New York Military Academy

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New York Military Academy
Image:NYMA_Round_Crest.jpg
Toujours Prêt (Always Ready)
Location
Cornwall-on-Hudson, NY, USA
Information
Superintendent Capt. Robert D. Watts
(Ret. United States Navy)
Enrollment

176
Faculty 22
Average class size 10
Student:teacher ratio 9:1
Type Private, boarding school
(7th - 12th)
Campus 88 acres
51 buildings
Athletics 16 Interscholastic Sports
Mascot Knights
Color(s) Maroon
Established 1889
Homepage www.nyma.org

New York Military Academy, or NYMA, is an American private boarding school located in Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York. It was founded in 1889 by Charles Jefferson Wright, a Civil War veteran and former school teacher from New Hampshire who believed that a military structure provided the best environment for academic achievement, a philosophy to which the school still adheres. NYMA has a 118 year history as a college preparatory school with a military structure that enrolls students from the New York metropolitan area as well as around the country and the world.

Wright's successor, Sebastian Jones, presided over the Academy from 1894-1922, guiding it during its most critical period of growth from a young and small institution of 48 cadets, through a disastrous fire in 1910, and throughout an extensive reconstruction program. NYMA is now one of the oldest military schools in the United States. In 1975, the Academy became a coeducational institution, admitting women for the first time in the school's history.

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[edit] Location

The Academy is located in Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York, in the Hudson Highlands, at the foot of Storm King Mountain, and just above the Hudson River. It is approximately 60 miles north of New York City, or about one hour by car. This places NYMA in the Mid-Hudson Region of the Hudson Valley, which is easily accessible by airplane (KSWF, KEWR, KLGA, KJFK, or KALB) as well as train (Amtrak and Metro-North), bus, and automobile.

[edit] Accreditations

Cadets on parade.
Cadets on parade.

NYMA is accredited by the Middle States Association of Schools and Colleges and chartered, registered, and approved by the New York State Department of Education. The academy is also a member of:

[edit] Organization

A parade ribbon presentation ceremony.
A parade ribbon presentation ceremony.

The Corps of Cadets has the following organization:

  • 1 Battalion, consisting of:
  • Command Staff
  • Band Company
  • 4 Line Companies (currently Alpha, Foxtrot, Golf and Tango)

[edit] Hazing

While the practice is officially discouraged, and against all rules and policies, pending lawsuits allege that physical and emotional abuse of hazing has indeed taken place.[1]

[edit] Notable alumni


[edit] Major buildings

  • Davis Chapel (contains the second-largest theater pipe organ in New York State, built by M.P. Moller
  • Jones Barracks
  • Booth Library
  • Scarborough Hall
  • Pattillo Hall
  • Dingley Hall
  • Dickinson Hall
  • Alumni Gym and Pool

[edit] Athletics

The school's mascot is the Knight. The school competes in the following sports: Football, Basketball, Baseball, Soccer, Lacrosse, Rugby, Swimming, Softball, Track & Field, Volleyball, Cross-country, Wrestling, Tennis, Rifle Team, Golf, Drill Team and Raiders.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Randall, Michael. "Alleged stabber to back cadet's NYMA hazing claim", Times Herald-Record, March 23, 2005. Accessed November 21, 2007.
  2. ^ Alfred Dennis Sieminski biography, United States Congress. Accessed June 29, 2007.
  3. ^ Bender, Marilyn. "THE EMPIRE AND EGO OF DONALD TRUMP", The New York Times, August 7, 1983. Accessed November 21, 2007.

[edit] External links