Thayer Academy

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Thayer Academy

Established	1877
Type	private co-educational
Headmaster	Ted Koskores
Students	666
Grades	6–12
Location	Braintree, Massachusetts, USA
Campus	Suburban
Colors	Black and Orange
Mascot	Tiger
Website	www.thayer.org

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Thayer Academy (TA) is a private, co-educational, college-preparatory day school located in Braintree, Massachusetts. The Academy, conceived in 1871 at the bequest of General Sylvanus Thayer, the father of the United States Military Academy, was founded in 1877. Thayer currently enrolls 451 students in the Upper School (grades 9–12) and an additional 215 students in the Middle School (grades 6–8). The 25-acre campus is situated in the heart of Braintree, MA and will soon consist of eight buildings.

Thayer's mission, drawing on the principles of General Thayer, is to inspire a diverse community of students to moral, intellectual, aesthetic, and physical excellence so that each may rise to honorable achievement and contribute to the common good. To this end, Thayer provides a rigorous education combined with numerous opportunities to participate in arts, athletics, community service, and experiences abroad.

The Visiting Committee evaluating Thayer in 1998 for the New England Association of Schools and Colleges wrote, "Thayer devotes itself to high ideals. The committee came away feeling Thayer deserves to celebrate a unique spirit of democracy, a strikingly vigorous community life, and the potential for remarkable future development... It is extraordinarily well poised for the 21st century."

1 History
2 Students and Faculty
3 Athletics
4 Notable alumni
5 External links

[edit] History

General Thayer, born in Braintree, Mass., graduated as valedictorian from both Dartmouth College and the United States Military Academy. He became Superintendent of the Military Academy in 1817. General Thayer's 1871 will provided for the creation of the Academy, and on September 12, 1877, the Academy opened its doors to 30 students in what is now Main Building. Glover opened sometime later in 1894, with Thayerlands (now the Middle School) opening in 1924. Thayer has been a co-educational institution since its founding.

[edit] Students and Faculty

Total enrollment at Thayer is 666 — 451 Upper School students and 215 Middle School students. Thayer is a day school with many students coming from the surrounding Metro West and South Shore communities. The Thayer faculty consists of over 100 teachers, and the average class size is between 13 and 16 students. Colleges and universities popular among Thayer graduates include Bates, Cornell, Boston College, Boston University, Bucknell University, Hamilton, Harvard, Holy Cross, George Washington, Middlebury, Trinity, Franklin and Marshall College and Tufts.

[edit] Athletics

Thayer's athletic teams participate in the competitive Independent School League (ISL), the oldest independent school athletic association in the United States. Thayer offers interscholastic varsity teams in the following sports:

Fall
- Boys: Intramural Crew, Soccer, Football, and Cross Country
- Girls: Intramural Crew, Soccer, Field Hockey, and Cross Country

Winter
- Boys: Basketball, Ice Hockey, Swimming and Diving, Skiing, Wrestling, and Curling
- Girls: Basketball, Ice Hockey, Swimming and Diving, Skiing, Wrestling, and Gymnastics