Pomfret School

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Pomfret School
Motto Certa Viriliter
(Latin for “Strive Manfully”)
Established 1894
Type Private, Coeducational, Secondary, Boarding
Affiliation Episcopalian
Headmaster Bradford Hastings '68
Students 350
Grades 9–12, PG
Location Pomfret, Connecticut, USA
Campus Rural
Mascot Griffin
Website www.pomfretschool.org

Pomfret School is an independent coeducational boarding and day school located in Pomfret, Connecticut, United States for grades 9 through 12 and offers a post-graduate year. Pomfret School was founded in 1894, on the principles of intellectual rigor and the development of character. It is dedicated to the goals of helping students realize their scholarly, physical and spiritual potential while recognizing their responsibilities as members of a community.

Pomfret is located on Connecticut Route 169 next to The Rectory School.

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[edit] Facilities

The campus was designed by noted landscape designer Frederick Law Olmsted in 1894. The architect Ernest Flagg (1857-1946) designed the Romanesque stone Clark Memorial Chapel in 1907, and the distinctive brick Georgian school house, four dormitories, infirmary & gymnasium from 1907 to 1917. In October 2003, Pomfret School opened the doors of its new athletic center and student union. The athletic center was donated by Mr. and Mrs. Jon Corzine, parents of a recent Pomfret graduate. Mr. Corzine is the current Governor of New Jersey. Other new facilities include the Jahn Rink, designed by world-renowned architect Helmut Jahn, the parent of a recent graduate; the Blodgett Boathouse and Blodgett Tennis Center, both donated by Mark Blodgett '75; a new state-of-the-art observatory; and the Lasell Alumni House.

[edit] Notable alumni

Edward Stettinius
Edward Stettinius
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Ridley Pearson
Ridley Pearson
William F. Draper
William F. Draper

[edit] Notable faculty

Former Faculty

Current Faculty

  • John Corrigan, crime novelist, Pomfret English teacher, and columnist for Golf Today.

[edit] Prominent guests & fellows

David McCullough
David McCullough
Chevy Chase
Chevy Chase
Lowell Weicker
Lowell Weicker

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