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Blair Academy

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Template:Short description Template:Use American English Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox school Blair Academy is a coeducational, boarding and day school for students in high school.<ref name="NCES">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The school serves students from ninth through twelfth grades as well as a small post-graduate class. The school's campus is located on a Template:Convert campus in Blairstown in Warren County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, approximately Template:Convert west of New York City.

As of the 2024–2025 school year, the school had an enrollment of 467 students and 59.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 8.0:1. The school's student body was 50.7% (237) White, 17.8% (83) international, 11.6% (54) Asian, 8.4% (39) Black, 4.7% (22) two or more races, and 4.5% (21) Hispanic.<ref name="NCES" />

AcademicsEdit

Blair's academic program follows the traditional four-year college-preparatory plan. Diploma requirements are governed by college entrance requirements. In 2024, the school moved away from Advanced Placement (AP) courses, in favor of a new curriculum designed by the faculty to allow "students to demonstrate their ability to handle advanced coursework in a greater variety of disciplines."<ref>Moving Toward a New Vision of Advanced Curriculum, Blair Academy. Accessed August 13, 2024. "This redesign of our program has allowed us to build a more comprehensive, engaging and distinguished program in place of AP courses."</ref>

AthleticsEdit

Blair primarily competes in the Mid-Atlantic Prep League (which includes Blair Academy, Peddie School, Lawrenceville School, The Hill School, Hun School of Princeton and Mercersburg Academy). The school's traditional mascot is the "Buccaneer" (with the team called the Bucs) and the school colors are navy blue, white and grey.<ref name=NJSIAAprofile>Blair Academy, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020.</ref> Blair's traditional arch-rival is The Peddie School of Hightstown, New Jersey. Since 1903, Blair and Peddie have competed in football, and the rivalry constitutes New Jersey's oldest continuous prep football competition.<ref>Staff. "Hill-Hotchkiss, Peddie-Blair Battles Head Important Schoolboy Football Card Today", The New York Times, November 13, 1936. Accessed June 26, 2011. "The Blair-Peddle contest at Hightstown. NJ. will extend the oldest prep school rivalry in New Jersey. Blair and Peddle will meet for the thirty-fourth time since their uninterrupted series began in 1903."</ref><ref name=PeddieDay>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Each November, the two schools compete against one another in a fall sports competition, with the winner receiving the Kelley-Potter Cup.<ref>Tatu, Christina. "Peddie School takes top prize at annual Peddie Day tradition", New Jersey Herald, January 23, 2009. Accessed June 26, 2011. "Not the chilly weather, the spitting rain or the four-hour drive from his home in Annapolis, Md., could keep 89-year-old Art Richmond from Blair Academy's 105th annual Peddie Day, a day of sporting events between its rival the Peddie School in Hightstown."</ref>

During the days leading up to Peddie Day, spirit abounds at Blair. The campus is bedecked with banners hanging from windows, often poking fun at Peddie's Falcon mascot (known to Blair as the Peddie Chickens). On Peddie Day held at Blair in November 2021, Blair claimed the Kelley-Potter Cup for the ninth time.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The most successful athletic program is wrestling.<ref name=BlairWrestling>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Under previous head wrestling coach Jeff Buxton, the team won 31 consecutive National Prep Titles (from 1981–2012)<ref name="Blair at the Preps Year-by-Year">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and produced a number of NCAA champions and Olympic gold medalist Robert B. Weaver. Most recently, Blair has produced PAC12 Champion Evan Martin Silver. He has gone on to wrestle for Stanford University after leading as wrestling team captain at Blair.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The academy's wrestling team is considered one of the most successful high school wrestling programs in the nation, winning 41 National Team Championships.<ref name="lehigh">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The boys swimming team won the NJSIAA state Non-Public state championship in 1926, 1932 and 1935-1940.<ref>NJSIAA Boys and Girls Team Swimming History, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed November 20, 2020.</ref>

Blair's basketball program has developed alums including NBA players Luol Deng, Charlie Villanueva, and Royal Ivey.

Former Blair football player Dion Lewis was drafted in the 5th round of the 2011 NFL draft by the Philadelphia Eagles. He has received numerous honors in 2010 such as, Sporting News Top 5 Heisman Trophy Candidate, Top 25 Overall Players (No. 6), All America Team (first team), All-Big East, as well as ESPN.com "Big East's 25 Best" No.1.<ref name="Dion Lewis">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Other notable alums from the Blair football program include Baltimore Raven players Odafe Oweh (1st round 2021) and David Ojabo (2nd round 2022).

FacilitiesEdit

Almost all campus architecture is in the Richardson Romanesque style, and modern buildings reflect the features and themes of the older structures. There are five major academic buildings: Clinton Hall, Bogle Science Center, Timken Library, Armstrong-Hipkins Center for the Arts and the Chiang-Elghanayan Center for Innovation and Collaboration.

Bogle Science Center, dedicated in 1989 and expanded and renovated in 2019, provides laboratories and classrooms for the science department and includes the 100-seat Cowan Auditorium. Armstrong-Hipkins Center for the Arts was dedicated in 1997 and includes the 500-seat DuBois Theatre, the black box Wean Theatre, and practice rooms. The renovated Timken Library opened in 1998. Annie Hall, a girls' dormitory, opened in the fall of 1999. The Romano Dining Hall was completed in the fall of 2000, and renovation of Insley Hall was completed in 2001.

A major expansion and renovation of the school's athletic and activities facilities and fields occurred between 2006 and 2009: a lighted, synthetic turf field for football, field hockey, and soccer, with new stands, press box, and 400 meter all-weather track; ten new tennis courts (five lighted), a new junior varsity baseball field, and expansion of the existing, natural grass fields. The renovation and expansion of the existing athletic center, including a new student center, concluded in March 2009. This facility, known as Hardwick Hall, houses seven squash courts, three gymnasiums, wrestling facilities, aerobic space, a fitness center, a training room, and locker rooms, and also includes Blair Commons, home of the School's bookstore, The Black Canteen, and college counseling offices. Blair's athletic facilities also include a nine-hole golf course.

The School's pedestrian campus was completed in 2010, making the center of campus vehicle-free. In 2015, the School opened Kathryn Hall, an upper-school girls' dormitory, and Lakeside Hall, an upper-school boys' dormitory, each of which includes three faculty apartments. The Chiang-Elghanayan Center for Innovation and Collaboration, a modern, technology-rich academic facility was completed in 2017 and serves as home to Blair's technology and fine arts departments. Also in 2017, Weber Hall was renovated to best facilitate the teaching of math.<ref name=":0">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 2018, Blair added the J. Li Golf Training Center and seasonal winter sports complex to its athletic facilities. In 2021 a crew training center was opened<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and the "Shipyard" outdoor basketball court was named.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

StatisticsEdit

EnrollmentEdit

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  • Total enrollment: 470 (84% boarding / 16% day)
  • Male/female ratio: 51% / 49%
  • Number of postgraduate students: 8
  • Number of countries represented: 30 (21% of student body)
  • Number of states represented: 25

Tuition and feesEdit

For the 2024–25 academic year, Blair charges $75,900 for tuition, room and board. Day students are charged $52,900, which covers tuition, study rooms, and meals at school.<ref name="Tuition">Tuition & Financial Aid, Blair Academy. Accessed August 13, 2024.</ref>

Scholarship grants total $9 million for the 2024-25 academic year, with 36 percent of students receiving financial aid. The average day student award is $33,173 and the average boarding student award is $54,896.<ref name="Glance" />

FacultyEdit

  • Student/Faculty Ratio: 6:1
  • Head of School: Peter G. Curran<ref>Head of School's Welcome, Blair Academy. Accessed January 31, 2022.</ref>

AccreditationEdit

School membershipsEdit

EndowmentEdit

  • Market value (approximate): $142 million as of June 30, 2023.<ref name="Glance" />

CampusEdit

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  • In the 1960s and 1970s, the campus was used in the summer by Camp Racquet, a tennis camp run by Charlie Lundgren, then the coach of the tennis team at Upsala College.

Notable alumniEdit

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  • Odafe Oweh (born 1998, class of 2018), American football outside linebacker for the Baltimore Ravens<ref name= :"a"/>
  • Otega Oweh (born 2003, class of 2022), basketball player<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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ReferencesEdit

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External linksEdit

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