Doane Stuart School Revenue and Competitors

Doane Stuart is an interfaith school. We accept for admission, and respect, students of all faiths and backgrounds. Our chapel services celebrate all the major world religions. The religion curriculum at Doane Stuart is non-doctrinal and asks the students to explore, intellectually, their own faiths, and the faiths of others. The interfaith nature of the school community is well illustrated by our historic Gothic-Revival Chapel and by our resident Buddhist Temple, both housed here on our campus. The name Doane Stuart (taken from the First Episcopal Bishop of Albany, The Right Reverend William Croswell Doane, and the Roman Catholic educator, Mother Janet Erskine Stuart, RSCJ) appropriately represents our interfaith identity. Doane Stuart, founded in 1975, traces its history to the merger of two Albany schools with long and proud traditions grounded in the Roman Catholic and Episcopal faiths. The union of these two schools, (Kenwood Academy, founded in 1852, and St. Agnes School, founded in 1870) is a statement to the broader community about the importance of teaching students to live together peacefully, respecting the religious traditions of others. In a school dedicated to religious inclusiveness, and therefore richly diverse, it is only fitting that Doane Stuart is inclusive also of both males and females. Doane Stuart is the Nation's only successfully merged Roman Catholic/Protestant school, and it is the areas leading coeducational, nursery through grade 12 independent school. The curriculum includes expectations of community service and provides a means of participating in, reflecting on, and writing about the extensive community experiences in which our students have participated. Each year, Doane Stuart's 300 students in nursery through grade 12 participate in over 5,000 hours of community service. Doane Stuart educates students to personal and social responsibility, while laying a strong foundation of faith.