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Wilbraham & Monson Academy

Private secondary school in Wilbraham, Massachusetts, US


Private secondary school in Wilbraham, Massachusetts, US

FieldValue
former_names{{plainlist
nameWilbraham & Monson Academy
logoWilbraham & Monson Academy logo.jpg
logo_size160
imageRich Hall .png
image_size200px
captionRich Hall
mottoAt Home. In the World.
address423 Main Street
countyHampden
zipcode01095
cityWilbraham
stateMassachusetts
countryUnited States
coordinates
typePrivate, boarding, day, college preparatory school
established
headBrian Easler
chairScott B. Jacobs
ceeb222400
us_nces_school_id00604261
grades9-12, including postgraduate
genderCoeducational
faculty66
ratio6:1
colorsRed and Blue
mascotTitan
nicknameTitans
website
head_nameHead of School
campus400 acre
enrollment400
revenue$ 22,102,738
annual_tuition{{plainlist
  • Monson Academy

  • Wilbraham Wesleyan Academy}}

  • $75,500 - 7-day boarding

  • $65,500 - 5-day boarding

  • $45,000 - Upper School day

  • $35,000 - Middle School day}}

Wilbraham & Monson Academy (WMA) is a private college-preparatory school in Wilbraham, Massachusetts. Founded in 1804, it is a four-year boarding and day secondary school. It offers grades 6–12 and a postgraduate year. The School is located in the center of the town of Wilbraham, 75 mi from Boston and 150 mi from New York City.

Notable alumni

  • Henry Barnard (1811–1900), educator
  • Alfred Ely Beach, inventor, publisher, and patent lawyer
  • Rick Bennett, NHL ice hockey player and college coach
  • Mary Ann Booth (1843–1922), microscopist
  • Henry Billings Brown, associate justice of the US Supreme Court. Wrote majority opinion for *Plessy v. Ferguson *
  • Tyrell Burgess, Bermudian 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 (1853–1920), US Senator
  • Emily Norcross Dickinson, mother of 19th-century poet Emily Dickinson
  • Kyle Filipowski, Duke University and NBA basketball player
  • Richard Fuld, former CEO Lehman Brothers
  • Wong Fun, first Western-trained doctor in China, graduated from University of Edinburgh - 1855
  • Wenyen Gabriel (born 1997), South Sudanese-American basketball player for Maccabi Tel Aviv of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
  • Bill Guerin, retired NHL hockey player; general manager of Minnesota Wild; four-time Stanley Cup champion
  • William Stewart Halstead, surgeon, studied at Monson Academy for a time
  • 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 (1927–2014), 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, Canadian first president of Mount Allison University
  • Charles Pratt, oil tycoon and founder of the Pratt Institute
  • William Rice (1821–1897), Methodist Episcopal minister, author, and librarian
  • Joey Santiago (born 1965), 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, lawyer, jurist, and politician who served as an Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court
  • Mark Warburton, gymnast
  • Yung Wing, first Chinese graduate of an American university (Yale) - 1854

References

References

  1. "Emily Norcross Dickinson (1804–1882), mother". Emily Dickinson Museum.
  2. (2024-06-24). "Wong Fun".
  3. "Wilbraham & Monson Academy Profile (2021) {{!}} Wilbraham, MA".
  4. "Worcester District Medical Society".
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