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Worcester Academy

Worcester Academy is a co-ed private boarding school in Worcester, Massachusetts serving grades 6-12.[1] It is the oldest school founded in Worcester, Massachusetts, and one of the oldest day-boarding schools in the United States. A coeducational preparatory school, it belongs to the National Association of Independent Schools.

Worcester Academy
Address
Map
81 Providence Street

Worcester
,
Massachusetts
01604

United States
Information
TypeIndependent, day and boarding
MottoἘφικνοῦ τῶν Καλῶν
(Achieve the Honorable)
Established1834; 190 years ago (1834)
Head of SchoolKevin Breen
Faculty80
Enrollment450 upper school
65 middle school
Average class size14
Student to teacher ratio8:1
Campus size71 acres (290,000 m2)
Campus typeUrban
Color(s)  Maroon
Athletics24 Interscholastic sports
54 Interscholastic teams
Athletics conferenceNEPSAC
MascotOskee
Team nameHilltoppers
NewspaperVigornia
YearbookThe Towers
Websitewww.worcesteracademy.org

Demographics edit

As of 2018, 451 out of 600, or 68% of the school's students were white, 66 (11%) were Asian, 32 (5%) were Black, and 15 (2.5%) were Hispanic or Latino.[2] The corresponding numbers for the community were 56% white, 8% Asian, 12% black and 21% Hispanic or Latino.[3]

Clubs edit

In the springs of 2010 and 2011, the We the People club won the Massachusetts championship and traveled to Washington, D.C. to participate in the national championship.[4]

In 2011, Worcester Academy's math team won its seventh (and fourth straight)[5] Worcester County Mathematics League championship,[6] its seventh (and sixth straight)[7] state championship,[8] and its fourth New England championship (the third in six years).[9][10][11]

Notable alumni edit

Notable faculty and alumni include:

In certain instances, student-athletes attend Worcester Academy solely for their senior year, or for a single postgraduate year, to increase their exposure to college coaches or to improve their academic standing. Notable student-athletes include:

Headmasters of Worcester Academy edit

NumberNameYears
1stSilas Bailey, D.D.1834–1838
2ndSamuel Stillman Greene, LL.D.1838–1840
3rdNelson Wheeler, A.M.1840–1847
4thEli Thayer 1840, A.M.1847–1849
5thCharles C. Burnett, A.M.1849–1852
6thEleazer J. Avery, A.M.1852–1854
7thWilliam S. Greene, A.M.1854–1858
8thWerden Reynolds, A.M.1858–1860
9thJames R. Stone, D.D.1860–1862
10thAmbrose P. S. Stuart, A.M.1862–1864
11thCharles Ayer, A.B.1865–1866
12thAlbert Prescott Marble, PhD1866–1868
13thWilliam C. Poland, A.B.1868–1870
14thWillard T. Leonard, M.A.1870
15thRev. David Weston, A.B.1870–1871
16thJohn D. Smith, A.B.1872–1875
17thNathan Leavenworth, A.M.1875–1882
18thDaniel Abercrombie, Litt.D., LL.D.1882–1918
19thSamuel Foss Holmes, A.M.1918–1933
20thHarold H. Wade1933–1942
21stLeRoy A. Campbell, PhD1942–1950
22ndPaul K. Phillips, A.B.1950–1954
23rdWilliam S. Piper, Jr., Ed.D.1954–1968
24thHarold G. Rader, Ed.D.1968–1969
25thDavid R. Jefferson, B.A., B.D.1969–1970
26thRobert A. LaBranche 1946, M.S.1970–1974
27thJohn A. Bloom, M.A.1974–1985
28thBen Williams, M.A.1985–1991
29thJohn Mackenzie, M.A.1991–1997
30thDexter P. Morse, M Ed., C.A.G.S.1997–2012
31stRonald M. Cino2012–2021
32ndKevin Breen2021–Present

See also edit

References edit

Further reading edit

External links edit

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