Greenwich Academy

Greenwich Academy is an independent, college-preparatory day school for girls in Greenwich, Connecticut. Founded in 1827, it is the oldest girls' school in Connecticut.[2] Greenwich Academy's motto is Ad Ingenium Faciendum, "Toward the Building of Character."[3]

Greenwich Academy
Address
200 North Maple Ave Greenwich , (Fairfield County) , Connecticut 06830 USA
Coordinates	41.0431°N 73.6271°W / 41.0431; -73.6271
Information
School type	Private, college-preparatory school
Motto	Latin: Ad Ingenium Faciendum (Toward the Building of Character)
Established	1827 (1827)
Head	Molly H. King
Teaching staff	105.8 (FTE) (2015–16)[1]
Grades	PK–12[1]
Gender	Girls
Enrollment	795 (774 K-12) (2015–16)[1]
Student to teacher ratio	7.3∶1 (2015–16)[1]
Campus	Suburban
Campus size	39 acres (0.16 km^2)
Color(s)	Green      Gold
Athletics	15 varsity sports
Athletics conference	NEPSAC
Mascot	Gator
Rival	Sacred Heart Greenwich Baldwin School Hopkins School Hotchkiss School
Accreditation	NEASC
Website	Official website
Last updated: June 6, 2019 (June 6, 2019)

The head of school is Molly H. King.[4] The head of Lower School is Jon Ross-Wiley.[5] The head of Middle School is Becky Walker.[6] The head of Upper School is Tom Sullivan.[7]

History

Greenwich Academy was founded by members of the Congregational Church in 1827. Until the turn of the twentieth century, the school admitted both girls and boys. Then, in 1900, a Greenwich Academy English teacher founded the Brunswick School for Boys. In 1913, the Greenwich Academy Board of Trustees formally approved the decision to accept only girls in the Middle and Upper Schools, and Greenwich Academy was reconceived as a day school for girls.

The newly chartered school was led by strong female educators, including Ruth West Campbell, who shaped much of the mission and philosophy of the school. Succeeding heads—Katherine Zierleyn, Alexander A. Uhle and Patsy G. Howard—oversaw impressive growth in the facilities and student body and expanded the academic and extracurricular offerings. In July 2004, Molly H. King, an educator firmly committed to modeling excellence and sustaining the school’s strong tradition of female leadership, was appointed as head.[8]

Coordination

Since 1971, Greenwich Academy has had a coordinated relationship with the all-boys Brunswick School. Brunswick's upper school is located across the street from GA and high school students take classes on both campuses. As a result, almost all high school classes at GA and Brunswick are co-ed. Together the two high schools offer more than 400 sections of ~200 courses, with 80+ honors and advanced placement classes.

Signature Programs

Engineering & Design Lab

Greenwich Academy's Engineering & Design Lab (EDL) was established in 2013 to encourage and foster community using creativity and new technologies across diverse curricula. It is a fully equipped, digital fabrication space with machines including 3D printers, laser cutters, vinyl cutters, and CNC machines. In addition to digital manufacturing capabilities, the space offers carpentry and hand-building tools, microcontrollers, electronics, and a wide variety of materials for building. Students and faculty across divisions have access to the space and support for their projects. The lab's director, Erin Riley, is a Senior FabLearn Fellow out of Stanford University's Transformative Learning Technologies Lab.[9]

GAINS (Girls Advancing in STEM) Network

The GAINS (Girls Advancing in STEM) Network was founded by Greenwich Academy in 2011 to provide an online social platform for young women with a passion for science, technology, engineering and math.[10]Through the network girls connect with each other and with women working and studying in STEM fields to support, encourage, teach and inspire one another. Membership is open to any high school serving girls (public or private, single gender or coeducational).

Since 2015, the GAINS Conference has been held each spring in partnership with top research universities and corporations. The three-day conferences have been held at MIT (2015), Duke University and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2016), Silicon Valley (2017), New York City at the offices of Oath (2018), and University of Pennsylvania (2019).

Daedalus Art and Literary Magazine

Daedalus, Greenwich Academy's art and literary magazine was established in 1986 and has earned 22 Gold Medalists from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association, 15 Highest Awards from the National Council of Teachers of English, and 14 Crowns from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association.

Campus facilities

Ridgeview Avenue Campus

Pre-Connecting (pre-K) and Connecting Class (kindergarten) students are housed at our Ridgeview Avenue Campus that features four classrooms, a large playground and a soccer field.[11]

Notable alumnae

• Jane Fonda, model and actress.[12]
• Shelley Hack, supermodel and Charlie's Angels actress
• Frances Jensen, author, Professor and Chair of the Department of Neurology at the Perelman School of Medicine (University of Pennsylvania).[13]
• Radhika Jones, editor-in-chief, Vanity Fair Magazine[14]
• Ethel Kennedy, human rights activist and widow of Senator Robert F. Kennedy.[12]
• Lauren Redniss, Visual Storyteller and MacArthur Fellow.[12]
• Kelly Rohrbach, model and actress.[12][15]
• Maia Shibutani, Olympic ice dancer.[16]
• Allison Williams, actress, comedian, and singer.[12][17]

References

1. "Search for Private Schools – School Detail for Greenwich Academy". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
2. "Private Independent Schools" (Connecticut: Bunting & Lyon, 1979), 105.
3. "Mission and History". greenwichacademy.org. Greenwich Academy. Retrieved June 6, 2019.
4. "From the Head of School". greenwichacademy.org. Greenwich Academy. Retrieved June 6, 2019.
5. "Lower School". greenwichacademy.org. Greenwich Academy. Retrieved June 6, 2019.
6. "Middle School". greenwichacademy.org. Greenwich Academy. Retrieved June 6, 2019.
7. "Upper School". greenwichacademy.org. Greenwich Academy. Retrieved June 4, 2019.
8. "Greenwich Academy: History". www.greenwichacademy.org. Greenwich Academy. Retrieved June 6, 2019.
9. "FabLearn Fellows 2014 FabLearn Fellows Blogs". fellows.fablearn.org. FabLearn. Retrieved June 6, 2019.
10. "Signature Initiatives". compsci92ruffagoldsmith.weebly.com. Archived from the original on May 13, 2016. Retrieved April 18, 2016.
11. "Greenwich Academy: Campus". www.greenwichacademy.org. Greenwich Academy. Retrieved June 6, 2019.
12. Lauer, Kaitlyn (April 28, 2017). "Greenwich Academy notable alumnae". Greenwich Time. Hearst Media Services Connecticut, LLC. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
13. "Frances Elizabeth Jensen - Faculty - Department of Neurology - Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania". www.med.upenn.edu.
14. Corbett, Alexandra (November 19, 2010). "Literary Alum Returns to GA". Greenwich Daily Voice. Retrieved February 6, 2019.
15. "5 Things You Need to Know About Kelly Rohrbach". PEOPLE.com. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
16. NBC Connecticut (February 15, 2014). "Shubutani Siblings Tweet What Life's Like as Olympians". WVIT. Retrieved December 31, 2014. The siblings got their figure skating start in Old Greenwich, Conn. in 1998, according to the Web site for the 2014 U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Boston.
17. "Allison Williams flies high". New Canaan Advertiser. December 4, 2014. Archived from the original on March 8, 2017. Retrieved March 7, 2017.
    • "I went to the New Canaan Nature Center for preschool," she said. "I was so into that world, and still think about it all the time. It established my love for nature and animals." "New Canaan Country School and Greenwich Academy followed."

External links

• Official website
• GAINS (Girls Advancing in STEM) Network