The Campus
The 125-acre (0.51 km2) campus is located in a quiet area of Easthampton, MA overlooking the crest of Mount Tom. Many of the school's buildings and dorms are situated around the main quad.
The Robert A. Ward Schoolhouse, a former factory building remodeled in the 1950s to resemble the old "schoolhouse" on the original Main Street campus, holds English and math classes and also contains administrative offices.
In 1996, the former gymnasium, originally built in 1924, was transformed into the Reed Campus Center. The Dodge room is the setting for many speakers for many guest speakers and instrumental and choral concerts.
After a fire destroyed the school’s theater in 1994, it was rebuilt adjacent to the science laboratories, Scott Hall. The Williston Theatre is a 288-seat performance space. Among the improvements is the new theater's flexibility; the seating and stage areas can be moved to create a traditional theater with stage, a thrust-stage, or a theater-in-the-round. The theater also boasts a fly system, high-tech computerized lighting system, upgraded sound system, and an attached scene shop directly behind the stage. Downstairs are the new theater studio (rehearsal space), costume shop, and dressing rooms.
The Robert Clapp Memorial Library is located near the center of the campus. The Clapp Memorial Library has a 40,000+ collection. The librarians select books, online databases, periodicals, videos, DVDs, and music CDs to meet these goals.
The Middle School is housed in the Whitaker-Bement Center, created in 1972 in honor of The Northampton School for Girls founders Sarah B. Whitaker and Dorothy M. Bement, is kept fairly separate from the action of upper school life. However, it does not restrict students from taking part in school activities, such as clubs and after school athletics. The Phillips Stevens Chapel, 1964, hosts both the weekly assembly in its traditional chapel and language classes in its basement.
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