Carson Long Military Institute
Carson Long Military Academy 
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200 North Carlisle Street New Bloomfield, Pennsylvania USA |
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Private All-male Military Institute Boarding |
| Motto | How to Learn, How to Labor, How to Live |
| Established | 1836 |
| Grades | 6–12 |
| Gender | M |
| Enrollment | 180 |
| Campus | Rural |
| Color(s) | Red & Blue |
| Mascot | Warriors |
| Website | carsonlong.org |
Carson Long Military Academy, located in New Bloomfield, Pennsylvania, is the oldest preparatory boarding school and military academy in the United States that features military training for young men grades 6-12. The maximum student capacity is 180 cadets.
Carson Long Military Academy is a direct descendant of Bloomfield Academy which was founded in 1836. It was started by Robert Finley in New Bloomfield, Pennsylvania as a Latin Grammar school with only six students. In 1840 the school was moved two blocks up the hill to its present location. The first building of the original school was built in the same year and is still in use as a reception hall and a museum. In 1842 the trustees decided to make the Academy a coeducational boarding school. For a short period of time in the early 1850s, the school was purchased and operated by the Perry County Commissioners. During the second half of the 19th century, the Latin Grammar academy added a Normal School, which was a training school for teachers. In 1914 the school was purchased by Theodore K. Long, who graduated from Bloomfield Academy and Yale, and who became a prominent Chicago lawyer and city councilman. In 1916 he renamed the school Carson Long Institute as a living memorial to his son, William Carson Long, who died at an early age. It has been a nonprofit corporation since 1920 and is governed by a 15-member Board of Trustees.
Carson Long Military Academy has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools since 1929. It is a member of the Association of Military Colleges and Schools of the United States, the National Association of Independent Schools and the Pennsylvania Association of Independent Schools.
Most students go on to college and some join the armed services. All students in the graduating Class of 2009 were accepted to college.
The cadets of Carson Long Military Academy are required to complete 21 credits for graduation: English (4 units), mathematics (3 units), science (3 units), social studies (3 units), arts or humanities (2 units), computer science (1 unit) health and physical education (1 unit), and four electives. Electives include such courses as the Bible, speech, and political geography. The average class size is 13 cadets and the ratio of teachers to students is 1:9. Students and parents receive report cards every six weeks. Cadets have supervised evening study hall in their classrooms each evening, Monday through Friday, with one teacher for every 15 boys.
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