Avon Old Farms

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Avon Old Farms
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"Aspirando et Perseverando"
Established 1927
School type private, single-sex (all-boys) boarding
Religious affiliation None
Headmaster Kenneth H. LaRocque
Location Avon, Connecticut, USA
Campus 1000 acres (4 km²)
Enrollment 398 students (9 - 12, PG)
77% Boarding
Faculty 60 teachers
Average class size 12 students
Student:teacher
ratio		 6:1
Average SAT
scores (2005)		 1220
Athletics 15 interscholastic sports teams
Color(s) Maroon and navy blue
Mascot winged beaver
Homepage www.avonoldfarms.com

Avon Old Farms is a single-sex boarding school for boys located in Avon, Connecticut. It was founded by Theodate Pope Riddle, an RMS Lusitania survivor and a master architect. It opened in 1927 and closed for a period during World War II to serve as a convalescent hospital for blind veterans. The current headmaster is Mr. Kenneth H. LaRocque, a Phillips Exeter Academy and Harvard University graduate.

Avon draws its boys from all over the country; 77% of them are boarders. The school is best known for its athletics programs.

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[edit] Academics

Eighteen Advanced Placement courses are offered in history, English, chemistry, physics, biology, art, French, Spanish, Environmental Science, Government, Calculus, Economics and other subjects. In order to receive a diploma, students are required to complete four years of English, three years of history, three years of science including laboratory work, three years of math, two years of the same foreign language, two years of electives, and one course in the fine arts. The average class size is twelve students and the student-teacher ratio is 6:1. 100% of the students matriculate to college.

[edit] Athletics

Avon offers a wide variety of sports in the fall, winter, and spring seasons. Students can participate in various skill levels of soccer, football, cross country, basketball, hockey, wrestling, squash, skiing, swimming, riflery, track, baseball, golf, tennis, and lacrosse.

Avon is best known for its Ice Hockey program, which has won a record 6 New England Championships and produced NHL Players Brian Leetch and Chris Higgins.[citation needed] Coach John Gardner is in his 32nd season as the teams coach and been with the team for all 6 Championships and has a record of 554-173-27.

Avon is also recognized for its lacrosse program, led by Head Coach Ted Garber. Garber is the son of the legendary University of Massachusetts coach Dick Garber, for whom the Minutemen's Garber Field is named. Ted has been selected as a Western New England Coach of the Year as well as a national high school lacrosse all-star game head coach multiple times during his tenure as head coach at Avon Old Farms. The Avon Old Farms Soccer team also won the Stuart Cup as New England Division 1 Champions in 2005.

A new student center and athletic complex was recently completed in October of 2006. This building features a new school store, a game room with pool tables and ping pong as well as air hockey tables and a large television, a lounge with a large flat screen television, a weight room, squash courts, basketball courts, and other athletic facilities. It also features ipod hookups and speakers in many of the rooms so that you can listen to music while working out or playing sports. A 500 seat performing arts center will also be completed in March of 2007. These two facilities cost more than 30 million dollars and are part of a program to improve Avon's campus.

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