Governor Dummer Academy
| The Governor's Academy | |
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| Address | |
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1 Elm Street Byfield, Massachusetts 01922 USA |
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| Coordinates | 42°45′00″N 70°53′54″W / 42.75000°N 70.89833°WCoordinates: 42°45′00″N 70°53′54″W / 42.75000°N 70.89833°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Private, boarding |
| Motto |
Non sibi sed aliis (Not for self, but for others) |
| Established | 1763 |
| Headmaster | Peter H. Quimby '85, Ph.D. |
| Enrollment | 400 |
| Average class size | 12 |
| Student to teacher ratio | 5:1 |
| Campus | 450 acres (1.8 km2) |
| Color(s) | Cardinal and White |
| Athletics conference | Independent School League |
| Mascot | Governors |
| Rival | Brooks School |
| Average SAT scores (2011) | 2150 |
| Endowment | $70 million |
| Tuition | Boarding: $53,400, Day: $42,400 in 2014-2015 |
| Website | thegovernorsacademy |
The Governor's Academy (formerly Governor Dummer Academy) is a co-educational, independent boarding preparatory school for grades 9–12 located on 450 acres (1.8 km2) in the village of Byfield, Massachusetts, United States (town of Newbury), 33 miles (53 km) north of Boston. The Academy enrolls approximately 400 students in grades nine through twelve, 70% of whom are boarders. The school was established in 1763 and is the oldest continuously operating independent boarding school in the United States.
The school was founded two years after the death of William Dummer, who funded it in his will. Dummer had been lieutenant governor and acting governor of Massachusetts for many years, and led the colony through a difficult period in the earlier 18th century: fighting off forays by French and Indians during what became known as Dummer's War in the 1720s. He also served as an early overseer of Harvard College. He was from a prominent colonial family with his brother Jeremiah Dummer having been a principal founding benefactor of the College of New Haven which later became Yale University. As the Boston Latin School only accepted students from the city of Boston, the need arose for schools in more outlying areas to prepare students for college—the only ones existing at that time in New England being Harvard and Yale; Brown and Dartmouth were founded a few years afterward. In that context, the Dummer Charity School or Dummer Grammar School commenced operation in 1763 pursuant to the will of Governor Dummer with Samuel Moody as its first headmaster. In 1782, the Dummer school was officially incorporated as the Dummer Academy, whose graduates in this era comprised approximately 25% of the undergraduate student body at Harvard. It should be noted, however, that most children in this era were home-schooled with pre-college education ending around the age of 14; with youths thereafter going on to college or entering the workforce. Thus most college freshmen tended to be the age of high school freshmen today.
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