Nichiren Shōshū claims Nichiren as its founder through his disciple Nikkō ( 1246 – 1333 ), the founder of the school's Head Temple Taiseki-ji.

Some allegations centred on the school's Head of Science Steven Layfield who had in 2000, prior to his taking up the post, publicly advocated the teaching of Intelligent Design in schools.

The school's Head Temple, Kuon-ji, is located on Mount Minobu where Nichiren lived in seclusion and where he asked to be buried.

* The M. Burch Tracy Ford Library, as the newest academic facility on campus is named for the school's eleventh Head of School and houses over 22, 000 volumes, electronic books, magazines, journals, newspapers in addition to a collection of 1, 308 academic and entertainment DVDs and videos.

Dick Vitale, ESPN's most well-known college basketball commentator, was the University of Detroit men's basketball Head Coach for four seasons ( 1973 – 1977 ) before becoming the school's Athletics Director for 1977-78.

For the sport of rowing, the intercol is competed during South Australia's ' Head of the River Regatta ', on the second to last Saturday of the first school term, with one of the two school's taking out the state-wide title nearly every year since its beginning.

Throughout the first season, Mr. Moore attempted to get the class involved in more than just their studies, encouraging them to play volleyball and make a music video for the school's time capsule ( this marks the first foray into the fondness of Head of the Class for musical production numbers ).

His father moved the family to the town of Braybrook Junction ( now Sunshine in the western suburbs of Melbourne ) and became the local primary school's first Head Teacher in 1891.

Walt Hameline, in 29 years as the Director of Athletics and Head Football Coach at Wagner, won the school's only National Championship with a 19-3 victory over the University of Dayton in the 1987 NCAA Division III Championship game, also known as the 1987 Stagg Bowl.

Dick Vitale, ESPN's most well-known college basketball commentator, was the Detroit men's basketball Head Coach for four seasons ( 1973 – 1977 ) before becoming the school's Athletics Director in 1977.

In the letter, McGee, Head of the Global Investment Banking Division at Barclays Capital and one of Wall Street's highest paid bankers, attacked the school's administration for altering a previously planned student pep rally.

The school's youngest students have their own Lower School Motto, coined by former Lower School Head James Weiss: " Be honest, do your best and help the other fellow.

This policy of institutionalized racism in OSU athletics would come to a head in another of the school's major sports when in 1968 OSU football player Fred Milton would clash with Head Coach Dee Andros over grooming policy — a battle reduced to racial terms as a struggle of black athletes against white coaches and administrators.

The school's newly inducted President, Carol Klimas, had previously been employed as the Executive Vice President and Head of KeyCorp's Wealth Management Segment.

The current Head of school is Vince Watchorn, who took over the school's leadership in 2011.

In 1999 Dr Holly Branson, daughter of Sir Richard Branson, became the school's first ever female Head Prefect and Head of School.

James Cope, affectionately known as the " The Pope " or the " BM " internally by the boys of Kendall, became housemaster in 2007, having previously been the school's Head of Geography.

It was under her guidance that the pioneer batch of Head Of Departments and teachers, crafted the school's crest, song, its motto, creed, mission and vision.

In the event that more candidates pass the exam than there are places available, places are offered first to pupils from within the school's catchment area, which is defined as " 6. 5 miles in a straight line from the Head Master's Office to the applicant's residence ".

The Head reported in the school's first year that CCTV had already proved valuable in protecting a teacher against false allegations.

The school's Head Teacher up until July 2007 was John Bennett, who held the post since September 1994 after joining the school in 1989 as Deputy Head Teacher.

A campaign, " Head North " has been started near the end of 2006 that is intended to improve the school's ACT score before the PSAE testing along with other resource such as test-taking workshops to assisting sophomores who have struggled on the pre-ACT examination called the PLAN test.

Like that college, Trinity has been linked with Westminster School since the school's refoundation in 1560, and its Master is an ex officio governor of the school.

Elizabeth I's charter of 1573 describes the school's purpose thus: < BLOCKQUOTE > " a grammar school which shall be called The Free Grammar School of Queen Elizabeth for the education, bringing up and instruction of boys and youth, to be brought up in grammar and other learning, and the same to continue for ever, and the said School for one Master and one Usher for ever to continue and remain and that there shall be for ever four-and-twenty discreet, honest governors of the said Free Grammar School.

He was the first Master not to share the name of the school's founder " Alleyn " ( or latterly " Allen ").

Furthermore the Dean of Christ Church, Oxford and the Master of Trinity College, Cambridge are ex officio members of the school's governing body.

The college conferred its first Master of Arts, Doctor of Philosophy, and Master of Science degrees by 1935, the year when the school's newspaper ( The Cowl ) was first published.

The school was first opened on 25 March 1656, during the politically unstable and volatile period of the English Interregnum, therefore, having received permission from Oliver Cromwell to found the school, William Adams sought to further ensure the school's continued existence by appointing the Master and Wardens of the Haberdashers ' Company as Governors in perpetuity.

* The school's Master of Arts in Educational Leadership Program is accredited by The Teacher Education Accreditation Council ( TEAC ).

The main component of the school's graduate curriculum is the two-year Master of Public Policy ( MPP ) program, with a core curriculum emphasizing practical and applied dimensions of policymaking.

Together with the school's Mathematics and Science Master, James Maurice Wilson ( later Canon of Worcester ), he observed double stars at Temple Observatory.

The Oral Examination and International Economics requirements of the SAIS Master of Arts curriculum have been the signature aspects of the school's education.

He finds that Master Chief Sunday is the Leading Chief Petty Officer and head instructor, who is under orders from the school's eccentric, bigoted commanding officer to ensure that Brashear fails.

The Master Plan renovated existing facilities by making them more spacious ; better utilized technology as applicable to public education initiatives ; increasing the school's endowment through corresponding expansionist measures.

Queen Elizabeth I and Sir Nicholas Bacon also founded the school's library in 1570, which moved from Sumpter Yard in the 19th century to the Abbey Gateway, and then in the 1980s to an impressive converted 19th century neo-Gothic hall, opened by Professor Colin Renfrew OA, then Master of Jesus College, Cambridge.

The school's pantheon is similar to Shangqing and Celestial Master Daoism, with one of its most important gods being the deified form of Laozi.

Richard Hovey's " Men of Dartmouth " was elected as the best of Dartmouth's songs in 1896, and became the school's official song in 1926.

Upon recovery, Minter teamed up with Richard Jones, a fellow pupil, and together they started writing their own games on their school's Commodore PET.

And when Wass de Czege, as the first director, relinquished the school's reins to Colonel Richard Sennreich in 1985, the school was already beginning to produce results: " The Army as a whole and the College in particular came to view SAMS as a useful experiment.

The flora of Mill Hill was supplemented by the work of the amateur botanist Richard William Bowry Buckland ( died 1947 ), governor of the foundation from 1878 to 1889, who cultivated a garden in the south-west of the school's grounds for the enjoyment of future generations.

Richard LeTourneau again assumed the presidency from 1975 to 1985, during which time he oversaw the accreditation of the school's mechanical and electrical engineering programs by the Engineer's Council for Professional Development ( now the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology ) and supervised nine major construction projects.

Other famous pupils at Richard Hale School are listed on that school's page.

The school's four houses are named after Fearne, Arkwright ( Sir Richard Arkwright ), Wright ( Joseph Wright of Derby ), and Gell.

The school's faculty includes Irving Reed, Leonard Adleman, Solomon W. Golomb, Barry Boehm, Clifford Newman, Richard Bellman, Lloyd Welch, Alexander Sawchuk, and George V. Chilingar.

During the 1979 summer term, the school's activities were filmed by the BBC for a series called " Public School ", broadcast on BBC2 early in 1980, and directed by award-winning fim-maker Richard Denton.

The school's current Headmaster, Richard Harman M. A., is a member of the Headmasters ' and Headmistresses ' Conference and the school is a member of the Rugby Group of independent schools in the United Kingdom.

The school operates a house system ; every boy is placed in one of four houses: Abney ( Green, after Sir Thomas Abney ), Yates ( Yellow, after William Yates ), Pulteney ( Purple, after Richard Pulteney ) and Davys ( Sky blue, after George Davys ) and boys below the Upper Sixth have a small line in one of these colours on their school tie, between larger stripes for the school's red and navy colours.

Leigh Ann, Luke, and Jo Lynn decide to blackmail Mrs. Tingle by producing photographic evidence of her love affair with the school's gym teacher, Richard Wenchell ( Jeffrey Tambor ), called ' Spanky ' by Mrs. Tingle.

Richard James, chairman of the school's governors, confirmed one pupil had been suspended and added that three of those making comments from outside the school had been sent a letter and told to cover the cost of legal advice.

On December 7, 1541, Henry VIII personally appointed the school's first headmaster, John Pether, by means of a letter to Richard Rich.

NCS also has two school hymns, one dating back to the beginning of the school, and one for the school's centennial celebration composed by Richard Wayne Dirksen, former director of the National Cathedral Choir of Men and Boys.

The case consisted of Utica High School Principal Richard Machesky ordering the deletion of an article in the Arrow, the high school's newspaper, a decision later deemed " unreasonable " and " unconstitutional " by District Judge Arthur Tarnow.

Richard C. Atkinson serves on the school's Board of Trustees.

The site was opened by Dr Richard Hu, Minister of Finance of Singapore, on 1 March 1993, the 107th anniversary of the school's founding by Bishop Oldham.

It was directed by Mike B. Anderson, written by Richard Appel and featured Willem Dafoe in a guest spot as the school's commandant.

Gail Dixon ( 1990 – 96 ), Thomas Barberini ( 1996 – 2004 ), Richard Carranza ( 2004 – 07 ) and Dr. Ron Lustig ( 2007 – 10 ) also served as the school's chief educator.

In 1992, Elisa Stephens, granddaughter of the school's founder, succeeded her father, Richard A. Stephens, as president of the school.

The school's Trevor Abbott Sports Centre was opened by Sir Richard Branson and the West House was opened by Baroness Greenfield.

The school's establishment, part of Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley's ongoing plan to reinvent the city's public school system, generated controversy in the city and in the education community.