Wilbraham & Monson Academy
School in Wilbraham, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
Wilbraham & Monson Academy Rich Hall
423 Main Street
, Hampden
, 01095
United States
Coordinates 42°07′20.96″N 72°25′53.67″W / 42.1224889°N 72.4315750°W / 42.1224889; -72.4315750 Former names
Monson Academy
Wilbraham Wesleyan Academy
Type Private , boarding , day , college preparatory school Motto At Home. In the World. Established 1804; 220 years ago (1804 ) CEEB code 222400 NCES School ID00604261 Chair Scott B. Jacobs Head of School Brian Easler Faculty 66 Grades 9 -12 , including postgraduate Gender Coeducational Enrollment 400 Student to teacher ratio 6:1 Campus 400 acres (1.6 km2 ) Color(s) Red and Blue Mascot Titan Nickname Titans Annual tuition
$75,500 - 7-day boarding
$65,500 - 5-day boarding
$45,000 - Upper School day
$35,000 - Middle School day
Revenue $ 22,102,738 Website www .wma .us
Wilbraham & Monson Academy (WMA ) is a college-preparatory school located in Wilbraham, Massachusetts . Founded in 1804, it is a four-year boarding and day high school for students in grades 9-12 and postgraduate . A middle school, with grades 6–8, offers boarding for grade 8 students. The academy is located in the center of the town of Wilbraham, 75 miles (121 km) from Boston and 150 miles (240 km) from New York City.
Athletics
In fall 2007, the Academy unveiled its $4 million expansion of the Greenhalgh Athletic Center on campus. The expansion included a fitness room, a multi-purpose dance and wrestling space, a large conference room and new central locker facilities.[1]
Notable alumni
Henry Barnard , educationalist
Alfred Ely Beach , inventor, publisher, and patent lawyer
Rick Bennett , ice hockey player and coach
Mary Ann Booth , microscopist
Tyrell Burgess , professional soccer player with Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Kraisak Choonhavan , member of Thailand Senate for Nakhon Ratchasima Province (2000–2006); former chairman of the Thai Senate's Foreign Relations Committee
Russell H. Conwell , minister and founder of Temple University - 1859
Winthrop Murray Crane , Senator
Emily Norcross Dickinson ,[2] mother of 19th-century poet Emily Dickinson
Kyle Filipowski , Duke University basketball player
Richard Fuld , former CEO Lehman Brothers
Wenyen Gabriel , NBA basketball player for the New Orleans Pelicans
Bill Guerin , retired NHL hockey player; general manager of Minnesota Wild; four-time Stanley Cup champion[3]
William Stewart Halstead , pioneering American surgeon, studied at Monson Academy for a time[4]
Ratcliffe Hicks , Connecticut state legislator, industrialist, lawyer, and benefactor of the University of Connecticut
Kim Hyun-jong , South Korean trade minister under Moon Jae-in and Roh Moo-hyun
Galway Kinnell , poet
Christine Ladd-Franklin , mathematician, logician and psychologist - 1865
Oliver Marcy , Served as acting President of Northwestern University twice, while also serving as a professor of natural history
Patrick Mazeika (born 1993), baseball player
Pat Phelan , professional soccer player for the New England Revolution
Nitya Pibulsonggram , Thai Ambassador to the US (1996–2000), Foreign Minister of Thailand (2006–2008)
Humphrey Pickard , first president of Mount Allison University
Charles Pratt , oil tycoon and founder of the Pratt Institute
Joey Santiago , band member of the Pixies
Pote Sarasin , Prime Minister of Thailand (1957) secretary-general of SEATO (1958–1964)
Lucy Stone , orator, abolitionist, suffragist, and women's rights advocate
William Strong , governor of the Commonwealth[which? ] 1900–1902
Yung Wing , first Chinese graduate of an American university (Yale ) - 1854
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