Massanutten Academy
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614 S. Main Street |
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| Type | Coeducational, Independent college preparatory boarding military school |
| Motto | Non Nobis Solum ("Not for Ourselves Alone") |
| Established | 1899 |
| Head of School | Dr. David Skipper |
| Commandant of Cadets | Lieutenant Colonel Lester Layman - U.S.Army(Ret) |
| Grades | 6–12, PG |
| Color(s) | Purple, Gold |
| Mascot | Colonels |
| Nickname | Colonels |
| Accreditation | VAIS, SACS, NAIS |
| Newspaper | Massanutten Matters |
| Yearbook | Adjutant |
| Website | www.militaryschool.com |
614 S. Main Street
, Virginia 22664-1205
Massanutten Military Academy (MMA) is a coeducational college preparatory school for grades 6 through 12 and one academic postgraduate year, located in , Virginia, United States.
The Massanutten Military Academy, named for the nearby mountain, was established by the Virginia Classis of the Reformed Church in 1899. The school opened on 12 September 1899 with 40 students, half of whom were boarders. From the beginning the school was coed, with the first graduating class in 1902 consisting of 3 boys and 3 girls. In 1905 the first of two significant events in the history of the school occurred: Howard J. Benchoff was appointed the school president. He stayed in that position for nearly 5 decades, to be succeeded for the next decade and a half by his son.Lantz Hall, the second structure on the academy grounds, was begun in 1907 and dedicated in 1909, to accommodate a growing student population.
During the early years of his stewardship Benchoff established several polices. The first was expanding the school size to include number of students, staff, buildings, and acreage. The second, as a result of an otherwise undocumented "incident", was limiting the boarding department to boys beginning in 1910. The last policy, and the second significant event in the school's early history, was adopting a military program. While the program was not implemented until 1917, early in his tenure Benchoff described the goal of a military program as "to train the boys with a discipline that is valuable and give them that easy and graceful carriage which is an accomplishment in any gentleman's claim to culture" In 1930 after receiving an application and inspecting the existing program, the U.S. War Department formally made the school a JrROTC unit "placing it on a par with the highest rated military schools in the country".
Currently, the school has a strong academic program with the graduating class of 2017, which consisted of 24 students, earning more than $2,000,000 in scholarships alone. The school also has a strong STEM Program that is entering into its fourth year.
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