<P> Esse quam videri is the state motto of North Carolina, adopted in 1893 . </P> <P> Esse quam videri is (or was) the motto of a number of schools and colleges around the world, including: </P> <Ul> <Li> Academy at the Lakes, Land O Lakes, Florida </Li> <Li> Academy of the Holy Names, Tampa, Florida </Li> <Li> Accra Academy, Accra, Ghana </Li> <Li> Albert Academy, Freetown, Sierra Leone </Li> <Li> Amarillo High School, Amarillo, Texas </Li> <Li> S. Anselm's Preparatory School, Bakewell, England </Li> <Li> Appalachian State University (1899), Boone, North Carolina </Li> <Li> Ashford School (1899), Ashford, Kent, England </Li> <Li> Ashville College (1877), Harrogate, England </Li> <Li> Augusta Preparatory Day School (1972), Augusta, Georgia, USA </Li> <Li> Bedford College, University of London until c. 1990, when Bedford and Royal Holloway Colleges merged and it became the motto of the joint college </Li> <Li> Berklee College of Music, Boston, Massachusetts, USA and Valencia, Spain </Li> <Li> Bordentown Military Institute, (1881 - 1973), Bordentown, NJ, USA </Li> <Li> Boys' Latin School of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, USA </Li> <Li> Brigham Young University Men's Chorus, Provo, Utah, USA </Li> <Li> Clifton House Preparatory School, Harrogate, England </Li> <Li> Colyton Grammar School (1546), Colyford, England </Li> <Li> Columbia College Chicago (1890), Chicago, Illinois, USA </Li> <Li> Connells Point Public School, Sydney, Australia </Li> <Li> Cranbrook School Sydney (1918), Sydney, Australia </Li> <Li> Desert Heights Preparatory Academy, Glendale, Arizona </Li> <Li> Darwin High School, Darwin, Australia </Li> <Li> Ellis Robins High School, Harare, Zimbabwe </Li> <Li> The Ellis School, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA </Li> <Li> Esquimalt High School, Esquimalt, British Columbia </Li> <Li> The Episcopal Academy, Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, USA </Li> <Li> The Forest School, Winnersh, Wokingham, Berkshire, England </Li> <Li> Groton School (1884), Groton, Massachusetts, USA . The motto changed to Cui Servire est Regnare ("To whom to serve is to reign") shortly after the school's founding . </Li> <Li> The Hermitage School (1906), Geelong, Australia; which has subsequently become that of The Hermitage House, Geelong Grammar School . </Li> <Li> Hartford Public High School, Hartford, Connecticut, USA </Li> <Li> Highsted Grammar School, Sittingbourne, Kent, England </Li> <Li> Homewood School, Tenterden, Kent, England </Li> <Li> Hudson Catholic High School, Hudson, Massachusetts </Li> <Li> The Hemel Hempstead School (1931), Hemel Hempstead, England . </Li> <Li> Instituto Metodista Bennett (1888), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil </Li> <Li> JMA Armstrong High School, Salisbury, New Brunswick, Canada </Li> <Li> John Caldwell School, Grand Falls, New Brunswick, Canada </Li> <Li> The King's College, New York (House of Susan B. Anthony) </Li> <Li> Kingsley School, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England </Li> <Li> Kutama College, Norton, Zimbabwe </Li> <Li> Lane College, Jackson, Tennessee, USA </Li> <Li> Magee Secondary School, Vancouver, British Columbia </Li> <Li> Miami Coral Park Senior High School, Miami, Florida, USA </Li> <Li> Montreat College, Montreat, North Carolina </Li> <Li> Moravian Academy, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; current motto is "mind, body, spirit", </Li> <Li> Mountlake Terrace High School, Mountlake Terrace, Washington </Li> <Li> National University of Health Sciences (previously National Chiropractic College), Lombard, Illinois </Li> <Li> Peace College (1857), Raleigh, North Carolina, USA </Li> <Li> Queen's College, Queenstown, South Africa </Li> <Li> Regent's University London, England </Li> <Li> Rhodesway School (1958), Bradford, UK </Li> <Li> Rockridge Secondary School, West Vancouver, British Columbia </Li> <Li> Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, Surrey, England </Li> <Li> St. Joseph's College in Patchogue, New York, United States . </Li> <Li> St. Malachy's Memorial High School, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada . </Li> <Li> St Thomas à Becket Catholic College, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom </Li> <Li> Salisbury School, Salisbury, Connecticut, USA </Li> <Li> Selaiyur Hall, Madras Christian College, Chennai, India </Li> <Li> Seton Hall High School, Patchogue, New York, United States </Li> <Li> Southampton Grammar School for Girls Southampton, UK </Li> <Li> Streetsville Secondary School, Streetsville, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada </Li> <Li> Suffield Academy, Suffield, Connecticut, USA </Li> <Li> The Taieri High School, Mosgiel, Otago, New Zealand </Li> <Li> Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy (1999--present), Rutherford County, North Carolina </Li> <Li> Trevecca Nazarene University, Nashville, Tennessee </Li> <Li> Truro School (1880--present), Truro, Cornwall, England </Li> <Li> Boys' Latin School of Maryland (1844), Baltimore, Maryland, USA </Li> <Li> University of North Carolina at Charlotte (1946), Charlotte, North Carolina, USA </Li> <Li> University of Tampa, Tampa, Florida </Li> <Li> Villa Devoto School (1908), Buenos Aires, Argentina </Li> <Li> Wavell State High School, Brisbane, Australia </Li> <Li> St Audries School, West Quantoxhead, Taunton, Somerset, England (since closed and now a hotel) </Li> <Li> Woodward Career Technical High School (formerly Woodward High School), Cincinnati, Ohio, USA (Alma mater of William Howard Taft, 27th president of the United States) </Li> <Li> Wyomissing Area Junior / Senior High School, Wyomissing, Pennsylvania </Li> <Li> Yeovil School, Yeovil, Somerset, England </Li> </Ul> <Li> Academy at the Lakes, Land O Lakes, Florida </Li>

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