Proctor Academy
| Proctor Academy | |
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204 Main Street , 03216 United States | |
| Coordinates | 43°26′14″N 71°49′26″W / 43.4372976°N 71.8239693°W [1] |
| Information | |
| Type | Private, Boarding |
| Motto | Live to Learn, Learn to Live |
| Established | 1848 |
| CEEB code | 300015 |
| Head of school | Mike Henriques |
| Faculty | 85[2] |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 345 total 270 boarding 75 day |
| Average class size | 12[2] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 5:1 |
| Campus | Small town |
| Campus size | 3000 acres (12 km²) |
| Colour(s) | Green and Black |
| Athletics conference | Lakes Region |
| Mascot | Hornet |
| Accreditation | New England Association of Schools and Colleges |
| Endowment | $22 million[2] |
| Tuition | $37,800 boarding / $23,000 day[2] |
| Website | http://www.proctoracademy.org/ |
Proctor Academy is a coeducational, independent preparatory boarding school for grades 9-12 located on 3,000 acres (12 km2) in Andover, New Hampshire.
Campus
Proctor Academy is located on 3,000 acres (12 km2) in the town of Andover, New Hampshire. The property is an NH-certified tree farm. Trees logged on the property are sold to generate revenue for the school, however some logs are used in the school's wood shop, and to heat the wood fired dorms in the winter. The school also operates its own sugar house and sells maple syrup which is made from sap gathered on the campus.
The campus is split in two parts by Andover's Main Street (NH Route 11 and U.S. Route 4), with academic buildings and dorms on one side and the Carr athletic fields and the Blackwater Ski Area on the other side of the road.
One of the newest additions to the campus, Peabody House, was completed in 2008[3] on the former site of Morton House, which was torn down in August, 2007. The building was designed to follow LEED criteria and used recycled materials where possible.
Dorms[4]
- Carr House (built 1870)
- Carriage House/ Eco Dorm (built 1998)
- Davis House (built 1978)
- Farm House (built 1804)
- Gannett House
- Gulick House
- Ives House
- Johnson House (built 1978)
- King House
- Mackenzie House
- Mary Lowell Stone House "MLS" (built 1870)
- Morton House (built c. 1900, demolished 2007); demolished to make way for Peabody House which was built in its former location
- Peabody House (built 2008)
- Rulon-Miller House
- Summerfield House (built 1978)
- Thoreau House
Notable buildings
- Recording Studio (built 2006), state of the art building-within-a-building designed to isolate the studio from any outside noise[5]
- Steve and Sarah Wilkins Meetinghouse (built 2001), theater and meetinghouse for all-school assemblies, also contains the dance studio [4]
- The Cabin (built 1991), cabin located on the top of the hill behind Proctor's dorms, where students are allowed to stay for the night on the weekend[4]
- Yarrow's Lodge, ski lodge at the Blackwater Ski Area, base for the student ski patrol and the storage location for the school's snowcat[6]
Curriculum
Proctor offers several experiential programs, including Ocean Classroom, Mountain Classroom, and a language trimester in France or Spain. In the 2008-09 term a new abroad program will be made available to students wanting to spend a term in Morocco.
Extracurricular activities
Skills courses provide hands-on activities during the school day. These include jazz band, photography, yearbook, blacksmithing, boat building, woodshop, jewelry making, ceramics, dance, drama, and many others. The drama department produces several major plays annually, including a winter student production and the spring musical.
Athletics
Proctor Academy fields teams in interscholastic competition in alpine skiing, baseball, basketball, bicycling, canoeing, cross-country running, cross-country skiing, dance, downhill skiing, field hockey, football, freestyle skiing, golf, hockey, horseback riding, ice hockey, kayaking, lacrosse, Nordic skiing, ski jumping, snowboarding, soccer, softball, and tennis. The school belongs to the New England Preparatory School Athletic Council.
The school competes against (among others): Vermont Academy, Phillips Exeter Academy, Kimball Union Academy, Holderness School, Brewster Academy, New Hampton School and Tilton School.
Notable alumni
Notable people who have attended the school include:[7]
- Andover Air Force (Nick Alexander, Chris Lamb, Peter Freire and Nick Fairall, '07), U.S. Ski Jumping Team
- Bob Beattie, '51 - former US Alpine Ski Team Head Coach and ABC television commentator
- Jerome Dyson, '06 - UConn basketball player
Matt Nathanson - Jed Hinkley, '99 - US Olympian, US Ski Team Nordic Combined
- John McVey - singer/songwriter
- Matt Nathanson, '91 - singer/songwriter
- David Dalhoff Neal - artist, one of the first students in early 1850s
- Robert Richardson, '73 - Oscar-winning cinematographer (Platoon, JFK, The Aviator, Kill Bill)
- Alan Shepard - astronaut, spent a summer at Proctor building a boat, walked on the moon
- Carl Van Loan, '98 - US Olympian, US Ski Team Nordic Combined, Large Hill team
- Josh Walden, '94 - Broadway actor
- Travis Warren, '91 - founder and president, Whipple Hill Communications
- Cole Williams, '99 - television actor (Scrubs, 8 Simple Rules)
References
- ^ Geographic Names Information System: "Proctor Academy"
- ^ a b c d "Proctor Academy - School Overview". Peterson's. 2007-09-12.
- ^ "Peabody House Dedication".
- ^ a b c "Campus Map". Retrieved 2008-10-18.
- ^ Will, Chuck (2006-04-29). "Dedication". Proctor Academy. Retrieved 2008-10-18.
- ^ "Blackwater Ski Area". Retrieved 2008-10-18.
- ^ "Famous Boarding School Alumni". Boarding School Review. 2009. pp. Proctor Academy. Retrieved 2009-02-28.