Shattuck-Saint Mary's

SSM categorizes education areas in a classification the school calls "Centers of Excellence", comprising bioscience, engineering, figure skating, golf, ice hockey, soccer, pre-conservatory music, and vocal performance.[1][2]

SSM has won 25 USA Hockey national championships and has been runner-up 10 times among five of its top teams.[3] The last year without a single championship was 2004:

• Boys Prep (U-17/U-18): National champions in 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012, and 2014. Runners-up in 2004.
• Girls Prep (U-19): National champions in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2016, 2017, and 2018. Runners-up in 2014 and 2015.
• Boys U-16: National champions in 2015 and 2016. Runners-up in 2004, 2007, 2011, and 2017.
• Girls U-16: National champions 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016.
• Boys U-14: National champions in 2014 and 2016. Runners-up in 2003, 2005, and 2013.

SSM's soccer program has also had success in the U.S. Soccer Development Academy league. In the 2012–13 season, SSM's Boys U17/U18 team placed first in its division,[4] and later became national runners-up, losing to the New York Red Bulls in overtime.[5] In the 2013–14 season, the team placed second in its division.[6]

In 1871 a St. Mary's biology instructor initially discovered a federal- and state-listed endangered species, the dwarf trout lily, on the school's campus.

The Chapel of the Good Shepherd at the center of the campus

On June 3, 1858, in a small rented building in Faribault, Minnesota, the Rev. Dr. James Lloyd Breck established the Episcopal mission school and seminary from which Shattuck-St. Mary's School has developed. When it opened, there were 45 young girls and boys and six divinity students. About this time, the newly established Episcopal Diocese of Minnesota selected Henry Benjamin Whipple as its first bishop. In 1860, Whipple took over the reins of the school, changing Breck's ambitious plan for "Bishop Seabury University" into "an honest school." In 1864, the school moved to its present site on the bluffs above the Straight River. With this change, the institution became a boarding school for young men and boys. In 1865, Tommy Crump, an English divinity student recently returned from the Civil War, started drilling the boys with sticks, beginning a military program that lasted for more than a century; during this time the campus was known as Shattuck Military Academy.

In 1866, Whipple opened a school for girls, St. Mary's Hall, in his home in downtown Faribault. The girls remained there until 1872 when Whipple moved to a new house and St. Mary's Hall was turned over to a board of trustees. By 1883, St. Mary's had also outgrown its downtown facilities, and a grand, ornate building, often called "the Castle on the Rhine", was built on the bluffs, less than half a mile south of Shattuck. That building burned in 1924, and the limestone structure that stands today was built less than a year later.

Both schools saw rapid growth during the next few years. James Dobbin, who succeeded Breck in 1866 and served as Rector of Shattuck School until 1914, was responsible for the construction of many beautiful limestone buildings, including the first Whipple Hall and the present Shumway Hall. In 1901, Dobbin founded St. James School for younger boys about half a mile north of Shattuck. In 1932, Seabury Theological Seminary merged with Western Theological Seminary and moved to Evanston, Illinois.

In 1972, the three schools, Shattuck, St. Mary's and St. James, were joined into what is known today as Shattuck-St. Mary's. In 1974, the military program was discontinued and the St. James campus was sold.

In 1988, the residential and academic programs were reconfigured so that the Middle School students (grades 6–8) were at the St. Mary's campus and high school students (the Upper School) were at the Shattuck campus. Later, grade 9 moved to the Middle School, and St. Mary's Hall became solely a girls' dorm once again.

In the early 1990s, facing serious financial concerns and declining enrollment, Craig Norwich was hired, a decision that permanently changed the course of the school. Norwich created the model of "centers of excellence." The school owned the only ice arena in Faribault and Norwich decided to use that to its advantage to create a world-class hockey program. Jean Paul (J.P.) Parise and 1980 Gold Medal USA Olympic Hockey Team strength & conditioning coach Larry Hendrickson were also instrumental in starting the SSM Elite hockey program. The model used to build the program has been replicated and flourished under former president Nick Stoneman, and is one of the main reasons for the school's success. The "center of excellence" model has been expanded to include soccer, figure skating, golf, pre-conservatory music, bioscience, engineering, and a vocal performance program. The school has grown 50% in the last 6 years, with students from 31 countries and 39 states.

In mid-2009 the Saint James campus was reacquired. It is used for faculty housing, and part of it is rented out to the Cannon River STEM School for grades K–8. In September 2012 the school opened Fayfield Hall, a new science, technology, engineering, and math building and home to the BioScience and Engineering Centers of Excellence.

In October 2012, former Shattuck-St. Mary's drama teacher Lynn Seibel was charged with 17 counts of criminal sexual conduct in relation to sexual abuse, both in class and in the dorm where he was a dorm parent, of six male students between 1999 and 2003.[7][8] The abuse included group masturbation, naked dance parties, and in-class viewing of pornography, and targeted young men in the school's hockey program.[7][9] SSM had dismissed Seibel in 2003 following the discovery of more than 14,000 pornographic images on his work computer,[7] including images of minors,[9] but ESPN's Steve Delsohn concluded, after a 7-month investigation, that the school failed to live up to its reporting obligations.[9] Per Delsohn's 2017 report for ESPN's "Outside the Lines," although there was no legal requirement for the school to report Seibel's possession of child pornography, "school officials are mandated to report child sex abuse if they suspect it. By the time they found all the child pornography, there had been multiple reports of naked dance parties—a bunch of teenage boys naked with Seibel with them. There was the allegation and the report to the school that Seibel had sexually touched at least three Shattuck students. Years later, when then-headmaster Gregory Keifer was being deposed as part of the litigation, he said the red flags were flying that Seibel had a sexual interest in students. Then they find the child pornography, and a lot of it. At that point, if you suspect child sex abuse, and you are a school official, you are mandated to report it."[9] An independent Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) investigation reached the same conclusion: "an MPR News investigation has found several teachers and top administrators did know about some of Seibel's alleged sexual behavior but failed to notify police."[10] Per the criminal complaint, Seibel told police that the school was aware of his sexual behavior, and that interim headmaster Dennis Brown had told him, "Lynn, you're a sick man. You need to do something about it."[10]

The failure of both Seibel and the school to "do something about it" led to at least six civil actions against the school, three of which had been settled as of April 2017.[9]

In 2013, Seibel pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 52 months in prison.[8] He was released in 2015 and as of April 2017 was living within a few miles of SSM.[11]

The Upper School, which includes students in grades 10–12 as well as postgraduates, is located on the Shattuck campus. Opportunities include commitment to a Center of Excellence, extracurricular sports, the arts, the honors program, college counseling, and senior leadership and service projects.[12] Located within St. Mary's Hall, less than half a mile from the Upper School, the Middle School program provides students from grades 6–9 with an identity distinct from that of the upperclassmen. Middle School curriculum includes solid preparation in the major disciplines for high school and college work. In addition, a number of team-building activities and social events, as well as family style seating for lunch, help foster a strong, supportive community.[13]

Every student has the opportunity to explore interests in a wide variety of the arts through introductory courses, and advanced study is available through the Centers of Excellence. Alongside these two programs, arts opportunities include the full scale, triannually performed theater productions, as well as Arch Dance Company, theater groups Players and The Dramatic Association, Elements of Sound vocal ensemble, chamber wind ensembles, and AP art courses.[24]

On-campus athletic facilities include two and a half indoor ice arenas, an 18-hole golf course, an all-weather running track, grass soccer fields, a domed indoor field house with a full-size turf soccer field, an outdoor turf soccer field, six tennis courts, two gymnasiums, a spacious weight-room facility, and training facilities fully equipped with an ice bath, whirlpool, ultrasound, and training and rehabilitation resources.[28]

Amanda Kessel

Jacob Micflikier

Fred Upton

Wendy

• William Benton, former US Senator and former chairman of the board and publisher of the Encyclopædia Britannica, Class of 1917.
• Marlon Brando was a legacy student, Academy Award winner, Class of 1944, expelled prior to graduation.[37]
• Teal Bunbury, New England Revolution, Class of 2008.
• Jimmy Chin, Academy Award winning National Geographic photographer and mountain climber, Class of 1992, expelled during senior year.
• Noah Clarke, formerly with Los Angeles Kings, Class of 1997.
• Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh Penguins, attended 2002–2003.[37]
• Brianna Decker, University of Wisconsin and winner of the Patty Kazmaier Award, gold medalist at the 2018 Winter Olympics and silver medalist at the 2014 Winter Olympics for Team USA, Class of 2009.
• Halstead Dorey, Major general in the Army; recipient of Distinguished Service Cross; Class of 1893
• Patrick Eaves, Anaheim Ducks, Boston College, Class of 2002.
• Alyssa Gagliardi, Cornell University, gold medalist at the 2018 Winter Olympics and silver medalist at the 2014 Winter Olympics for Team USA, Class of 2010, teammate of Kessel in golf and ice hockey.
• Erik Haula, University of Minnesota drafted by Minnesota Wild, Class of 2009.
• Jack Johnson, University of Michigan, Pittsburgh Penguins, Class of 2005.
• Major James L. Jones Sr., Early Pioneer of amphibious reconnaissance, Class of 1930.
• Amanda Kessel, University of Minnesota hockey and winner of the Patty Kazmaier Award, gold medalist at the 2018 Winter Olympics and silver medalist at the 2014 Winter Olympics for Team USA, Class of 2010.
• Jocelyne Lamoureux, University of North Dakota hockey, gold medalist and two-time silver medalist at the Winter Olympics for Team USA, Class of 2008.
• Monique Lamoureux, University of North Dakota hockey, gold medalist and two-time silver medalist at the Winter Olympics for Team USA, Class of 2008.
• Nathan MacKinnon, CHL hockey player Halifax Mooseheads, Colorado Avalanche, 1st overall pick 2013, attended 2009–2011.
• Ryan Malone, formerly of the Tampa Bay Lightning, St. Cloud State,[37] Class of 1999.
• Craig R. McKinley, the first officer from the National Guard to ever achieve the grade of a four-star general, and current President of the Air Force Association, Class of 1970.[38]
• Frederick Mears, American civil and railroad engineer.
• Jacob Micflikier, ice hockey player[39]
• Frank Rosebrook Millspaugh, Bishop of Kansas, Class of 1869.
• Richard Moe, former Chief of Staff to the Vice President of the United States under Walter Mondale, and former President of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Class of 1954.[40]
• Brady Murray, Los Angeles Kings, HC Lugano, University of North Dakota, Class of 2003.
• Brent Musburger, sportscaster,[37] Class of 1957.
• Kyle Okposo, New York Islanders, University of Minnesota Golden Gophers hockey,[37] Class of 2006.
• Jordan Parise, EC KAC, University of North Dakota,[37] Class of 2001.
• Zach Parise, University of North Dakota hockey, Minnesota Wild, Class of 2002.[37]
• Wendy Shon (손승완, RR: Son Seung-wan), member of K-pop girl group, Red Velvet, attended 2007–2010.
• Drew Stafford, University of North Dakota hockey, Buffalo Sabres, Class of 2003.[37]
• Derek Stepan, New York Rangers, University of Wisconsin hockey, Class of 2008.
• Jonathan Toews, University of North Dakota hockey, Chicago Blackhawks, Class of 2005.[37]
• Frank Tompkins, Colonel in the United States Cavalry and recipient of the Distinguished Service Cross. Class of c. 1886.
• Frederick Stephen Upton, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Michigan's 6th congressional district since 1987, family founded Whirlpool Corporation. Class of 1971.
• Townes Van Zandt, folk music singer-songwriter, performer, and poet, Class of 1962.[41]
• Deming Bronson, Medal of Honor recipient. Class of 1911.
• Casey Borer, Carolina Hurricanes, St. Cloud State, Class of 2003.
• Ryan Caldwell, formerly of the New York Islanders and Phoenix Coyotes, Class of 1999.
• Ty Conklin, Detroit Red Wings, University of New Hampshire, Class of 1994.[37]
• Joe Corvo, Ottawa Senators, Class of 1995.
• Ben Eaves, Dallas Stars, Boston College, drafted by Pittsburgh Penguins, Class of 2000.
• Manton S. Eddy, Lieutenant General, United States Army, Class of 1913.
• Emerson Etem, Arizona Coyotes, Class of 2009
• Alexander Fallstrom, Harvard College drafted by Minnesota Wild, Class of 2009.
• William Blake Herron, author, Class of 1981.
• Hubert H. "Skip" Humphrey, III, former attorney general and state senator for Minnesota, son of former Vice President Hubert Humphrey, Class of 1961.
• Alfonso Pichardo, lead singer/songwriter synthpop band Moenia, Class of 1991.
• Peter Ratchuk, formerly of the Florida Panthers, current DEG Metro Stars defenseman. Class of 1996.
• Thomas Siebel, chairman of First Virtual Group and former founder, chairman, and Chief Executive Officer of Siebel Systems, Class of 1971.
• David Toews, University of North Dakota, Class of 2008.
• Russell W. Volckmann, brigadier general, U.S. Army; guerrilla leader, Philippine resistance; founder, U.S. Army Special Forces; Class of 1930.
• Bud Wilkinson, 3-time consecutive national champion in football (quarterback) at University of Minnesota; Hall Of Fame college football coach, University of Oklahoma; Class of 1933.[37]

• Clifford C. Furnas athlete, educator, public servant, and scientist taught mathematics and track for 2 years at the school.
• Andy Murray, former head coach of the ice hockey team for the 1998–99 season.[37]
• Walter D. Douglas passenger on the RMS Titanic.
• Craig Norwich/ NHL Alumni/ Former Head Coach

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