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1861-Hope Ives Binney Powell
The older women is Charlotte Hope Goddard Binney (1823-1866) and her is daughter Hope Ives Binney Powell (1849-1922). They were the great granddaughter and great great granddaughter of Hope Brown Ives. Hope Brown Ives is important because Hopelands is named after her.
Narragansett School Pamphlets-Est 1924.pdfThe Narragansett School
As you can see this is Hopelands before RHCD was there. The Narragansett School was there. The school was founded in 1924 by The Walpoles, and used the Hopelands property some time in the 30's-40's.
Click on the pamphlet (left) to see the whole document.
The First Sign
This is Rocky Hill's first sign when it was on Division Street. The sign says Rocky Hill Day School. It has a picture of the school building built by Garry C. House.
Firstsigndivisionst.pdf
The school was at Howland Hall (above) before Nathan and Lilian Hale bought the school from Dorothy Marshall in 1938.
1942-The Final Check
This is the final check to Dorothy Marshall from Nathan and Lillian Hale to pay for the school. The check was paid on Feb. 9, 1942.
1943-Summer Camp
Nathan Hale wanted to start a summer day camp so he sent out a letter to all the parents and friends of the school. The summer camp was from July 5 to August 27th and it was at Hopelands before RHCD was there.
Summercampletter.pdfHalelettersLTD.pdf1948-Moving to Hopelands
Nathan Hale wrote a letter telling the public that they are moving because they are running out of room for the students. They moved from Division Street to Hopelands.
Hopelands Expenses 1948
Nathan Hale wrote down all the expenses for buying Hopelands and repairing the property before moving the school. Click on the document to see the expense.
HaleHopelandsbudget.pdf1948-Promissory Note
This document is Nathan Hale promising to pay $8,000.00 to Old Colony Homes.
Page1Promissory.pdfKeeping the Statues, Jan. 1949
This is a letter from Nathan Hale to the Walpoles. The letter is asking whether the statues are going to stay or leave. They decided to leave them, and the statues are still there today.
Staueletter.pdf1950-Mr. Hale's Contract
Nathan Hale signed a contract saying that he will be the Head of School for 14 years starting September 1, 1950, and ending September 1, 1964. He is going to be paid $3,640.00 each year.
Mr.HaleContract1950.pdf
1954-Mr. and Mrs. Crosspatch
This newspaper article from May 10, 1954. tells the story of Mr. and Mrs. Crosspatch, two annoying screech owls that were living in Hopelands with Mr. and Mrs. Hale.
petshowwriting.pdfThe Pet Show, May 1955
written by Nat Smith
At the pet show there were lots of weird animals like monkeys, dogs, cats, sheep, cows and more!!! It was first held outside of Howland Hall and then Hopelands once they moved.
SummerCampBrochure1956.pdfSummer Camp Brochure
Nathan Hale started the first summer camp at Hopelands. It had tons of activities like sailing, archery, swimming, arts and crafts, and tug of war. They would do camping, campfires, and bicycle trips.
1955-Plans For Perkins
These are the plans for Perkins hall (the lower school building). Did you know that where Perkins is now, there used to be a pig barn? Perkins is named after Nathan Hale's mother, Rose Perkins Hale.
Perkins Plans.pdfInvitationPerkins.pdf1956-Rose Perkins Hale Building Invitation
November 18, 1956
It was an invitation to the dedication of the Rose Perkins Hale Building in 1956 at Rocky Hill Country Day School. Perkins is the lower school building now.
1957-Rocky Hill Buses
These are the school buses for Rocky Hill from 1957. They had lots of little buses with SCHOOL on the front.
Rocky Hill Buses 1957.pdfApplication.pdf1958-Application
This is an original application from 1958. This is the form you would fill out to go to the school. Can you believe that it costs $0.55 for preschool lunch daily? For grades 7, 8, and 9 it costs $4.45.
GibsonDedication1959.pdfGibson Dedication, July 1959
This is a program for the new building, Gibson Hall, and the blueprint. This was for the cornerstone laying celebration. To see the original copy of the Gibson dedication click here.
Hale Books.pdf1961-Mr. Hale's Orange Cow and Blue Horse
This is an article about two books that Nathan Hale wrote called The Blue Horse and The Orange Cow.
Horse Stalls
This picture was in a 1974 Providence Journal article about Rocky Hill. These kids in the carriage house are working in a horse stall!
1975newsarticlehorsestalls (1).pdfDorothy Marshall Letter Re_40th.pdfDorothy Marshall Letter, 1974
This is a letter written by Dorothy K. Marshall to Head of School, Hugh Campbell. In the letter, she explains that she is disappointed by some of the mistakes made in the 50th Anniversary Bulletin. In the letter she says, "I know of a Mrs. Gordon Belsey-she may have had a nursery group-but it was not the beginning of 'Rocky Hill'"
ConstrutionofHeadHouse1975.pdfConstruction of Head's House 1975
The building of the heads house was in 1975. If you want to check out the construction of the heads house. The Flynn Family was the first to live there.
1989-Dedication of the Alumni Tennis Courts
The Alumni tennis courts (behind the Carriage House and preschool building) were dedicated to the alumni of the school.
DedicationofTennisCourts1989.pdfFirst-hand Account, 1994
This story was written by Elizabeth V. Seneff, from the Class of 1961. She was at RHCD for 5 years, and in 1994, 33 years after she graduated, she wrote a story about her experience at Rocky Hill. Click on the document to read her story.
MyFiveYearsatRockyHill-Elizabeth V. Seneff class of 1961.pdfRepairofPumphouse1994.pdfRepaired Pump House 1994
The pump house was repaired in 1994. The pump house was originally used for pumping water. Now it is used for storing toys for the students to play with during recess
Construction of Flynn Academic Center
The Flynn Academic Center was constructed in 2005. The top two photos are of when they are building Flynn. The bottom photo is what Flynn looks like now. Flynn is the high school building.
Flynn Academic Center Construction.pdfPage updated
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