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Worcester Academy

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{{Infobox school

| name = Worcester Academy

| image =

| motto = Ἐφικνοῦ τῶν Καλῶν

| motto_translation = Achieve the Honorable

| streetaddress = 81 Providence Street

| city = Worcester

| state = Massachusetts

| zipcode = 01604

| country = U.S.

| type = Independent, day and boarding

| established = {{start date and age|1834}}

| head = Kevin Breen

| faculty = 80

| enrollment = 450 upper school
65 middle school

| ratio = 8:1

| athletics = 24 Interscholastic sports
54 Interscholastic teams

| conference = NEPSAC

| mascot = Oskee

| team_name = Hilltoppers

| SAT = 600 Verbal
629 Math
611 Writing

| newspaper = Vigornia

| yearbook = The Towers

| head_name = Head of School

| campus_type = Urban

| campus_size = {{convert|71|acre|m2}}

| class = 14

| colors = {{color box|maroon}} Maroon

| homepage = {{URL|http://www.worcesteracademy.org}}

}}

Worcester Academy is a co-ed private boarding school in Worcester, Massachusetts serving grades 6-12.{{cite web|url=http://www.worcesteracademy.org|title=Official Website|publisher=Worcester Academy}} 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.

Demographics

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.{{cite web |title=School ID 00603712 |url=https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pss/privateschoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&Zip=01655&Miles=5&NumOfStudentsRange=more&IncGrade=-1&LoGrade=-1&HiGrade=-1&ID=00603712 |publisher=National Center for Education Statistics}} The corresponding numbers for the community were 56% white, 8% Asian, 12% black and 21% Hispanic or Latino.{{cite web |title=Worcester, MA id 2513230 |url=https://nces.ed.gov/Programs/Edge/ACSDashboard/2513230 |publisher=National Center for Education Statistics}}

Clubs

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.{{Cite web |url=http://www.telegram.com/article/20110120/FLASH/101200486/1190/Auburn%26Template%3Dflash_printart |title=Archived copy |access-date=July 25, 2022 |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924125432/http://www.telegram.com/article/20110120/FLASH/101200486/1190/Auburn%26Template%3Dflash_printart |url-status=dead }}

In 2011, Worcester Academy's math team won its seventh (and fourth straight)[http://www.wocomal.org/statistics/varsity/alltime/team/championshipsbyyear.html WOCOMAL Varsity Team Championships by Year]. Wocomal.org. Retrieved on October 14, 2011. Worcester County Mathematics League championship,[http://www.wocomal.org/statistics/varsity/201011/201011v_team.html WOCOMAL Varsity Team Rankings 2010–11]. Wocomal.org. Retrieved on October 14, 2011. its seventh (and sixth straight)[http://www.wocomal.org/statistics/maml/alltime/team/championshipsbyyear.html MAML Team Championships by Year] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140514231123/http://www.wocomal.org/statistics/maml/alltime/team/championshipsbyyear.html |date=May 14, 2014 }}. Wocomal.org. Retrieved on October 14, 2011. state championship,[http://www.wocomal.org/statistics/maml/2011/2011m_team.html MAML State Meet Team Rankings 2011]. Wocomal.org. Retrieved on October 14, 2011. and its fourth New England championship (the third in six years).[http://www.wocomal.org/statistics/neaml/alltime/team/championshipsbyyear.html NEAML Team Championships by Year] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304033049/http://www.wocomal.org/statistics/neaml/alltime/team/championshipsbyyear.html |date=March 4, 2016 }}. Wocomal.org. Retrieved on October 14, 2011.[http://www.wocomal.org/statistics/neaml/2011/2011n_team.html NEAML State Meet Team Rankings 2011]. Wocomal.org. Retrieved on October 14, 2011.[http://www.telegram.com/article/20110430/NEWS/110439988 Worcester Academy wins NE math championship]. Telegram.com. Retrieved on October 14, 2011.

Notable alumni

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

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Number

! Name

! Years

1st

| Silas Bailey, D.D.

| 1834–1838

2nd

| Samuel Stillman Greene, LL.D.

| 1838–1840

3rd

| Nelson Wheeler, A.M.

| 1840–1847

4th

| Eli Thayer 1840, A.M.

| 1847–1849

5th

| Charles C. Burnett, A.M.

| 1849–1852

6th

| Eleazer J. Avery, A.M.

| 1852–1854

7th

| William S. Greene, A.M.

| 1854–1858

8th

| Werden Reynolds, A.M.

| 1858–1860

9th

| James R. Stone, D.D.

| 1860–1862

10th

| Ambrose P. S. Stuart, A.M.

| 1862–1864

11th

| Charles Ayer, A.B.

| 1865–1866

12th

| Albert Prescott Marble, PhD

| 1866–1868

13th

| William C. Poland, A.B.

| 1868–1870

14th

| Willard T. Leonard, M.A.

| 1870

15th

| Rev. David Weston, A.B.

| 1870–1871

16th

| John D. Smith, A.B.

| 1872–1875

17th

| Nathan Leavenworth, A.M.

| 1875–1882

18th

| Daniel Abercrombie, Litt.D., LL.D.

| 1882–1918

19th

| Samuel Foss Holmes, A.M.

| 1918–1933

20th

| Harold H. Wade

| 1933–1942

21st

| LeRoy A. Campbell, PhD

| 1942–1950

22nd

| Paul K. Phillips, A.B.

| 1950–1954

23rd

| William S. Piper, Jr., Ed.D.

| 1954–1968

24th

| Harold G. Rader, Ed.D.

| 1968–1969

25th

| David R. Jefferson, B.A., B.D.

| 1969–1970

26th

| Robert A. LaBranche 1946, M.S.

| 1970–1974

27th

| John A. Bloom, M.A.

| 1974–1985

28th

| Ben Williams, M.A.

| 1985–1991

29th

| John Mackenzie, M.A.

| 1991–1997

30th

| Dexter P. Morse, M Ed., C.A.G.S.

| 1997–2012

31st

| Ronald M. Cino

| 2012–2021

32nd

| Kevin Breen

| 2021–Present

See also

References

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Further reading

  • {{citation |title= Annual Report...1875-76 |year=1877 |author1= Massachusetts Board of Education |location=Boston |via= Internet Archive |chapter-url=https://archive.org/stream/annualreportofbo7576mass#page/292/mode/2up |chapter=Report on Academies: Worcester Academy |author2=George A. Walton |author1-link=Massachusetts Board of Education }}

External links

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  • {{Official website|http://www.worcesteracademy.org}}
  • [http://www.assumption.edu/ahc/Education/WorcesterAcad_copy.html Worcester Academy history]

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