Carleton School for Boys was a home school for boys in Bradford, Massachusetts. It was founded by Isaac N. Carleton in 1884 after his term as principal at the State Normal School (now CCSU) in New Britain, Connecticut. The school continued operation until 1901.
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Facilities
Carleton School for Boys was located in a Bradford home on South Main Street above the Bradford common, near Bradford Academy. The Western division of the Boston and Maine Railroad provided transportation to Bradford at the time. Carleton added an additional building to the complex. Up to 15 students were boarded at the school. The first floor of the main building included a reception room, sitting room, and dining room. The school building included a main school room, two class rooms, laboratory, gym, and bowling alley. The buildings still stand near the corner of Chadwick and South Main Street in Haverhill.
Instruction
College preparatory instruction included Latin, Greek, French, German, Mathematics, Book keeping, Natural Sciences, English Literature and History. Younger children were educated in elementary english, reading, spelling, writing, geography, arithmetic and composition.
Endorsements
The school received the following endorsement from the Principal of Phillips Academy. "There is a real demand for a true family school for the best educational reasons. Many boys ought not to be sent at a tender age into the broad currents of a great school which approaches close to the intensity and complexity of a college. Many bright boys, intelligent and ambitious, whose main intention is excellent, have not the maturity requisite to insure a steady industry and a well-directed energy. They have never learned how to study, and they require, for a time at least, the friendly oversight of a wise teacher, his timely intervention, his immediate assistance. They are in danger of wasting much time, of becoming impatient and discouraged, of confusing rather than educating their faculties. It is the function of a home school to meet precisely this requirement."
References
- Mrs. H. D. Carleton 1997. Carleton Family Album.
- I. N. Carleton. The Carleton School for Young Men and Boys, Lawrence MA: James Ward Jr., 1894.
- Herbert E. Fowler, A Century of Teacher Education in Connecticut, New Britain CT: Teachers College of Connecticut, 1949.
- McCaffrey, Priscilla. 1959. The Old Carleton School. Haverhill Journal, 28 October.
- Smith, Leonard Woodman 1930. The Carleton School. Haverhill Historical Society, 21 June.
