Concord Academy

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Concord Academy was founded in 1919 by local residents Anne Bixby Chamberlin, a Wellesley College graduate, and Mrs. Henry F. Smith, Jr.{{Cite book |last=McFarland |first=Philip James |title=A History of Concord Academy: The First Half-Century |publisher=Concord Academy |year=1986 |pages=1–3, 9}} Chamberlin, who had six daughters and two sons, was concerned that the closest high school for girls (Winsor School) was 20 miles away in the city of Boston.McFarland, pp. 3, 9. By contrast, her sons could attend Concord's Middlesex School, the all-boys high school where her husband worked.McFarland, pp. 2–3.

In 1922, Chamberlin and Smith transferred control over the fledgling school to a board of trustees, who reorganized CA as a non-profit corporation.McFarland, pp. 16–19. The reconfigured Concord Academy's aims were explicitly college-preparatory, which was unusual for a girls' school at the time, and the administration warned that "[p]upils with definitely low scholastic aptitude ought to be in a different type of school."McFarland, pp. 31–32, 65. The trustees hired Elsie Garland Hobson, a 1916 Ph.D. graduate of the University of Chicago, as the first permanent headmistress.McFarland, pp. 22–23. To raise money, the trustees added a small boarding department, which charged the then-astronomical sum of $1,500 a year.McFarland, p. 19. (For comparison, in 1922 the University of Pennsylvania charged $675 for tuition, room, and board,{{Cite web |title=Tuition and Other Educational Costs: 1920-1929 |url=https://archives.upenn.edu/exhibits/penn-history/tuition/tuition-1920-1929/ |access-date=2024-03-12 |website=University Archives and Records Center |language=en}} and even the pricier all-boys boarding schools charged around $1,200.{{Cite journal |last=Levine |first=Steven B. |date=October 1980 |title=The Rise of American Boarding Schools and the Development of a National Upper Class |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/800381 |journal=Social Problems |volume=28 |issue=1 |pages=76 |doi=10.2307/800381 |jstor=800381 }}) Even so, for most of CA's early history, day students significantly outnumbered boarders.McFarland, pp. 28–29, 49. The school's financial situation remained tenuous even after the Great Depression, and in the 1949–50 school year, the school recorded the largest financial loss in its history.McFarland, p. 123.

The school reached national stature under heads of school Elizabeth Blodgett Hall (1949–63) and David Aloian (1963–71).{{Cite web |title=History |url=https://concordacademy.org/about/history/ |access-date=2024-03-12 |website=Concord Academy |language=en-US}} CA's expansion during this period was fueled almost exclusively by tuition money and project-specific donations; when Hall stepped down in 1963, the financial endowment stood at just $112,000.McFarland, p. 186. (The endowment would not reach $1 million until 1981.McFarland, p. 241.) To finance her aspirations for CA, Hall aggressively courted wealthy, high-achieving boarding students from across the globe.McFarland, pp. 127–128. Enrollment reached 200 by 1954,McFarland, p. 124. but was outpaced by applications for the boarding program, which received four applications for every opening by the early 1960s and comprised 58% of the school by 1966.McFarland, p. 157. To accommodate more boarders, CA discontinued its lower grades (which admitted only day students) in 1961.McFarland, pp. 131–133.

In 1971, Harvard's student newspaper reported that Concord Academy "sits at the top of the pile in terms of popularity."{{Cite web |title=Prep School Blues {{!}} News {{!}} The Harvard Crimson |url=https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1971/2/16/prep-school-blues-pfive-years-ago/ |access-date=2024-03-11 |website=www.thecrimson.com}}

In the 1960s and 1970s, Concord Academy was confronted with two major issues: the American upper class' decreasing interest in boarding schools, which caused an industry-wide shortfall of tuition dollars, and the fact that most boys' boarding schools were shifting to coeducation, "which meant that fathers who had attended them could now send their daughters to their alma maters."{{Cite web |last=Peretz |first=Evgenia |title=The Code of Miss Porter's {{!}} Vanity Fair |url=https://archive.vanityfair.com/article/2009/7/the-code-of-miss-porters |access-date=2024-03-11 |website=Vanity Fair {{!}} The Complete Archive |language=en-US}}

Several boys' boarding schools (including Exeter, Groton, St. Paul's, and neighboring Middlesex) sought closer ties with CA, either as a sister school or as a prelude to absorbing CA entirely.McFarland, p. 211. CA students had been participating in Groton's theatrical productions (and vice versa) since the 1950s{{Cite book |last=Nichols |first=Acosta |title=Forty Years More: A History of Groton School, 1934–1974 |publisher=Groton School |year=1976 |location=Groton, MA |pages=203}} and also attended some of its campus programming,{{Cite web |last=Faust |first=Drew Gilpin |date=2023-08-23 |title=An excerpt from ‘Necessary Trouble’ by Drew Gilpin Faust |url=https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2023/08/an-excerpt-from-necessary-trouble-by-drew-gilpin-faust/ |access-date=2024-03-12 |website=Harvard Gazette |language=en-US}} but large-scale academic cooperation had never occurred before. In 1968, CA, Groton, and Middlesex considered an academic exchange program, but the proposal was "quickly rejected as impractical" for logistical reasons, the towns of Concord and Groton being 20 miles apart.Nichols, p. 150. Groton's alternative proposal to relocate CA to the town of Groton was also declined.McFarland, p. 212. A two-week exchange program with New Hampshire-based St. Paul's School made The New York Times but did not result in closer cooperation.{{Cite news |date=1969-01-19 |title=St. Paul's Planning Student Exchange With Girls' School |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1969/01/19/archives/st-pauls-planning-student-exchange-with-girls-school.html |access-date=2024-03-11 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}

In 1971, Concord Academy became the first all-girls' boarding school in New England to shift to a coeducational model.{{cite news |author= |date=1970-05-19 |title=All Girls Concord Acad. will accept boys in '71 |newspaper=Boston Globe |location=Boston, MA |page=43}} Faced with competition for talented girls from the formerly all-boys' schools, CA administrators sought to maintain the quality of the student body by expanding the size of its applicant pool.McFarland, p. 213. In addition, CA's consultants projected that the school's operating deficit would increase significantly without the addition of boys.McFarland, p. 218.

The school's academic reputation allowed it to survive the growing pains of coeducation. A 1996 study found that 29% of CA graduates went on to Ivy League colleges, tied with Phillips Exeter Academy for fifth among Northeastern boarding schools.{{Cite journal |date=1996 |title=The Status of African Americans at the Nation's Most Prestigious Boarding Schools |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/2962808 |journal=The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education |issue=14 |pages=27 |doi=10.2307/2962808 |issn=1077-3711}} CA also ranked sixth among Northeastern boarding schools in 2015 for its students' average SAT scores.{{Cite web |last=Stanger |first=Melissa |title=The 24 smartest boarding schools in America |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/the-smartest-boarding-schools-in-america-2015-2 |access-date=2024-03-12 |website=Business Insider |language=en-US}}

In recent years, organized fundraising efforts have generated an endowment whose income allows CA to offer a more generous financial aid policy than in years past. CA's endowment rose from $1 million in 1981 to $91 million in 2022.{{Cite web |title=2022–23 Annual Report of Generosity and Volunteerism |url=https://concordacademy.org/ca-gives/annual-report-23/ |access-date=2024-03-12 |website=Concord Academy |language=en-US}} As with most boarding schools, full-pay boarding applications fell sharply in the 1970s. Unlike most boarding schools, however, day students once again comprised a majority of CA's enrollment by 1978,McFarland, pp. 238–239. and remain a majority of the student body today.{{Cite web |title=Facts and Figures |url=https://concordacademy.org/about/facts-and-figures/ |access-date=2024-03-12 |website=Concord Academy |language=en-US}}

Other notable dates in the school's history include the dedication and expansion of the Elizabeth B. Hall Chapel in 1984 and 2004–05,{{cite web |title=Concord Academy: History |url=http://www.concordacademy.org/about/history/index.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150831043248/http://www.concordacademy.org/about/history/index.aspx |archive-date=31 August 2015 |access-date=27 August 2015 |work=concordacademy.org}}{{Cite web |title=Memorabilia, Memories, Memorial |url=https://issuu.com/concord_academy/docs/mmm_final_ |access-date=2022-11-08 |website=Issuu.com}} the dedication of the J. Josephine Tucker Library in 1987, the opening of expanded athletic facilities in 2012,{{Cite web |title=Sports field may sprout on old farm |url=http://archive.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2011/10/20/concord_academy_seeks_ok_for_athletic_complex_on_former_route_2_farm/ |access-date=2022-11-04 |website=archive.boston.com}} and the reopening of the renovated science center in 2016.{{Cite web |last=Schwan |first=Henry |title=New $11.5 million science building at Concord Academy |url=https://www.wickedlocal.com/story/concord-journal/2016/11/04/new-11-5-million-science/64810477007/ |access-date=2024-03-12 |website=Wicked Local |language=en-US}}

The nation's first Gay-Straight Alliance chapter was established at Concord Academy by history teacher Kevin Jennings in the 1980s.{{Cite web |title=Kevin Jennings ’85: Leading the Way for Gay Rights {{!}} News {{!}} The Harvard Crimson |url=https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2010/5/27/jennings-harvard-gay-lgbt/ |access-date=2024-03-11 |website=www.thecrimson.com}}{{Cite web |date=2018-11-26 |title=Kevin Jennings Speaks about Making History at Concord Academy |url=https://concordacademy.org/kevin-jennings-speaks-about-making-history-at-concord-academy/ |access-date=2024-03-11 |website=Concord Academy |language=en-US}}

In 2018, Concord Academy banned former headmaster Russell Mead (1971–76) from the campus following reports of inappropriate conduct with a female student in the 1960s, when Mead was an English teacher.{{Cite news |last=McDonald |first=Danny |title=At Concord Academy, misconduct claims against former headmaster made public |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2018/04/17/concord-academy-misconduct-allegations-against-former-headmaster-made-public/BXHsnGk9Jrk4JIXhb5b0YI/story.html |access-date=2022-11-09 |website=The Boston Globe}}

The current head of school is Henry Fairfax, who began leading Concord Academy in July 2022.{{Cite web |title=CA Board of Trustees Appoints Henry Fairfax as Concord Academy's 11th Head of School, Effective July 1, 2022 |url=https://concordacademy.org/hoss-announcement/ |access-date=2022-11-06 |website=Concord Academy |language=en-US}}

Concord Academy follows a semester program, where most courses are term-based or year-long. The school's curriculum comprises more than 230 courses in eight academic disciplines, and a co-curricular athletics program.{{Cite web |title=Academic Departments |url=https://concordacademy.org/academics/academic-departments/ |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=Concord Academy |language=en-US}} To foster a noncompetitive environment, the school does not compute class rank and awards no academic, arts, athletic, or community awards during the school year or at graduation.{{Cite journal |last=Chaddock |first=Gail |date=2 June 1998 |title=When Everyone Is Simply the Best |url=http://www.csmonitor.com/1998/0602/060298.feat.feat.4.html |journal=Christian Science Monitor |access-date=2016-03-08}}

The school's average combined SAT score is 1482 and the average combined ACT score is 34.{{Cite web |title=School Profile 2023-24 |url=https://concordacademy.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/CA_School_Profile_2023-24.pdf |access-date=2024-03-11 |website=Concord Academy}} Average SAT scores have increased by roughly 100 points in the last decade.{{Cite web |title=School Profile 2022-2023 |url=https://concordacademy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/CA-School-Profile-2022-23.pdf |access-date=2024-03-12 |website=Concord Academy}}

In 2005, the school eliminated Advanced Placement courses due to their purported lack of curricular depth.{{Cite web |last=Wertheimer |first=Linda |date=2012-10-06 |title=AP classes: A problem for Massachusetts high schoolers? |url=https://www.boston.com/culture/lifestyle/2012/10/06/ap-classes-a-problem-for-massachusetts-high-schoolers/ |access-date=2024-03-12 |website=www.boston.com |language=en-US}} They were replaced by advanced courses designed by CA faculty, although the school still offers AP exams for those who wish to take them.{{Cite news |last=Wertheimer |first=Linda |title=AP classes: A problem for Massachusetts high schoolers? |website=The Boston Globe |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/magazine/2012/10/06/classes-problem-for-massachusetts-high-schoolers/SXfDSpDnIhEoaKIvMww3BO/story.html |access-date=2016-03-04}}

Tuition and fees for the 2025–2026 academic year are $81,560 for boarding students and $65,320 for day students.{{Cite web |title=Tuition and Financial Aid at Concord Academy |url=https://concordacademy.org/admissions/tuition-financial-aid/ |access-date=2025-04-06 |website=Concord Academy |language=en-US}}

The school commits to award financial aid that meets 100% of admitted students' financial need. 27% of the student body is on financial aid, which covers, on average, $65,503 for boarding students (88% of tuition) and $28,442 (48% of tuition) for day students. (Concord and its surroundings are some of the wealthiest towns in Massachusetts.)

37% of CA's financial aid awards went to families with incomes under $100,000, and 72% went to families with incomes under $200,000.{{Cite web |title=Financial Aid Eligibility |url=https://concordacademy.org/financial-aid-eligibility/ |access-date=2024-03-12 |website=Concord Academy |language=en-US}}

CA's financial endowment stood at just over $100 million in the 2023-2024 school year. In its Internal Revenue Service filings for the 2022-23 school year, CA reported total assets of $177 million, net assets of $152.6 million, investment holdings of $98.4 million, and cash holdings of $22.4 million. CA also reported $27.1 million in program service expenses and $5.3 million in grants (primarily student financial aid).{{Cite web |title=IRS Form 990 |url=https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/41200600/202401159349301625/full |access-date=2025-04-06 |website=ProPublica}}

The school recently conducted its Centennial Campaign, which raised over $50 million to fund its endowment and construct a new arts center.{{Cite web |title=The Concord Academy Centennial Campaign |url=https://concordacademy.org/philanthropy/centennial-campaign-success/ |access-date=2025-04-06 |website=The Concord Academy Centennial Campaign}}

The demographic breakdown of the 395 students registered for the 2013–14 school year was:{{cite web|url=http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pss/privateschoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&Zip=01730&Miles=10&SchoolPageNum=2&ID=00604239|title=Search for Private Schools – School Detail for Concord Academy|work=ed.gov|access-date=27 August 2015}}{{Cite web|title = Facts and figures|url = https://concordacademy.org/about/facts-and-figures/|website = concordacademy.org|access-date = 2022-11-04}}{{Cite web|title = Concord Academy: Where students get to be their best selves|url = https://www.studyinternational.com/news/concord-academy-where-students-get-to-be-their-best-selves/|website = studyinternational.com|access-date = 2023-06-04}}

• Asian – 23.3%
• Black – 2.6%
• Hispanic – 5.0%
• White – 61.7%
• Multiracial – 7.4%

In the 2023–24 school year, 35% of CA students arrived from public or charter schools and the remaining 65% attended private, religious, or international schools (international students comprise 11% of the student body).

Concord Academy students play on 28 teams in 23 sports; about 75 percent of students play on at least one team each year.{{citation needed|reason=needs an independent source as to percentage of students|date=August 2015}} Teams compete in the Eastern Independent League (EIL).{{Cite web|url=http://www.concordacademy.org/athletics/teams.aspx |title=www.concordacademy.org/athletics/teams.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100112084648/http://www.concordacademy.org/athletics/teams.aspx |archive-date=January 12, 2010 }}

Boarding students live in three girls' houses and three boys' houses, each holding an average of 25 students.{{Cite web|title = Concord Academy|url = http://www.boardingschools.com/school-profile/Concord-Academy|website = www.boardingschools.com|publisher = The Association of Boarding Schools|access-date = 2016-03-09}} Day (commuting) students comprise 60% of the student body and boarding students 40%; around one-third of the day students commute to school on MBTA Commuter Rail.{{Cite web |author=Henry Schwan |title=MBTA postpones schedule changes on commuter rail |url=http://concord.wickedlocal.com/article/20151123/NEWS/151128244/?Start=3 |access-date=2016-03-09 |website=concord.wickedlocal.com}}{{Cite web|title=Facts and Figures|url=https://concordacademy.org/about/facts-and-figures/|website=Concord Academy|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-23}}

Students participate in a variety of clubs, performing arts groups, and other activities. The campus is a short walk from restaurants and shops in Concord, and students have easy access to Cambridge and Boston via commuter rail.

Concord Academy's primary campus sits on {{convert|39|acre|ha}} between Main Street and the Sudbury River in the center of Concord, Massachusetts.{{Cite web|title = Sports field may sprout on old farm|url = http://archive.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2011/10/20/concord_academy_seeks_ok_for_athletic_complex_on_former_route_2_farm/|website = Boston.com|access-date = 2022-11-04}} The campus includes eleven historic houses on Main Street, all built as family homes between 1780 and 1830. It is a three-minute walk from the center of Concord and a five-minute walk from the MBTA Commuter Rail stop in Concord.{{Cite web|title = Concord Chamber Music Society|url = http://www.concordchambermusic.org/index.php/location/map|website = www.concordchambermusic.org|access-date = 2016-03-09|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160208183656/http://concordchambermusic.org/index.php/location/map|archive-date = 2016-02-08|url-status = dead}}

Among the campus buildings are the PAC (Performing Arts Center), the SHAC (Student Health and Athletic Center), the main school, CA Labs, the MAC (Math and Arts Center), and the newly built CAC (Centennial Arts Center). The Elizabeth B. Hall Chapel is a 19th-century meetinghouse that was transported to Concord from Barnstead, New Hampshire in 1956. It serves as a meeting place three times per week for the entire Concord Academy community.{{cite web |url=http://www.concordacademy.org/about_concord_academy/campus.aspx |title=Campus |publisher=Concord Academy |access-date=2012-10-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120805031933/http://www.concordacademy.org/about_concord_academy/campus.aspx |archive-date=2012-08-05 |url-status=dead }}

The 13-acre Moriarty Athletic campus, completed in 2012, is a mile from the main campus.{{Cite web|title=CA Magazine, Fall 2012|url=https://issuu.com/concord_academy/docs/camag_fall2012_web/29|website=Issuu.com|access-date = 2022-11-08|language=en-US}} It includes six tennis courts, a baseball field, a field hockey field, and two soccer/lacrosse fields. A field house contains changing rooms, a training room, and a common room with fireplace. These new facilities freed up space on the main campus for expansion of academic and arts facilities.{{Cite web|title = Concord Academy – Moriarty Athletic Campus|url = http://cefloyd.com/our-work/educational/concord-academy-moriarty-athletic-campus|website = cefloyd.com|access-date = 2016-03-04|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160306042844/http://cefloyd.com/our-work/educational/concord-academy-moriarty-athletic-campus|archive-date = 2016-03-06|url-status = dead}}

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• Ruth Ozeki – 2022 Women's Prize winning author of The Book of Form and Emptiness.
• Imani Perry – Hughes-Rogers Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University. Winner of 2022 National Book Award, Nonfiction {{Cite news|last=McDufee|first=Candace|date=November 18, 2022|title=Imani Perry Wins 2022 National Book Award For Non-Fiction For South to America|url=https://www.theroot.com/imani-perry-wins-2022-national-book-award-for-non-ficti-1849801750|access-date=2022-11-19|website=The Root|language=en-US}}
• Julia Preston – Pulitzer Prize winner{{Cite web|title = Notable Alumnae/i|url = https://concordacademy.org/about/history/notable-alumnaei/|website = www.concordacademy.org|access-date = 2021-01-31}}
• Hilary B. Price – Cartoonist.
• Liammadeyoung – Musical Artist.
• Richard Read – Two-time Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, Los Angeles Times national reporter.{{Cite web|title = Notable Alumnae/i|url = https://concordacademy.org/about/history/notable-alumnaei/|website = www.concordacademy.org|access-date = 2020-12-02}}
• Cynthia Schneider – Ambassador to the Netherlands, Distinguished Professor in the Practice of Diplomacy in the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University{{Cite web|date=June 29, 1975|title=Cynthia Perrin Becomes Bride Of Thomas Schneider in Illinois|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1975/06/29/archives/cynthia-perrin-becomes-bride-of-thomas-schneider-in-illinois.html|access-date=2022-11-06|website=The New York Times|language=en-US}}
• Theo Stockman – Broadway & television actor{{Cite web|last=Fee|first=Gayle|date=October 12, 2010|title=We hear: Theo Stockman, Siobhan Magnus, Pauly D and more…|url=https://www.bostonherald.com/2010/10/12/we-hear-theo-stockman-siobhan-magnus-pauly-d-and-more/|access-date=2022-11-06|website=Boston Herald|language=en-US}}
• Matt Taibbi – Blogger and former columnist for Rolling Stone{{Cite web|last=Abelson|first=Max|date=October 20, 2010|title=The father of the squid|url=https://observer.com/2010/10/the-father-of-the-squid/|access-date=2022-11-04|website=The New York Observer|language=en-US}}
• Philippe von Borries – co-founder and CEO of Refinery29, president of Lonely Planet{{Cite web |title=CA Magazine Fall 2012 by Concord Academy – Issuu |url=https://issuu.com/concord_academy/docs/camag_fall2012_web |access-date=2022-07-15 |website=issuu.com |language=en}}

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