History
The Noble & Greenough school, often simply called Nobles is a private school located in Dedham, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1866 by George Washington Copp Noble as an all-boys day school in Boston. In 1922, the school moved from Boston to its current ___location in Dedham.
Nobles today
- Nobles currently goes from grades 7-12; seventh and eighth grades are housed in a separate building, the Middle School, and grades 9-12 are housed in the main building, the Shattuck Schoolhouse.
- Nobles currently has 525 students: 100 in the middle school, and 425 in high school. The student body is evenly distributed between boys and girls.
- The Nobles campus is 187 acres (757,000 m²), including nine athletic fields and a sizeable length of the Charles River.
- Nobles has 56 faculty memebers, 23 of whom reside on campus. This makes the student:faculty ratio 9:1.
- The average class size is 14.
- Nobles has 70 interscholastic teams, including 23 varsity teams.
- Nobles has an 80 hour community service graduation requirement.
Athletics at Nobles
Nobles is a member of the competitive Independent School League. The 23 varsity teams at Nobles are:
- Boys Varsity Baseball
- Girls Varisty Softball
- Boys Varsity Basketball
- Girls Varsity Basketball
- Boys Varsity Cross-Country
- Girls Varsity Cross-Country
- Boys Varsity Crew
- Girls Varsity Crew
- Girls Varsity Field Hockey
- Boys Varsity Football
- Boys Varsity Golf
- Girls Varsity Golf
- Boys Varsity Hockey
- Girls Varisty Hockey
- Boys Varsity Lacrosse
- Girls Varsity Lacrosse
- Boys Varsity Soccer
- Girls Varsity Soccer
- Boys Varsity Squash
- Girls Varsity Squash
- Boys Varsity Tennis
- Girls Varsity Tennis
- Boys Varsity Wrestling
Theatre at Nobles
- Nobles theatre program has been growing for years. Under the direction of Dan Halperin the school has put more light on the theatre program.
- A new arts center is being built, which holds a brand new theatre.
- Nobles puts on two plays, a musical, and anywhere from 1-3 student directed plays.