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Worcester Academy is a co-ed private boarding school in Worcester, Massachusetts serving grades 6-12.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> It is the oldest school founded in Worcester, Massachusetts, and one of the oldest day-boarding schools in the United States. A coeducational preparatory school, it belongs to the National Association of Independent Schools.

DemographicsEdit

As of 2018, 451 out of 600, or 68% of the school's students were white, 66 (11%) were Asian, 32 (5%) were Black, and 15 (2.5%) were Hispanic or Latino.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The corresponding numbers for the community were 56% white, 8% Asian, 12% black and 21% Hispanic or Latino.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

ClubsEdit

In the springs of 2010 and 2011, the We the People club won the Massachusetts championship and traveled to Washington, D.C. to participate in the national championship.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 2011, Worcester Academy's math team won its seventh (and fourth straight)<ref>WOCOMAL Varsity Team Championships by Year. Wocomal.org. Retrieved on October 14, 2011.</ref> Worcester County Mathematics League championship,<ref>WOCOMAL Varsity Team Rankings 2010–11. Wocomal.org. Retrieved on October 14, 2011.</ref> its seventh (and sixth straight)<ref>MAML Team Championships by Year Template:Webarchive. Wocomal.org. Retrieved on October 14, 2011.</ref> state championship,<ref>MAML State Meet Team Rankings 2011. Wocomal.org. Retrieved on October 14, 2011.</ref> and its fourth New England championship (the third in six years).<ref>NEAML Team Championships by Year Template:Webarchive. Wocomal.org. Retrieved on October 14, 2011.</ref><ref>NEAML State Meet Team Rankings 2011. Wocomal.org. Retrieved on October 14, 2011.</ref><ref>Worcester Academy wins NE math championship. Telegram.com. Retrieved on October 14, 2011.</ref>

Notable alumniEdit

Notable faculty and alumni include:

In certain instances, student-athletes attend Worcester Academy solely for their senior year, or for a single postgraduate year, to increase their exposure to college coaches or to improve their academic standing. Notable student-athletes include:

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Headmasters of Worcester AcademyEdit

Number Name Years
1st Silas Bailey, D.D. 1834–1838
2nd Samuel Stillman Greene, LL.D. 1838–1840
3rd Nelson Wheeler, A.M. 1840–1847
4th Eli Thayer 1840, A.M. 1847–1849
5th Charles C. Burnett, A.M. 1849–1852
6th Eleazer J. Avery, A.M. 1852–1854
7th William S. Greene, A.M. 1854–1858
8th Werden Reynolds, A.M. 1858–1860
9th James R. Stone, D.D. 1860–1862
10th Ambrose P. S. Stuart, A.M. 1862–1864
11th Charles Ayer, A.B. 1865–1866
12th Albert Prescott Marble, PhD 1866–1868
13th William C. Poland, A.B. 1868–1870
14th Willard T. Leonard, M.A. 1870
15th Rev. David Weston, A.B. 1870–1871
16th John D. Smith, A.B. 1872–1875
17th Nathan Leavenworth, A.M. 1875–1882
18th Daniel Abercrombie, Litt.D., LL.D. 1882–1918
19th Samuel Foss Holmes, A.M. 1918–1933
20th Harold H. Wade 1933–1942
21st LeRoy A. Campbell, PhD 1942–1950
22nd Paul K. Phillips, A.B. 1950–1954
23rd William S. Piper, Jr., Ed.D. 1954–1968
24th Harold G. Rader, Ed.D. 1968–1969
25th David R. Jefferson, B.A., B.D. 1969–1970
26th Robert A. LaBranche 1946, M.S. 1970–1974
27th John A. Bloom, M.A. 1974–1985
28th Ben Williams, M.A. 1985–1991
29th John Mackenzie, M.A. 1991–1997
30th Dexter P. Morse, M Ed., C.A.G.S. 1997–2012
31st Ronald M. Cino 2012–2021
32nd Kevin Breen 2021–Present

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