ðə faʊndˈeɪʃənz fɚðə mˈɑːdɚn skˈuːl wiː nˈoʊ tədˈeɪ wɜː lˈeɪd ɪnðə wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi z, wˌɛn ðə skˈuːl wʌz tɹænsfˈɔːɹmd fɹʌm ɐn ʌŋɡɹˈeɪdᵻd pɹˈaɪmɚɹi dˈeɪ skˈuːl wɪð ɚɹˈaʊnd nˈaɪnti stˈuːdənts ænd tˈuː tˈiːtʃɚz tʊ ɐ bˈoːɹdɪŋ skˈuːl ðæt sˈɜːvd kˈɪndɚɡˌɑːɹʔn̩ θɹuː twˈɛlfθ ɡɹˈeɪd.
The foundations for the modern school we know today were laid in the 1880s, when the school was transformed from an ungraded primary day school with around 90 students and two teachers to a boarding school that served kindergarten through twelfth grade.