Our founder, Edward T. Hall, spent his entire adult life educating young men. The headmaster of two prominent eastern boarding schools, Ned saw every type of young man come through his doors. Upon his return from the Maru-a-Pula School in Gaborone, Botswana, he felt there was a need for a school for young men who were having difficulties in the academic mainstream. During his years as an educator, Ned saw far too many young men who had potential fall by the wayside because they lacked both the self-esteem and self-motivation to be successful in mainstream schools. It was with that understanding that The Deck House School was conceived in 1979.