Barton Academy (Vermont)

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Barton Academy was an educational institution that functioned as both a high school and grammar school to the town of Barton and surrounding towns for over a century. The high school (the Academy) was replaced by the Lake Region High School on September 11, 1967. The Academy alumni continue to meet annually. They fund scholarships for graduates of Lake Region.

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[edit] History

Although the roots of the school go back further, a listing of graduates from 1926, lists the first class as 1886.[1]

In the early 1900's, Barton Academy ranked eighth among all high schools, public and private, in Vermont.[2]

[edit] Principals

  • Emilie M. Gleason - June 1877
  • Ernest C. Benjamin - 1880
  • C.H. Willey - March 1893[3]
  • H.J. Stannard - 1895,1896

[edit] Notable alumni

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~nekg3/nekg-school.htm
  2. ^ http://www.vermonter.com/nek/barton4.asp
  3. ^ http://blairgenealogy.com/ohara.html

[edit] External References

NEKG Vital Records of Vermont Schools


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