page_title: Doane Academy
hierarchical_section_title: Doane Academy
caption_attribution_description: English: Rowan Hall (2015) standing at the center of the campus, home to a dozen state-of-the-art classrooms, outwardly replicates the appearance of the original school building as it looked in 1837.
context_page_description: Doane Academy is a coeducational, independent day school located in Burlington, New Jersey, for grades from Pre-K to 12. Originally called St. Mary's Hall, it was founded in May 1837 by Episcopal Bishop George Washington Doane, initially as an Episcopal girls' boarding school, the first in the United States to offer a classical academic education.
  In 1955 affiliation with the diocese was severed. In 1966 a boys' school, known as Doane Academy, was built on campus. The schools were merged in 1974 as St. Mary's Hall-Doane Academy. Later the name was shortened to the Doane Academy.
  The current headmaster is George Sanderson. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools since 1989, and is a member of the New Jersey Association of Independent Schools, the National Association of Independent Schools and the National Association of Episcopal Schools.
context_section_description: Doane Academy is a coeducational, independent day school located in Burlington, New Jersey, for grades from Pre-K to 12. Originally called St. Mary's Hall, it was founded in May 1837 by Episcopal Bishop George Washington Doane, initially as an Episcopal girls' boarding school, the first in the United States to offer a classical academic education.
  In 1955 affiliation with the diocese was severed. In 1966 a boys' school, known as Doane Academy, was built on campus. The schools were merged in 1974 as St. Mary's Hall-Doane Academy. Later the name was shortened to the Doane Academy.
  The current headmaster is George Sanderson. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools since 1989, and is a member of the New Jersey Association of Independent Schools, the National Association of Independent Schools and the National Association of Episcopal Schools.
caption: Rowan Hall (2015) houses modern classrooms, while replicating the external appearance of the school building as it looked in 1837.
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