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The Miami Valley School (MVS) is a private, independent day school for grades Pre-K through 12 located in Dayton, Ohio. The school was founded in 1964. The Miami Valley School is a non-profit organization and is accredited by the Independent Schools Association of the Central States. It is also a member of the Ohio Association of Independent Schools (OAIS) and the National Association of Independent Schools. The school serves approximately 480 students across all grades.The school consists of four divisions. The Early Childhood School includes two preschool grades, called EC1 and EC2. The kindergarten through 5th grade unit is called the Lower School, instead of the more common elementary school. The 6th through 8th-grade academic unit has the traditional Middle School title. The 9th through 12th grade unit is called the Upper School, instead of the more common high school. History The Marti School (1956–1964) The Miami Valley School was founded in 1964 as a successor to The Marti School, a small farm school founded in 1947 by Dr. Fritz and Gertrude Marti in Lower Salem, Ohio, which moved to Dayton in 1956 at the behest of a collective of Dayton families interested in building the city's first private school. The Mead family, particularly Mr. and Mrs. Harry Talbott Mead, were instrumental in bringing the Martis to Dayton. The Dayton campus of The Marti School was situated on the grounds of a former residence on Munger Road, with a campus totaling just over seven acres. The Marti School's largest student enrollment was 70 pupils, in 1962-63.Financial difficulties, as well as Fritz Marti's return to full-time work as a university professor at the University of Dayton and Antioch College, led the school's trustees to consider new leadership, expanded facilities and enrollment, and a new model for the school. The decision was made to relocate the campus to a 17-acre portion of farmland donated by the Mead family, which would become the school's current campus at 5151 Denise Drive. The board also announced it would begin the search for a new headmaster, and that the school would be renamed The Miami Valley School. While MVS would initially open on at the Munger Road campus of The Marti School site, and the board of trustees and faculty would remain virtually intact, The Marti School "ceased to exist when MVS was born," according to author Barbara A. Cleary. Today, the school lists its official founding date as 1964. The Miami Valley School (1964–present) Headmaster Ted Truslow (1964–1972) The search for The Miami Valley School's first headmaster resulted in the hiring of Walter "Ted" Truslow, who relocated to Dayton from Lake Forest Academy in Illinois. The school's reorganization also prompted a temporary dissolution of the upper school (grades 9-12). The school's enrollment reached 170 students in 1966, which was the first year operations moved to the Denise Drive campus. Truslow left MVS in 1972 to become the head of The Park School in Buffalo, New York, and later Vermont Academy. Headmaster Robert Fatherley (1972–1979) In 1972, Robert Fatherley was hired from Friends Academy in Glen Cove, New York, to assume the headship of MVS. One of the first projects completed under his tenure was the expansion of the school's campus to hold the school's growing population, which once again spanned grades K-12. The school held its first graduation ceremony in 1974. Fatherley's tenure also saw the launch of the Immersion Program in 1974, which began as a program during the month of March for students to study either French or Spanish from a cohort of native speakers. Eventually, the Immersion program would shed its association with language learning and develop into an experiential learning program where students take one intensive course in an academic discipline of their choice for one month. In 1973, the school became fully accredited by the Independent Schools Association of the Central States after attaining a preliminary accreditation in 1964. Fatherley would leave the school in 1979 to assume the headship of Wilmington Friends School in Delaware. Headmaster Duncan Alling (1979–1986) Duncan Alling, Fatherley's successor, was hired from Tandem School (now Tandem Friends) in Charlottesville, Virginia, where he was the cofounder and assistant head. His early tenure was marked by a variety of changes in the administration of the school, during which the school's first Director of Development, Director of Admissions, and Alumni Relations Coordinator were named. Alling also hired 20 new faculty members and embarked on a vigorous outreach campaign to communicate the school's identity beyond its immediate constituencies.By 1982-1983, MVS' enrollment was 334 students. Alling left MVS in 1986 to become the head of Princeton Country Day School. Director of Admissions and Development Tom Brereton was asked to serve as acting head of school until a permanent headmaster could be hired. In December 1986, Brereton was offered the role on a permanent basis. He would become The Miami Valley School's longest-serving headmaster, with a tenure of 20 years. Headmaster Tom Brereton (1986–2006) In 1994, the school crossed the 400-student mark for the first time, with 409 students in grades Pre-K through 12. Campus expansions during Brereton's tenure included the construction of the Ervin J. Nutter Science Wing in 1995 and the renovation of the middle school wing in 1992. This corresponded with the introduction of "middle school" as a separate division of MVS, comprising grades 6-8. Prior to 1992, the "lower school" was grades K-6, and "upper school" was grades 7-12. Student enrollment reached 502 students in 2004.In 2006, Brereton left MVS for National Cathedral School in Washington, DC. He would go on to serve as headmaster of The Galloway School in Atlanta and Episcopal Day School in Pinehurst, North Carolina. Headmaster Peter Benedict (2006–2013) Peter Benedict II was hired as MVS' fifth Head of School from Louisville Collegiate School, where he had served as a middle school head. Benedict's first major task would be leading MVS through the economic downturn of the 2007-2008 financial crisis, which saw many major employers (including National Cash Register and General Motors) move operations away from Dayton. During Benedict's tenure, he introduced MVS' Mandarin language program, which joined French and Spanish as World Language options. MVS also established a sister-school relationship with Nanjing Foreign Language School in China as well as the Second Foreign Language School of Shenzhen. While MVS had welcomed individual international students since the 1970s through AFS intercultural programs, this sister-school relationship led to the first multi-student cohort of international students enrolling at MVS. Peter Benedict departed MVS in 2013 to assume the headship of Saint Andrew's School in Boca Raton, FL. Jason "Jay" Scheurle was brought on as MVS' sixth Head of School. Head of School Ja.... Discover the Marti Talbott popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Marti Talbott books.

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