Cheshire Academy

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Cheshire Academy
Location
Cheshire, Connecticut, USA
Information
School type Private
Religious affiliation(s) none
Established 1794
Headmaster Douglas G. Rogers
Faculty ~70
Grades 7-12, postgraduate
Gender co-ed
Campus Suburban
Campus size 104 acres
Mascot Fighting Cats
Yearbook The Rolling Stone

Cheshire Academy is a co-ed college preparatory school located in Cheshire, Connecticut. Founded in 1794 as the Episcopal Academy of Connecticut, it was the tenth private academy founded in the United States.[1] In 1917, the school was renamed The Roxbury School, and trained young men exclusively for the purpose of attending nearby Yale University.[2] Later known as Cheshire Academy, the school is one of the first private academic institutions to accept international students dating back to the 1850s,[3] and is currently the only independent school to offer the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme in the state of Connecticut.[4]

The school has students from approximately 15 countries around the world, and a total student body of 360 students enrolled. It is divided into the Middle School (grades 7 and 8) and the Upper School (grades 9 through 12 plus a postgraduate year).

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[edit] Campus

Bowden Hall, the oldest schoolhouse in continuous use in the state of Connecticut

The campus of 104 acres (0.42 km2) is located in the center of the town of Cheshire. The campus includes five residential dormitories and state-of-the-art facilities including the John J. White ’38 Science & Technology Center and the Humanities Building. All areas of campus are equip with wireless access and fiber optic network with 30 mg access to the internet. [5] The campus includes a private ropes challenge course, [6] and in the fall of 2011, Cheshire Academy saw the dedication of the new Simosa track & field.[7]

[edit] Academics

Cheshire Academy is a student-centered institution emphasizing both academic and character development. All students are required to take classes across the academic disciplines, including English, history, math, science, foreign language, and the visual arts. Students are also fostered to develop trait characteristics such as respect, honesty, and tolerance while abiding by the school’s Eight Pillars of Bowden. [8]

[edit] History

The town of Cheshire, Connecticut, established in 1780, was originally known for its lighting industry, copper mining, and agricultural productivity. Samuel Seabury, the first Episcopal Bishop of Connecticut, established the Episcopal Academy in 1794, which would later endure several incarnations as The Cheshire School (in the early 1900’s), The Roxbury School in 1917, and finally, Cheshire Academy in 1937. [9]

Under the first headmaster, Rev. John Bowden, the school became renowned not only for training young men for the clergy, but also for educating students in the fields of English, Latin and Greek, philosophy, mathematics, and the sciences taught by leading colleges in the country at the time. Erected in 1796, Bowden Hall, the oldest schoolhouse still in continuous use in the state of Connecticut and tenth oldest schoolhouse in the United States, became an all-Cheshire community project, with funds to erect the school donated by both churches and local proprietors. [10]

In 1806, Dr. Tillotson Bronson was elected as headmaster. During his twenty-year term at the school, Bronson deemed that young women would be admitted to this once all-male institution, a rare allowance for women at the time. For this reason, many young women were sent to attend the school from distant townships in order to take advantage of such a unique educational opportunity. [11]

Another liberal tenant of the school at this time, as drafted in the school’s constitution, was that students were allowed the freedom to practice the religion of their family’s choice, regardless of the school’s Episcopal affiliation. As stated in the ninth article of the constitution of the Episcopal Academy, "No Bye Laws of the Academy shall compel the Students to attend Public worship, but at such place or places as their respective Parents or Guardians shall direct."[12]

In 1917 the school was purchased by the Roxbury Training Center, and the institution was no longer open to both men and women. The Roxbury School operated with the sole purpose of training young men to enter Yale University. An existing military aspect of the school was abolished, and the school focused now on rigorous academic preparation. [13]

During World War II, under long-standing headmaster Arthur Sheriff, the school became Cheshire Academy in 1937, maintaining small, academically challenging classes. It would not be until 1969 that the school would return to its co-ed beginnings, allowing both young men and women to attend classes together. [14]

[edit] Recent awards and achievements

  • High School Mathematical Modeling Contest - In 2007-08, Cheshire Academy entered a team in the Consortium for Mathematics and its Applications[15] annual math modeling contest. The CA team’s 60-page model was judged to be in the top 4 out of the 270 teams competing and they were awarded the designation of National Outstanding.[16]
  • Software award - In 2008, five students were awarded Ars Technica's Best Indie Software Award after exhibiting in the Macworld expo.[17][18][19]
  • NEPSAC Bowl Championship - In 2011, the Cheshire Academy boys varsity football team finished off an undefeated season, taking both the Colonial League and NEPSAC championship titles. [20] [21]

[edit] Signature programs

Roxbury Academic Support Program An optional, fee-based program for students in need of additional academic assistance with a trained member of the faculty. [22]

Cheshire Prep A community service program where Cheshire Academy students mentor 4th and 5th grade students from Jumoke Academy,[23] a public charter school in Hartford, CT.[24]

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme Cheshire Academy began to offer the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme during the 2011-2012 academic year.[25]

ACCESS Cheshire A four-week accelerated summer program for students entering grades seven through ten. Students may choose to take courses within in a specialized academic cluster.[26]

[edit] Scholarships

The Goizueta Foundation Scholars Fund, created by Roberto Goizueta '49, provides an annual scholarship for a student of Hispanic background.[27][28]

The Town Scholar Program, established in 1937, provides a full, four year scholarship to a resident of Cheshire entering the ninth grade.[29]

[edit] Accreditation and memberships

The school is accredited by the Connecticut Association of Independent Schools,[30] New England Association of Schools and Colleges,[31] and The Association of Boarding Schools.[32] Additionally it holds memberships in the National Association of Independent Schools,[33] the Secondary School Admission Test Board.[34] and the IB Diploma Programme[35]

[edit] Notable alumni

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://articles.courant.com/1994-02-08/news/9402080087_1_sport-returns-school-coeducation
  2. ^ http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2512&dat=19750403&id=G_pHAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CgANAAAAIBAJ&pg=956,312635
  3. ^ http://asiancorrespondent.com/42426/cheshire-academy/
  4. ^ http://issuu.com/internationalbaccalaureate/docs/ib_americas_september_2011_enewsletter
  5. ^ http://asiancorrespondent.com/42342/top-10-international-boarding-schools-in-the-us/
  6. ^ https://www.cheshireacademy.org/ftpimages/246/misc/misc_104720.pdf
  7. ^ http://www.cheshireherald.com/node/4615
  8. ^ http://www.collegebound.net/college-university/article/cheshire-academy/6702/
  9. ^ http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=22371
  10. ^ http://anglicanhistory.org/usa/lcjarvis1902/34.html
  11. ^ http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofcheshir00beac/historyofcheshir00beac_djvu.txt
  12. ^ http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofcheshir00beac/historyofcheshir00beac_djvu.txt
  13. ^ http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2512&dat=19750403&id=G_pHAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CgANAAAAIBAJ&pg=956,312635
  14. ^ http://articles.courant.com/1994-02-08/news/9402080087_1_sport-returns-school-coeducation
  15. ^ http://www.comap.com/index.html
  16. ^ http://www.comap.com/product/?idx=975
  17. ^ http://www.macworld.com/article/131725/2008/01/tooble.html
  18. ^ http://www.rep-am.com/articles/2008/01/28/news/313870.txt
  19. ^ http://usaboardingschools.org/news/2008/jul/06/cheshire-academy-students-attend-2008-apple-worldw/
  20. ^ http://www.cheshireherald.com/node/4886
  21. ^ http://www.wfsb.com/video?autoStart=true&topVideoCatNo=default&clipId=6471234#.TsdG9Wny2hE.twitter
  22. ^ http://den-oweb.petersons.com/ccc92/display_pdf?p_instance_id=169551.pdf
  23. ^ http://www.jumodekacademy.org
  24. ^ http://www.cheshireherald.com/node/3172
  25. ^ Cheshire Magazine Fall 2010 p 2
  26. ^ http://www.cheshireherald.com/node/4393
  27. ^ Cheshire Magazine Fall 2010 p 8
  28. ^ a b Cheshire Academy brochure, page 3. Accessed January 17, 2011.
  29. ^ http://www.cheshireherald.com/node/4075
  30. ^ http://www.caisct.org/cais/default.aspx
  31. ^ http://neasc.org/
  32. ^ http://www.tabs.org
  33. ^ http://www.nais.org/
  34. ^ http://www.ssat.org/ssat/info/home.html
  35. ^ http://www.ibo.org/school/
  36. ^ http://www.sfn.org/skins/main/pdf/history_of_neuroscience/hon_vol_5/c7.pdf
  37. ^ http://www.profootballresearchers.org/Coffin_Corner/26-03-1032.pdf
  38. ^ http://www.chicagobears.com/news/NewsStory.asp?story_id=6189
  39. ^ http://sportsfaithinternational.com/SPORTS_FAITH_TEAM.html

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Coordinates: 41°30′03″N 72°54′03″W / 41.50095°N 72.9009°W / 41.50095; -72.9009

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