggesting improvements and requesting edits to the article

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Hello all! I've posted my CIO tag and would like to make suggestions for improving the article. Since Wikipedia articles about historic private schools usually include more information than what is currently found here, I suggest creating sections beyond the Athletics and Notable Alumni sections and editing the introduction. I'll include suggested text and references below. I would appreciate any and all feedback. Thank you!

King School, formerly King Low Heywood Thomas, is a private, co-educational day school for pre-kindergarten through grade 12 in Stamford, Connecticut. King attracts students from 30 towns in the Fairfield County, Connecticut and Westchester County, New York areas.
King School operates as a 501c(3) non-profit institution[1] that serves approximately 700 students.[2]
==Campus==
The King School's thirty-six acre campus is located on Newfield Ave. in northern Stamford, approximately forty miles from Manhattan. The campus consists of two historic buildings that house the lower and upper schools, a new middle school, and a new performing arts center.[3] The new middle school building and performing arts center were completed in 2013 as part of a campus upgrade project.[4]
In 2016, Campus sustainability efforts earned the school a nomination from the Connecticut State Department of Education to be considered one of the United States Department of Education's Green Ribbon Schools.[5]
==History==
King School has its origins in three different schools that merged over time to become the King Low-Heywood-Thomas School by 1988.
Low-Heywood School
Low-Heywood School is the oldest of the three institutions that would merge to become King School. Low-Heywood was founded in 1883 when Louisa Low and Edith Heywood purchased the Richardson School that had existed on Willow Street in Stamford since 1865.[6][7] [6][7][8] Low-Heywood merged with the Thomas School in 1975, creating the Low-Heywood Thomas School girls' school.[8][9]
The King School
Hiram King and T. F. Leighton founded The Collegiate School in Stamford in 1874. By 1876, the Collegiate School moved into the buildings of the defunct Wilcox Academy under the name H.U. King School for Boys.[9]
The Thomas School
The Thomas School was founded in 1922 by school teacher Mabel Thomas on the grounds of her family's estate following the death of her father. Thomas served as the headmistress of the Thomas School until 1953.[10] The Thomas School merged with Low-Heywood in 1975, and became the Low-Heywood Thomas School.[8][9]
King Low-Heywood Thomas School
The King Day School merged with the Low-Heywood Thomas School in 1988 to become the co-educational King Low-Heywood-Thomas School.[2][11]
== Academics ==
King School is listed among the best private schools in the NYC suburbs[10] and is ranked as the 18th best K-12 private school in Connecticut by Niche.com.[11][12]
The school offers multiple programs that allow for independent study and off-campus experiences. King's Advanced Science Program for Independent Research and Engineering focuses on research techniques in math and science and allows students to experience internships at university-based research labs. [13][14]
At grade 10, upper school students may elect to seek a certificate of distinction in one of six areas; STEM, leadership, global studies, art and design, performing arts, or world languages.[15] Certificates of distinction require a tailored program of study that creates a minor area of concentration in the student's selected area as well as a capstone project.[16]
King offers twenty-seven Advanced Placement courses. Additionally, the curriculum includes an advanced seminar program for courses that exceed the scope of AP classes, as well as semester-long independent studies conducted under the supervision of a mentor.[17]
Students also have to opportunity to earn academic credits while attending King's summer institute.[18]

I have a few suggested changes to the Athletics and Alumni sections, but I will hold off on those until there is consensus on the new sections I've proposed. Thanks you! SBCornelius (talk) 16:54, 24 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @SBCornelius. One suggestion I have is to change the reference links for news articles to follow the news article format (rather than cite-web). Here is where you can find more information on how to format this properly: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_news. This will make it easier to implement your request. Also, the reference links should contain more information than just the link. You may want to look up how to reference other types of links in Wikipedia style.JByrne404 (talk) 18:44, 24 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@JByrne404 thank you for the quick reply. I'll update the format for the news articles. Thanks again. SBCornelius (talk) 18:54, 24 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hi @SBCornelius, can you please (1) make it clearer which part so of the above text are proposed changes as opposed to existing content and (2) format your citations using the citation templates instead of using bare links? Using Cite news ia a good start, but ideally all of your citations should be formatted using some template (cite web, cite book, etc). In most cases if you copy your text over to a draft or sandbox, use the visual editor, and click on the citation, there should be a "Convert" button that'll do it automatically. Rusalkii (talk) 23:27, 12 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

References

  1. ^ Roberts, Andrea Suozzo, Alec Glassford, Ash Ngu, Brandon (2013-05-09). "King School Incorporated - Nonprofit Explorer". ProPublica. Retrieved 2024-07-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ a b Simko-Bednarski, Evan (September 23, 2015). "King marks 150 years". Stamford Advocate. p. 1.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ Simko-Bednarski, By Evan (2015-09-22). "King marks 150 years". Stamford Advocate. Retrieved 2024-02-01.
  4. ^ Varnon, Rob (September 6, 2013). "King Rings in New Year with Record Enrollment". Stamford Advocate. p. 1.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ "2016 Green Ribbon Schools Winner: King School, Stamford, CT" (PDF).
  6. ^ Simko-Bednarski, Evan (April 14, 2015). "Stamford's King school: Counting down to a milestone". pp. 1–2.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ Simko-Bednarski, Evan (September 23, 2015). "King marks 150 years". Stamford Advocate. pp. 1–2.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ^ a b "King School 150 Years of Excellence by King School - Issuu". issuu.com. 2020-10-21. Retrieved 2024-07-23.
  9. ^ "King School 150 Years of Excellence by King School - Issuu". issuu.com. 2020-10-21. Retrieved 2024-03-29.
  10. ^ https://suburbs101.com/private-schools-new-york-suburbs/
  11. ^ Chua, Joselynn (2020-11-18). "Best Private Schools in the New York Suburbs". Suburbs 101. Retrieved 2024-07-23.
  12. ^ "K-12 Schools in Connecticut". Niche. Retrieved 2024-07-23.
  13. ^ greenwichfreepress (2023-01-12). "King School Alum Receives Prestigious Academic Scholarship". Greenwich Free Press. Retrieved 2024-07-23.
  14. ^ "King Students Shine in Statewide Science Research Competition". Greenwich, CT Patch. 2020-03-03. Retrieved 2024-07-23.
  15. ^ "Upper School Curriculum - King School". www.kingschoolct.org. Retrieved 2024-02-01.
  16. ^ "Quest Magazine - Annual King School Publication". www.kingschoolct.org. Retrieved 2024-02-01.
  17. ^ "Upper School Curriculum - King School". www.kingschoolct.org. Retrieved 2024-02-01.
  18. ^ https://greenwichfreepress.com/around-town/arts/king-school-summer-institute-your-summer-your-vision-100669/

Requesting additional updates

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Hi @Melchior2006, thank you for the updates you made to the King School article. I have two additional sections I'd like considered for inclusion, so please let me know your thoughts on these.

For the Academics sections, please consider adding the following.

At grade 10, upper school students may elect to seek a certificate of distinction in one of six areas; STEM, leadership, global studies, art and design, performing arts, or world languages.[1] Certificates of distinction require a tailored program of study that creates a minor area of concentration in the students selected area as well as a capstone project.[2]

King offers twenty-seven Advanced Placement courses. Additionally, the curriculum includes an advanced seminar program for courses that exceed the scope of AP classes, as well as semester-long independent studies conducted under the supervision of a mentor.[3]

Students also have to opportunity to earn academic credits while attending King's summer institute.[4]

And for the Athletics section, please consider including the following:

The school holds more than fifty FAA league and tournament championships.[5][6] Multiple King alumni have gone on to play division 1 collegiate sports.[7] King won six FAA volleyball championships between 2002 and 2008 and consecutive championships in 2014 and 2015. The volleyball program also claimed three NEPSAC championships in 2008, 2011 and 2013.[8][9][10]

Thanks you for the time you've put into this and please let me know if I can provide anything else that might be needed. SBCornelius (talk) 18:25, 3 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The proposed addition to the section on academics is too much course-catalog material. That is not the kind of information Wikipedia provides. The athletics material seems ok, but it seems a bit like advertising, and these "championships" might not be all that important. Do you have anything else to say about the teams? Simply listing victories is borderline. -- Melchior2006 (talk) 06:32, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

References

  1. ^ "Upper School Curriculum - King School". www.kingschoolct.org. Retrieved 2024-02-01.
  2. ^ "Quest Magazine - Annual King School Publication". www.kingschoolct.org. Retrieved 2024-02-01.
  3. ^ "Upper School Curriculum - King School". www.kingschoolct.org. Retrieved 2024-02-01.
  4. ^ https://greenwichfreepress.com/around-town/arts/king-school-summer-institute-your-summer-your-vision-100669/
  5. ^ "High School Athletics Stamford, Greenwich, Darien, New Canaan". www.kingschoolct.org. Retrieved 2024-02-02.
  6. ^ "Interactive Touchscreen Display Maker". rocketalumnisolutions.com. Retrieved 2024-05-20.
  7. ^ Fierro, By David (2020-11-21). "Twin sisters Anna and Olivia Boeckman, Harrison Feinberg, Sydney Fishkin and Sarah Hammoud attended Wednesday's ceremony at King". Greenwich Time. Retrieved 2024-02-02.
  8. ^ https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/sports/article/King-School-rallies-to-win-FAA-volleyball-title-5879435.php
  9. ^ https://www.newstimes.com/stamford/article/King-volleyball-wins-NEPSAC-Class-C-title-8234512.php
  10. ^ https://www.greenwichtime.com/sports/article/King-captures-second-straight-FAA-volleyball-title-6631196.php
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